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Monthly Archives: February 2004

New York Times feature on Neptunes / Timbaland

06-Feb-04

The New York Times is running a great piece on Timbaland / Neptunes. Quite long but provides great insight on what makes their production work so enduring and never cliche. Free registration required, unfortunately. Use the NY Times random registration generator to bypass the account creation process.

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Performance tweaking tips for your D.A.W.

06-Feb-04

DazAutomatic over at GYBO posted a great link to an article covering the basics of optimizing a digital audio workstation. The article covers tips for Win 98, ME, 2000, and XP.

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iTunes sells silence

05-Feb-04

Saw this humorous bit on news.com today — apparently Apples sells silent tracks for 99 cents on the iTunes service. You can even preview silence. And of course it’s all wrapped in DRM! Apple even claims that they believe there is a market for silent songs, although they will not release individual sales figures for [...]

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The history of the remix service

02-Feb-04

If you call yourself a remixer, or even an aspiring one, you are hopefully familiar with Razormaid. The semi-complete history of Razormaid’s conception and evolution over the years is available on their web site. It’s an honest and inspiring recollection of what it took to make it all work. Art (rest in [...]

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Vocaloid

02-Feb-04

Can’t sing? Don’t let that minor detail stop you from producing your own hit pop single. Thanks to Yamaha’s Vocaloid, you can synthesize your own singers. Read the coverage in the Herald Tribune and the China Daily. You can also listen to some demo songs which utilize the technology. In any case, if William Hung [...]

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