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Monthly Archives: April 2008

To Mash You Must Be This Hite

30-Apr-08

DJ Useo wrote a very flattering profile of me in a recent issue of his BartCopE ezine. Thanks for your support, Useo!

Halve/Double BPMs in Serato

26-Apr-08

Great, quick tip for halving or doubling BPMs in Serato Scratch Live without having to rescan the track.

WHA!? History Pack

21-Apr-08

In conjunction with Mininova, Simon Iddol has re-released the entire WHA!? bootleg series. See his post about it here or jump right on to Mininova and start downloading (part 1 and part 2). If you are wondering what the heck WHA!? is, wonder no more: it’s a collection of some of the finest mashups and [...]

Ableton Tip: Master Warp

14-Apr-08

If you’ve spent any time in Ableton Live, you are likely familiar with “warp markers” and how they are used to mark beats in an audio file. Using these markers, Ableton can time stretch or compress an audio clip to keep it in sync with a master project tempo. It’s a very neat feature, and [...]

Pacemaker Review

10-Apr-08

Wired reviews the Pacemaker, an all-in-one, handheld DJ device. The verdict: impractical. I still want one, though.

Laptop DJ Quick Tip (Mac) – iTunes and Automator

10-Apr-08

If you’re anything like me, you often find yourself with a large pile of MP3 files scattered about in your download directory that need to be moved into the iTunes library. Normally this involves highlighting and manually dragging these files into iTunes. Read on for my quick tip on how to automate this repetitive task.

rx: Electro Skeletor

06-Apr-08

Recombinant remix and video artist rx has done it again. Check out his latest creation, a politically charged anti-war video cover of Helter Skelter. Make sure to also check out his Should I Stay or Should I Go video featuring Tony Blair. Amazing stuff as usual.

Remix Radiohead’s “Nude”

02-Apr-08

Radiohead is making the stems to Nude (off their In Rainbows album) available for download on iTunes. Purchase the stems before April 8th and Apple will throw in an accompanying GarageBand file for the track.

Ironically, while the song itself is 99 cents, the 5 stems are also 99 cents each! How is it that the [...]