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OT: Some days, you get Dave Smith Instruments’ Prophet ‘08.

Some days, you get Ableton Live 8.

And some days, you get Two You Tube Videos And A Motherfucking Crossfader, a site that turns your web browser and your favorite YouTube dance tracks a rudimentary DJ setup.

Use the twin search fields to help cue up your next tracks, press play and then start crossfading.

via PranksterDice

The Akai APC40, shown above getting a workout with a Freestylers/Noisia/BustaRhymes/Dillinja remix/mashup, has gotten a lot of people psyched about hardware controllers for Ableton Live.

To help showcase what people are doing with the APC40, Akai Professional has announced the European APC40 Video Contest, starting November, 1st and ending December, 31st 2009. Prizes include your choice of any product from the current Akai Professional product range, the Akai Pro LPK25 and the Akai LPD8.

Heres what to do:

• Go to http://www.youtube.com/group/apc40contest;
• Register to YouTube and become a member of the APC40 Video Contest Group;
• Tag your video with APC40 and add it to the APC40 Video Contest Group;

Performances will be judged by a panel of artist who are APC40 users.

In Bb 2.0 is a collaborative music and spoken word project conceived by Darren Solomon from Science for Girls.

It’s made up of a collection of YouTube videos, all featuring musicians playing something in Bb major. The videos can be played simultaneously and the mix can be adjusted with the individual volume sliders.

Anyone can participate. Here are some guidelines:

• Sing or play an instrument, in Bb major. Simple, floating textures work best, with no tempo or groove. Leave lots of silence between phrases.
• Record in a quiet environment, with as little background noise as possible.
• Wait about 5-10 seconds to start playing.
• Total length should be between 1-2 minutes.
• Thick chords or low instruments don’t work very well.
• Record at a low volume to match the other videos.
• You can listen to this mix on headphones while you record.
• After you upload to YouTube, play your video along with the other videos on this page to make sure the volume matches.

The concept of In Bb lends itself to ambient music, because of the lack of sychronization between the videos, but it’s open-ended enough that you could add a drum and bass track to the mix and it could work just as well.

Check out In Bb and leave a comment with your thought!

Need some more of that Kutiman YouTube funkiness?

Here’s Kutiman’s complete collection of YouTube remixes, followed by a short video in which Kutiman explains how he does what he does.

Enjoy!

Kutiman

Stephen Hill introduces Steve Roach on his ambient radio show Hearts of Space.

Bizarre, but fun parody of Stephen Hill, who has done more for ambient electronic space music in the US than just about anyone.

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