Opmerkelijk
While I’m still getting to grips with my Native Instruments Kontrol S4, I’m already receiving signal that a new Novation DJ controller is on its’ way.
One can only think of what Novation will call this one. First they came with the ‘Dicer’, so this could be a ‘Slicer’?
What can we expect?
A few experts over at DJTechTools already came up with this mockup:
nem0nic(Craig Reeves) was able to conjure this up together with a few others, photojojo(Chris Jennings), by just watching this youtube vid.
When can we expect it?
Novation stated around the fifth of April this year? (Thanks for reminding, Twumpy!)
With all the MIDIcontrollers that people can get in the nearest musicstore or webshop, it’s getting easier to get yourself a MIDI controller that fits your needs.
But what if, you find that one controller is getting close, but is not close enough. At that point you can choose to DIY a modification to multiple controllers, or even build one from scratch.
Enter Ray, who as Controlled Demolition is the current BeatBattle champion in Germany.
Even though the Akai APC40 came close to his liking, he thought the Akai APC 40 was not enough.
The Akai APC40 is one of the best designed controllers for Ableton Live, Ray thought it was still lacking control.
He decided to merge this controller with an Akai APC20, in order to fulfill his needs.
He merged these two and decided to call it APC80. Many think 40+20 would be 60 but, being that this modification leaves you to dabble with a grid of 80 buttons, this name only seems logical.
I had the change to get to know Ray through MIDIfight club, the party that had me going to spin tunes in Tresor Berlin earlier this year. But all I can say is; this remarkable cool guy has devised a beast of a controller.
Here you can see both Ray and the APC80 in action. I have to warn you though, all speech is handled in German, but all commands are done in MIDI. And you know the creed: “In MIDI we Trust!”, right?
Way before I got into singing, producing and DJing, I was an avid practitioner of aggressive sports.
Months on end I passed time by riding my skates or skateboard and grinding all ledges and rails I came across.
Today I bumped into this vid, and just had to share it with you. Hope you’ll enjoy it like I did.
Video: Amazing Skateboard Skills
Helaas is gisteren de Rapper GURU overleden. De rapper die, onder andere, in 1993 met Jazzmatazz de wereld klaarmaakte voor een pure combinatie van Jazz en Hiphop is niet meer.
Keith Helma, zoals GURU zijn echte naam luidde, heeft helaas zijn strijd tegen een hardnekkige kanker met de dood moeten bekopen.
Eerder lag hij al geruime tijd in coma, hetgeen al weggaf dat de beste man het niet lang meer zou maken.
Hier een grote passage uit de afscheidsbrief die hij geschreven heeft voor zijn fans, vrienden en familie:
I, Guru, am writing this letter to my fans, friends and loved ones around the world. I have had a long battle with cancer and have succumbed to the disease. I have suffered with this illness for over a year. I have exhausted all medical options. I have a non-profit organization called Each One Counts dedicated to carrying on my charitable work on behalf of abused and disadvantaged children from around the world and also to educate and research a cure for this terrible disease that took my life. I write this with tears in my eyes, not of sorrow but of joy for what a wonderful life I have enjoyed and how many great people I have had the pleasure of meeting.
… als een grootheid als Funk D’Void je bedankt voor de tips die je via Twitter hebt gegeven!
Hij was opzoek hoe hij zijn live DJ sets kon streamen, dus noemde ik een paar dingetjes waar ik wel eens wat over had opgevangen en ook waar ik in het verleden ook wel wat ervaring ee had.
Daniel heeft een tijd een Korg Electribe in bruikleen gehad. We hebben er toendertijd heel erg leuk mee geëxperimenteerd en ook leuke resultaten mee geboekt.
Zodoende hoop ik eigenlijk dat dit leuke (virtuele) machientje nou ook maar eens te koop komt voor normale Mac of PC, als VST.
KORG iELECTRIBE for iPad : Preview from KORG iELECTRIBE on Vimeo.
Well that didn’t take long! Here’s the first hot music App for the iPad: Korg iElectribe (iTunes link). A fully featured Electribe-R drum machine for $9.99. I’ve found that recording audio from my iPhone into Ableton has a different “out of the box” feel to the sounds when compared to VSTs. This is going to be fun!
“korg’s electribe·r has been coveted by dance musicians for ten years running. today, this indispensable instrument has been reborn as a dedicated ipad app – the korg ielectribe virtual analog beatbox! simply choose a part (or sound) and touch the 16-step sequencer to quickly build a groove. this easy-to-use interface combines forces with the ipad’s 9.7” multi touch display to offer an intuitive “hardware” feel, sure to inspire and captivate the imagination of any user. the ielectribe faithfully recreates the historic electribe·r’s entire sound engine and sequencer capabilities. in addition, it provides advanced motion sequencing, eight supercharged effect types, plus 64 new preset patterns that instantly allow the user to create music in a wide variety of dance and electronic music styles.” – korg.com
Follow Korg iElectribe on Twitter: http://twitter.com/iELECTRIBE
Maar weer hard rondkijken, aangezien ik deze eigenlijk wel als VST voor mijn mac wil hebben.
Quote is afkomstig vanaf wiretotheear.com
Zoals David Ellis en de straat artiest ‘Blu’ bewijzen, kan het soms zo mooi zijn.
Kijk naar deze mooie animatie, die twee keer achter elkaar geloopt is zodat je doorhebt, wat er allemaal gebeurd.
COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop)
