Mixed In Key Intros Mashup Software For Mac, PC

mashup software for Mac & PCMixed in Key has introduced Mashup, a new app that’s designed to ease the process of making audio mashups.

Here’s what they have to say about it:

Mashup’s user interface is streamlined and intuitive. Import songs into Mashup, and it will analyze them for key and tempo. Next, drag a song into Mashup’s ultra-fast audio editor, and its tempo will become the master for the project. If you’d prefer, you can manually enter in a different master tempo. As soon as one song is added, the song browser will show you which other songs in your collection are 100% harmonically compatible with your original song. Then drag other songs into the editor window, and they’re automatically beat-matched to the master tempo, using Mashup’s professional time-stretching algorithm.

Now you can start editing. Mashup lets you graphically edit each song’s volume, as well as three bands of EQ, all with breakpoint-style automation. The editor also lets you select and silence portions of songs, adjust phase, slide them in time, and more. When you’re done editing, you can export the result to a 320kbps MP3 file or a 16-bit, 44.1kHz WAV file. If you already use Mixed In Key 5, Mashup will load its database and will skip the analysis step. Mashup and Mixed In Key 5 work flawlessly with each other.

Mashup is available now, for Mac & Windows, for US $39.

New Tool For Making Mashups – MashTactic (Sneak Preview)

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QuikQuak Audio has announced a new tool for making mashups – MashTactic.

MashTactic is a plug-in that is designed to separate various parts of a full audio mix. WIth MashTactic, many sounds, including vocals, can be cut or isolated from a track.

Highlights:

  • A great tool for mashup music makers.
  • Can be used as a sharp cut-off filter, as demonstrated in the video above.
  • MashTactic works on transients, allow the user to emphasize and cut percussive sounds allow control over punch of drum tracks.
  • Also useful for analysing stereo spread and mix of a track you’re composing.

Pricing and release date are TBA.

The Top Mashups Of 2009

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Mashup-Videos has put together a list of their top 20 mashups of 2009.

This one jumped out at me – Phil RetroSpector‘s A Thousand Secrets

It’s a mashup of Leonard Cohen’s A Thousand Kisses Deep, Le Mystere de Voix Bulgares’ Pritouritze Planinata and Muse’s Ruled by Secrecy.

Mashups are often little more than audio puns, but A Thousand Secrets works on a many levels.

See the full list here and let me know if any mashups wowed you in 2009.

Physical Mashups With Vinyl LP’s

This video, Steve’s Vinyl Chops, demos physical mashups – music collages created by physically chopping up records, reassembling them and then using them to DJ.

Anyone ready to trade Traktor or Ableton Live for this?

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Britney Spears + Metallica’s Enter Toxman

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OK – this post is sure to bring out the Off Topic Police, but……

Britney Spears’ Toxic was a guilty pleasure a few years ago, and when you mash it up with Metallica, it only gets better.

Some might argue, though, that you could add Metallica to just about anything and make it better.

So let me know if Enter Toxman deserves to be the guilty pleasure of 2009 – or if you think Britney just ruined a decent song.

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Daft Punk vs. Adam Freeland: Aer OBAMA

The video, by Gold Greendot,  is a mixed-media stop motion music video and celebration commemorating the election and inauguration of Barack Obama as the forty-fourth president of the United States:

Showcasing Adam Freeland’s remix of Daft Punk’s “Aerodynamic” and the imaginative stylings of forward thinking toy artists Dalek, Bill McMullen and Kubrick, to name just a few. Independently animated and directed by the progressive minds of the directing team GOLD, the piece is a labor of love that invites everyone to join in or create their own celebration.

Free Cut-Ups From World Famous Audio Hacker

World Famous Audio Hacker will be releasing a different cut-up segment every other Monday throughout 2009.

At the end of the year, each segment placed together with the others will form a full length listening experience combining the styles of cut-ups, remixes, mashups and remakes.

You can preview the first mashup below:

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This Mashup Of The Top 25 Hits Of 2008 Will Make Your Ears Beg For Mercy

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DJ Earworm‘s United State of Pop 2008 is a mashup of the top 25 Hits of 2008, according to Billboard.

Here are the tracks and artists responsible:

Tracklist:

  • Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain – Low
  • Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love
  • Alicia Keys – No One
  • Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major – Lollipop
  • Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic – Apologize
  • Jordin Sparks Duet With Chris Brown – No Air
  • Sara Bareilles – Love Song
  • Usher Featuring Young Jeezy – Love in This Club
  • Chris Brown – With You
  • Chris Brown – Forever
  • Ray J & Yung Berg – Sexy Can I
  • Rihanna – Take a Bow
  • Coldplay – Viva La Vida
  • Katy Perry – I Kissed a Girl
  • T.I. – Whatever You Like
  • Rihanna – Disturbia
  • Rihanna – Don’t Stop the Music
  • Natasha Bedingfield – Pocketful of Sunshine
  • Chris Brown Featuring T-Pain – Kiss Kiss
  • Ne-Yo – Closer
  • Colbie Caillat – Bubbly
  • Mariah Carey – Touch My Body
  • Madonna Featuring Justin Timberlake – 4 Minutes
  • Pink – So What
  • Finger Eleven – Paralyzer
So what do you think – was the world of pop in 2008 an exceptionally craptacular waste of talent?