Numark recently released the iDJ2, their second attempt at a DJ mixer with integrated iPod support. This time they’ve included a tactile control surface and pitch control capabilities. What I find most interesting, however, is that one iPod is enough: the iDJ2 can access multiple songs on the same iPod simultaneously. I’m guessing this [...]
Mash-ups are fast becoming an important marketing tool. According to AllHipHop.com, “[a] $5 million dollar ad promoting Dr. Pepper featuring the music of Will Smith, Kiss, EMP and Cyndi Lauper ‘mashed’ together” is currently under production. It makes perfect sense for the marketing agencies to leverage the mash-up — the genre clash is bound to [...]
Remix Magazine and Ableton are sponsoring a remix contest for Gabriel & Dresden’s latest single, “Tracking Treasure Down.” Josh Gabriel and Dave Dresden will judge the contest. Cool prizes include an Apple video iPod, Ableton Live 5 software, and more! Submissions are due May 15, 2006. See the Ableton site for source files and contest [...]
Is vinyl dead? Maybe, at least when it comes to today’s new school DJ. While vinyl may be the “heart and soul of DJs, the badge that sets them apart,” smart jocks are wasting no time exploring computer-based digital DJ solutions such as Serato Scratch Live. Check out CNet’s coverage of the digital DJ.
The new Antonio Banderas film will reportedly get the video mash-up treatment as part of its promotional campaign.
Oh, how I love the Copy, Right? music blog in all its cover song glory.
REAPER (Rapid Environment for Audio Prototyping and Efficient Recording) looks to be an up & coming contender in the multitrack audio editing space. Even at its pre-1.0 version, it looks to have many of the same capabilities as more mature products like ACID. Check out this list of notable features:
Support for an unlimited number of [...]
Thanks to Victor from Virtual Turntable for pointing out what appears to be another great audio extraction tool. The Audio Scanner VST is an “audio separation tool” developed in the Musical Technology Group at Pompeu Fabra University. I haven’t had time to try it yet, but it’s on my to-do-list.
Here’s an older interview with Mark Vidler, aka Go Home Productions, which appeared in the February 2004 issue of Cybersocket Magazine. Even though it’s old, I thought it was still interesting since the interview was conducted by Indie 101’s Smash Mix DJ Paul V.
Creative Commons is hosting another remix contest, this time for Mike Shinoda’s (of Linkin Park) side project Fort Minor. The audio elements of their single “Remember the Name” are being released under a Creative Commons BY-NC (Attribution/Non-commercial) license. The prize for the contest is great: a Technics 1200 turntable!