A-Trak talks about his start DJ’ing at the age of 13, winning the DMC World Championships, touring with Kanye West, and moving into the production realm with Apple’s Logic. Be sure to check out Zoom-In Online for more in the Rehearsal Space series.
Portable music production is about to be taken to the next level. Digimix has made available the alpha version of their DAW which runs completely within your web browser! That’s right, Software as a Service has finally made its way to professional music production. Sometime in the near future you’ll be able to import your … Read more
For PC users unwilling to use Pro Tools or Adobe Audition, you may want to try the recently updated version of Reaper. Designed by Cockos Inc., Reaper is a DAW which features a 64 bit audio engine, VST plugin & MIDI support, and can be run from a USB key or other removable media. Considering … Read more
You may recall a little while back where we mentioned the development of MixMeister Scratch. Well, the portable scratching app has finally been released… for free! If you happen to own one of the 3G iPhones or iPod Touch with updated OS, then head over to iTunes to snatch your copy and get to scratching. … Read more
Self learning producers & engineers attempting to train their ears from home now have additional options. Auricula Software has developed a set of 5 plugins designed to help develop and train ears in concepts of EQ, time delay, gain change, and stereo field. Unlike other traditional audio courses, rather than have users access a library … Read more
Continuing the recent flood of mobile music applications is the yet to be released Mixtikl created by Intermorphic. Although we only have screenshots at the moment, Mixtikl promises to not only be a robust mobile music application, but also a full plugin and standalone desktop app for both Windows and Mac OS X. At launch … Read more
Guitar Center, Propellerhead, and LIne 6 present a free event for those looking to learn the latest Propellerhead Reason 4.0 and Line 6 TonePort tips & tricks. The session on July 24, 2008 at the Northridge Guitar Center will feature turntablist Mix Master Mike of the Beastie Boys as he demonstrate the incorporation Reason into … Read more
Remain Calm has put together a comprehensive list of 24 music apps for the Nintendo DS. Some of the apps listed include sequencers, sampled instruments, turntable emulators, and mixing consoles. I personally can’t wait to fire up Protein[DS] and try out some touchscreen scratching on the perfectly good DS that has somehow been laying around … Read more
Seems like everyone is fascinated with Antares Auto-Tune lately, including The New Yorker. Author Sasha Frere-Jones quickly breaks down the history of Auto-Tune from the inventor Andy Hildebrand’s ventures in the oil indusry, to Cher’s vocal tweaking on "Believe", and finally T-Pain’s complete adoption of the technique. There’s also a little bit of sound theory … Read more
Mac users hungry for an updated version of Motu’s Digital Performer can finally rejoice with the latest release of version 6. Updated features include a redesigned user interface, track comping, ProVerb™ convolution reverb plug-in, MasterWorks Leveler, XML file interchange with Final Cut Pro, Additional video/film enhancements, virtual instrument performance gains, enhanced Audio Unit plug-in and … Read more