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Monthly Archives: November 2004

MTV’s mash-up show

08-Nov-04

It’s no longer just a rumor. [sarcasm]In a surprise industry move, MTV has started production on an original series about music.[/sarcasm] Premiering this Wednesday, November 10th at 10:30 PM PST, MTV presents Ultimate Mash-ups, a series dedicated to the live performance of mash-up style collaborations. The first episode will feature Jay [...]

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The Who Boys

05-Nov-04

Underground remix albums are becoming quite the trend these days — Parkspliced, Night at the Hip-Hopera, and now The Who Boys.  It’s a mash-up album that’s "sliced up and cooked on a griddle of drum n bass, dub and hard electronic rhythm."  I quite like this one.

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Get ready for Acid Pro 5

04-Nov-04

Brace yourself — Sony has announced that Acid Pro 5 will be available in five days. I can’t wait to get my copy — lots of new features to play with. Here are some highlights:

Disc-at-once burning. Put track markers in and burn right from Acid.
Support for VSTi, VST effects, and soft synths.
Improved [...]

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The ultimate DJ transport

03-Nov-04

Does it get any better than this? I wouldn’t mind scrapping my wheels for this bad boy. Santa, are you listening? Please????

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Professor lectures on mash-ups

02-Nov-04

As reported in the Daily Iowan, even university lecturers have something to say about the cultural significance of mash-ups.

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Free for the listening — and “legal”

02-Nov-04

The Boston Globe is running a “how-to” story on legally “recording” (ie. stream ripping) music from the net. “It’s not altogether good news for the recording industry, already busy trying to stamp out the music file-swappers,” the author states. Stream ripping has been around since the birth of Internet radio, and it’s not [...]

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Interview with Webjay creator

02-Nov-04

If you’re a frequent reader of beatmixed, you already know that I think Webjay is cool. If you’re also a fan, check out the Read/Write interview with Lucas Gonze, the creator of Webjay.

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