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Apr 1, 2005
Like so many others confounded by the devastation wrought upon Southeast Asia by the Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami, members of the dance-music community took...
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Apr 1, 2005
BY GOD, IT'S A DVD Every country has its prized export. Belgium has Front 242. Front 242 is not just a favorite among the black-trench-coat crowd no self-respecting...
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Apr 1, 2005
Genres of music are as much about the people and the history as they are about a particular sound. For the jungle and drum 'n' bass crowd, the 1999 book...
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Mar 1, 2005
FUTURE FORUM Many books on digital recording are available, but The Art of Digital Music (Backbeat) by David Battino and Kelli Richard is especially chock-full...
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Mar 1, 2005
After three successful years headquartered in New York City, the Scratch DJ Academy, the nation's first, is opening a campus on the West Coast. To celebrate,...
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Mar 1, 2005
A dozen VJs took over the iconic 1015 Folsom club in San Francisco on Jan. 12 for a night of trash-talking, four-on-four video battle royals and luscious...
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Feb 2, 2005
Akai's original MPC60 music production station was the size of a small guitar amp and equally heavy. Trying to find space for it on your desktop amid computer keyboards and controllers was always a challenge. Fortunately, advances in technology keep shrinking music production gear without sacrificing features or power, and Akai's venerable MPC units are no exception to the trend; a case in point is the new MPC1000, the smallest MPC unit to date. But despite its compact size, the MPC1000 has a full-feature sampler, a comprehensive sequencer, internal effects, plenty of quality I/O and lots of hands-on controls - and it's ready to rumble with the big dogs.
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Feb 2, 2005
Although CD players for DJs have been around since the 1990s, they have faced considerable opposition from spinners throughout the years, mainly because they didn't offer the tactile feel and control of a conventional turntable. Even up until the latter part of the decade, many vinyl aficionados resisted the advantages that CDs offered. It wasn't until CD burners and software became widely available that the digital format really started to take off, propelled further by the dawn of CD players with touch-sensitive jog wheels or platters. ...
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Feb 2, 2005
Synthesizers with keyboards attached can be a tough sell these days. In this age of supercharged CPUs and high-powered plug-ins, one might think that the market for stand-alone hardwarelike keyboards is dwindling, and as a matter of fact, that's not too far off the mark. A lot of "old boy" manufacturers-Akai, Roland and Novation, to name a few-have released virtual versions of their hardware in an effort to reclaim the throne from virtual upstarts like Native Instruments and Arturia. What's going on here? Have the days of lusting over that shiny new keyboard in the music store passed, only to be replaced by a longing for the next software update?...
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Feb 1, 2005
If you're making the move from simply plugging in your keyboard rig to your soundcard and pressing Record to actually tracking professional-sounding vocals...
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Feb 1, 2005
For Making Beats: The Art of Sample-Based Hip-Hop (Wesleyan University Press), Tufts University lecturer and freelance writer Joseph G. Schloss interviews...
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Feb 1, 2005
If ever there were a question to be asked of any artist working in the oft-thankless world of independent music that could yield a thousand different...
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Feb 1, 2005
BACK FROM THE DEAD A few years ago, when Electrix decided to call it quits, many thought they were doomed to scour eBay for the company's now-legendary...
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Feb 1, 2005
An audience of aspiring DJs and prospective students got a firsthand look at a live remix session at Remix Live, Volume 1, an event held in New York on...
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Jan 1, 2005
BAG IT UP Playing live gigs with really expensive gear is always a nerve-racking affair. Sure, you want to bring your best gear, but how do you get it...
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Jan 1, 2005
What would happen if you brought together 30 of the best hip-hop dancers, an A-list of old-school legends cats like Ken Swift, Asia One, Crazy Legs, Zulu...
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Jan 1, 2005
Held once a year, the Red Bull Music Academy is a monthlong temporary production school installation. Organized by Munich, Germany-based trio Yadastar...
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Jan 1, 2005
We were just proud Remix parents to show off our increasingly fabulous Remix Hotel to our hometown crowd in San Francisco Oct. 27-29. And what a weekend...
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Dec 1, 2004
The city of New Orleans never lets anyone out of bed at a reasonable hour. However, the lineup at the Voodoo Music Experience 2004, held Oct. 22-23 at...
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Dec 1, 2004
BUY LOW, SELL HIGH Two conditions that plague all musicians are how to get new gear as cheaply as possible and how to sell your old stuff for the most...
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Dec 1, 2004
If you've ever been curious about the life and times of The X-ecutioners' Roc Raida, now is your chance to get on the inside with The Adventures of Grandmaster...
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Dec 1, 2004
Do you know where your favorite big-ballin' rappers were from Sept. 29-Oct. 2? On the mile-long tropical beach of an all-inclusive luxury resort in Puerto...
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Nov 1, 2004
If you spent hours as a kid brushing the hair on your My Little Ponies and nowadays never miss your local Renaissance fair, then Cavalia: A Magical Encounter...
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Nov 1, 2004
Gorgeous weather and throngs of bare-chested men in leather chaps promised yet another boring Sunday in San Francisco that is, until an ensemble of cutting-edge...
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Nov 1, 2004
How time flies! It is hard to believe that it has already been 10 years since Propellerhead Software burst onto the scene. With an array of now-legendary...
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