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Monthly Archives: July 2006

Conectiv

30-Jul-06

Move over Serato and Final Scratch — make room for your new competition: M-Audio’s new Conectiv interface and Torq DJ software. You have to check out the video on the Sonic State web site to truly appreciate the new features these guys are bringing to the table: ReWire support, a built-in sampler, “quick scratch” library, [...]

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Live 6 Announced

30-Jul-06

Ableton recently announced the September release of Live 6. The flagship feature? Video support! (Thanks Earworm!)

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Le Sport, The Spinto Band, and Client Remix Contest

23-Jul-06

Spanish audio blog Buffet Libre is hosting a remix contest for Le Sport, The Spinto Band, and Client. Full stem tracks will be made available for each artist throughout the next few weeks. My Spanish is bad, so I can’t provide any translation for Beatmixed readers, but I do know that Buffet Libre plans on [...]

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July Bootie

11-Jul-06

Just a quick reminder for mash-up fans in the San Francisco Bay Area — Bootie is back at the DNA Lounge this coming Friday, July 14th, 2006. So what’s in store this month? First up — from Toronto, Canada — it’s Smash Hitley, who performs epic audio and visual mixes that he plays live on [...]

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Laptop DJ Tutorial: The Perfect Mix

06-Jul-06

In this tutorial, you’ll learn to assemble the “perfect” DJ mix using your personal computer — no turntables required! There is a science behind the art, and using a few basic techniques you’ll soon learn to mix like the pros.

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Best Mash-ups 2 Review in Future Music

03-Jul-06

I just received the August 2006′s issue of Future Music and was pleasantly surprised to find a short mention of the Best Mashups Part 2! Neat!

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Peter Gabriel Remix Contest

03-Jul-06

Multitrack source material for Peter Gabriel’s “Shock the Monkey” is now available for download. Get remixing!

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Secrets of the Arpeggiator

03-Jul-06

Check out Jim Aikin’s great arpeggiator tutorial over at O’Reilly Digital Media.

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Livecoder

03-Jul-06

“Real DJs code live,” says Wired magazine. I don’t know about you, but I’m in no shape to code after a few drinks at the club.

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BPM and Harmonic Key Tool

02-Jul-06

Play individual notes and chords on the tuning keyboard and tap tempos into the BPM detector with this cool Flash tool. Great for a quick and dirty way of determining the harmonic key of a song.

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