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Monthly Archives: September 2006

WebCam Theremin?

29-Sep-06

What an odd idea: a webcam to MIDI converter.
(via MusicThing)

Vocoder Tutorial Podcast

29-Sep-06

O’Reilly has posted another vocoder tutorial, this time as a podcast.

SpliceMusic

29-Sep-06

SpliceMusic is a ”Web 2.0″ (barf, gag, I hate that term… ugh!) Flash application that combines an ACID-like loop sequencer with a CCMixter-ish online community. Neat idea!
(via GarageSpin)

Matt Hite @ Mini-Bootie inside Pop Roxx

28-Sep-06

This Friday — that’s tomorrow, folks! — Mini-Bootie will be in the upstairs lounge at Pop Roxx inside the DNA Lounge. This month I’m the special guest DJ (yay!) joining residents Party Ben and A+D to provide your aural mashup and bootleg entertainment. Foxy Cotton performs the midnight mashup show, and of course, we’ll have [...]

The Beachles Gets C&D

14-Sep-06

EMI has sent its cease & desist lawyer hounds after Clayton Counts, the producer behind “The Beachles,” a Beatles/Beach Boys mash-up project. Has anyone else noticed that every mash-up project mentioned on Boing Boing gets shut down?

Light Emitting Shirts

14-Sep-06

Can I get me one of these?
(Thanks jono!)

Fixing Tempo Drift Using Sound Forge

14-Sep-06

While not as easy as using Ableton’s warp markers, Johnny Rofrano’s tutorial on fixing tempo drift using Sound Forge is a great alternative solution. Tedious, yes, but it’ll do in a pinch. Why Sony doesn’t already have warp marker capabilities in their ACID beatmapper is beyond me, though!

HOAX: Portland DJ Arrested for Playing Mash-ups

08-Sep-06

Hoax. Dumb publicity stunt. Move along…

"Remashing" with Ableton

05-Sep-06

Blog reader Brad recently wrote in wondering if I knew of any good tutorials on DJing with Ableton Live. I haven’t worked with Live lately as a DJ tool, but I did point him towards some of the tutorials that have been featured on Beatmixed in the past.
As luck would have it, however, another [...]