Gizmodo is running a review of the RipDigital service. I still don’t understand why anyone would pay these folks to rip CDs and return them as privacy infringing watermarked files! You’re better off paying the kid down the block to just rip them for you — it’s the only way you’ll be certain that big [...]
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Victor @ Virtual Turntable has published a very informative review of Acid Pro 5.0. Give it a read!
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The Houston Press is running a piece on Final Scratch. I haven’t used it myself, but it definitely looks cool. I don’t think it would be very practical to set up in the middle of a gig, though! This is a great start, but the Final Scratch folks need to focus on better integration scenarios. [...]
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The Echo Indigo DJ represents my first hardware plunge into the digital DJ arena. The Indigo DJ is an inexpensive way to add two low latency stereo outputs to your laptop. By configuring your DJ application to use channels 1 & 2 for the house mix and 3 & 4 for the cue, traditional DJ [...]
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In The Mix has a review of Destroy All DJs, the mash-up mix released by LA producers BP and Effcee. It’s pretty apparent this mix suffers from the same problems as Keoki’s Kill All DJs. To be honest, I was hoping the record label would learn from past mistakes.
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A great review of the Grey Album appears in the American Prospect. The true impact, the author states, is that of crossover potential. The fan base is expanded, crossover potentials are multiplied; more black kids buy The White Album, and more white kids buy The Black Album. Pop lives, and we all win.
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CNet pays Eliot Van Buskirk to play with MP3 hardware and software. Now Osborne/McGraw Hill is paying him to write books about it. Poor guy! Burning Down the House: Ripping, Recording, Remixing, and More!, hit the shelves late last year. What follows is my review and thoughts on this book.
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While perusing the shelves of Tower in search of the [yet to be released] Destroy All DJs mix CD on Cleopatra, I stumbled across Keoki’s Kill the DJ CD. Now I would typically despise Keoki, but curiosity got the best of me and I purchased it. Read on for my brief review.
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In honor of Grey Tuesday, check out Byron Crawford’s review of Danger Mouse’s Grey Album.
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I’ve been looking to make the big switch from Acid to Ableton for my loop-based production needs. I installed the demo and fired it up, only to find myself staring at thoroughly confusing interface that was nothing like I had seen before. So instead of spending too much time trying to learn by trial-and-error, I [...]
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