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Ice T Kills His Mac With A Hammer

22Oct09

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OT: OG Ice T shows how to disassemble a Mac that is giving you problems.

I don’t know about you – but there have been a couple of days where I’ve wanted to do this.

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SONiVOX Sampla Hip Hop Production Sampler

21Oct09

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Boston based virtual instrument manufacturer SONiVOX has introduced Sampla – Hip Hop Production Sampler, a new virtual sampler plug-in for MAC and PC designed for fast sampling and beat creation for hip hop producers.

Features:

MPC style editing & slicing for easy instrument & beat creation
Imports Wav, Acid, Broadcast Wav, Aiff, & MP3 Format Files
Easy to use record functionality for real time sampling
Over 250 factory preset instruments and pad layouts
16 user assignable pads
Tempo Sync Stereo Delay, EQ, and Chorus Effects
Assignable filter section with 10 filter types
Graphic waveform display with zoom, click, and drag functionality
Midi Learn & Save functionality, Sampla is instantly compatible with any
MIDI keyboard or pad control
Pad-Specific Variable Resolution Note Repeat and Pattern Arpeggiation Mode
PC Standalone, VST and RTAS Compatibility.
MAC Standalone, AU, VST, and RTAS Compatibility.

Sampla is available now with a MSRP of $149 and an introductory street price of $99. Read more…

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Beat Kangz Intro PlayaThang iPhone Beat Player

20Oct09

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The Beat Kangz have introduced PlayaThang (App Store link) – a beat playback application for the iPhone.

Description:

PlayaThang offers simple playback of high quality pre-loaded content – 20 professional beats (3 in the FREE version) created by The Beat Kangz; including mixes by Grammy award winning engineer Commissioner Gordon (Lauren Hill, Damien Marley, KRS-One, Amy Winehouse).

PlayaThang lets you mute, solo and change volume for each of the 8 stereo tracks that make up each beat. You can create your own arrangements of the beats on the fly, write or freestyle until you work it out.

It’s designed for mixtapes, albums, and demos; and all the content comes with a free license. Just give the Kangz a shout on the production credits. The Beat Kangz say that you’ll soon be able to download all beats as hi resolution multitracked files from BeatKangz.com, too.

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