Grandmaster Flash shares his take on the state of DJ science at the Native Instruments booth at the 2008 Winter NAMM Show. Flash was fighting some flaky gear that NI hadn’t troubleshooted very well, but it was still great to see him in action.
.flickr-photo { } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Image: Synthesizers We had a chance to see Grandmaster Flash do his thing at the Winter NAMM Show. He was demonstrating his science at the Native Instruments booth. We’ll have some video of his performance… Read More Grandmaster Flash Demonstrates His Science
Remix Toolkit has released West Coast Vol.1, a collection of radio-ready drum samples designed for remixers, DJs, and producers, covering the sound of today’s Hip Hop & RnB. Released in 16 bit/44.1 stereo wav format, the West Coast V.1 Drum Sample Library is compatible with all major software and hardware samplers including Kontakt, Halion, EXS24,… Read More Remix Toolkit Releases West Coast Vol.1 Drum Sample Library
Chris has been working on his animatronic programming and guess what – the Chuck-E-Cheese robots now do gangsta rap. Check out their cover of Ms. New Booty: Here’s a little background on what goes into these stupidtacular animatronic shows:
March 10: It’s free electronic music month at Synthtopia. All month, we’re highlighting great music that’s available for free on the Internet. Slave is a great track from modern soul artist Nadir’s Distorted Soul 2.0 cd. If you’re not familiar with Nadir, think Lenny Kravitz with better lyrics. “You were mother-something ruthless baby, A jack-the-ripper… Read More Nadir – Slave: The Remixtape
ModernBeats has just released volume 2 of its Urban Anthemz instrument loops series for all major MAC and PC music software. Urban Anthemz 2 contains 400 loops of urban melodies, riffs, and hooks where styles range widely from ganksta hip hop loops all the way to unheard of modern hip hop melodies & hooks. “ModernBeats… Read More ModernBeats Releases Sequel to Urban Anthemz Instrument Loops
DJ Shadow’s The Outsider is a interesting, but frustrating collection of tracks from a DJ well-known for his creative use of samples, remixing and electronics. It’s clear from the CD that DJ Shadow has talent out the wazoo. Unfortunately, Shadow goes in a dozen directions, flitting from style to style and collaborator to collaborator. Is… Read More DJ Shadow – The Outsider
Vocomotion has announced the release of The Thumper TH70, the latest update in The Thumper series of throat microphones designed for vocal percussionists, beatboxers, and bass singers. Like previous Thumpers, this new model is designed to pickup throat sounds at the source, optimizing the bass response by filtering everything but deep, thumpy frequencies, using Vocomotion’s… Read More Vocomotion Intros Cheap Throat Microphone
Roland has announced that top producers Armand Van Helden and Jermaine Dupri are currently creating and remixing their latest projects with the new Roland MV-8000 Production Studio. Cranking out epic beats since he was 15, Helden officially broke onto the global music scene in 1996 with a series of remix classics that became danceclub favorites… Read More Super-Producers Using Roland MV-8000
Industrial music artist Andreas K., better known as Kompressor, promises to offer a new voice in American politics. Kompressor has taken a break from recording industrial music to run for President. This comes as a surprise to many political analysts. Kompressor, shown at right at a political rally, had not discussed his political ambitions previously.… Read More Kompressor Takes Break from Crushing America to Run for President
