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Mono Kontroller Bag Released for S4s

Ome Les — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:54:30 +0000

DJ TechTools has teamed up with Mono to produce a high-quality bag for large controllers like the Native Instruments Kontrol S4. Mono are the team behind some of the nicest bags in the industry, and after we created our own S4 shoulder bag, they offered to take it up a notch with their signature design and construction. The resulting product is super-impressive and quite possibly the best looking way to travel with a large controller. To celebrate this announcement, DJ TechTools is offering a special Winter deal during this December.

> continued on DJ TechTools

RapBattle: Blizzard blown away by his english teacher

Ome Les — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:09:09 +0000

17 year old UK RapBattle phenom Blizzard gets blasted by his english teacher, Mark Grist on UK RapBattle show “Don’t Flop”.

Even though Blizzard would ordinarily make short work of others, it’s apparent why he should still pay homage to his teachers.
(Forward the clip to 1:30 to start the episode)

Keyfinder: Key detection software for DJs

Ome Les — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:38:40 +0000

KeyFinder is an open source key detection tool for DJs who are interested in harmonic and tonal mixing. Designed primarily for electronic and dance music, it is highly configurable and can be applied to many genres. It supports a huge range of codecs thanks to LibAV, and writes to metadata tags using TagLib.

It’s intended to be very focused: no library management, no track suggestions, no media player. Just a fast, efficient workflow tool.

The standard KeyFinder interface performs batch jobs, detecting the keys of a group of files quickly and simply. There is also a detailed analysis interface, which can be used to visualise chord structures, melodies and key changes in a single recording.

The creator developed this software as part of a project to obtain his MSc in Computer Science.

The software is aimed for OSX, but a windows version can also be obtained from the website of Ibrahim Shaath.

Nice article on Digital DJ Tips

Ome Les — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:00:28 +0000

  Have you ever dreamed of playing in another state or even country? I’m sure you have. It’s a dream practically every DJ out there has the moment they get on the decks.

They see the headliners and even popular locals flying around the world to play, and want to be there themselves one day.   Now you might think playing abroad is a privilege only set for those guaranteed to fill a club – but that’s not entirely true. What if I told you it could be easier than you think? Yes, with a little work and some ingenuity, you could play abroad too. Here’s how…

Cityhopper: Sven Boekhorst

Ome Les — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:13:45 +0000

CITYHOPPER is a video project starring Dutch Rollerblade phenom Sven Boekhorst. All in the name of testing out his new Rollerblade SB Pro skate.

Check out cityhopper.nu for more info.

Maya Jane Coles on Allen & Heath Xone:DB2

Ome Les — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:33:01 +0000

Here’s two of my favorite music/dj items in life: Maya Jane Coles and the Allen & Heath Xone:DB2. (And yeah, one of her own productions is featured as well. )

Keytar anyone? Alesis drops Vortex on NAMM2012

Ome Les — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:36:22 +0000

Being that the Keytar has reached cult status, these things were hard to come by, as that they were no longer manufactured on a high scale.

Many of you will be glad to hear that Alesis has developed a MIDI variant of the keytar, branding it Vortex.

Here’s my man Ean Golden showing of his skills!

RSTRCTD – good times ahead

Ome Les — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:24:32 +0000

Just got my Kontrol S4 back from Daniel, so I got some nice times ahead!

MIDIfighter, designed by workgringo at workgringo.com

I had just the MIDIfighter for a short period, as I was trying to get my new studio in order. But as one might expect I could not just keep it at that.
This is what I am aiming for ultimately ofcourse:

First things first though. I will most probably go and raid the local Ikea to purchase a 4×2 Expedit cabinet, some Capita legs, and some isolating floor panels so that I can finally start building my studio in the attic.

Next to this Daniel(James Dan) and I will be finally setting up a firm basis for RSTRCTDnl. This will become the home stomping ground of our Restricted Sessions, that will also be featured on SimplyRadio’s Simply Electro.

Production-wise 2012 will also be a nice and challenging year. The liquid d&b(Sparkling Tree) project Daniel and I are working on is working to be a promising track. Mastering and EQing will take place this week.
If this works out to be the fine track we think it to become, we will be talking experimental projects that can work out into a musical expedition not yet encountered!

More on all of this as it will develop of course.

Sparkling Tree – Leslie Jones (WIP)

Ome Les — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:39:52 +0000

After all the previous posted Work in Progress tracks, I decided to share one of my own.

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Rough skeleton is set, details need to be added.

This track keeps me busy even though I am a bit stuck about its’ direction.

“SparklingTree” by Leslie Jones a.k.a. tekki is licensed under a Creative Commons License

Twin Minds by James Dan (WIP)

Ome Les — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:03:13 +0000

My bro’ Dan posted this Work in Progress version of a new track he’s working on. Check it, it’s gonna be awesome.

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