T-Pain makes catchy songs, but are they any good? The self proclaimed "ringleader of the game" discusses his initial use of Antares Auto-Tune and confesses,"It’s making me money so I ain’t got to stop." He also talks about haters, Ron Browz’s misunderstanding of Auto-Tune, and the "T-Pain" effect. Here’s the question though… at what point … Read more
Australian producer takes us through the creation of a track featuring a heavy dose of Auto-Tune along with some high commercial hopes. As primarily a sample based producer, M-Phazes addresses the evolution of his production style to incorporate more original instrumentation as a response to the current anti-sampling climate of the recording industry.
Legendary Bad Boy producer Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie aka The Madd Rapper stopped by the Round Table to talk about Styles’ absence from "All About The Benjamins", meeting P Diddy at Howard University, getting involved with production, discovering Kanye West, ghost production, and whole lot more.
The interview is in 4 Parts so grab a seat and get comfortable…. more after the jump!
Many of you have had questions about just exactly what features the Open Labs products offer over computer based setups. Open Labs developer Mark Packard takes us on a quick and dirty tour of the 61 key version of the Neko multimedia production workstation to highlight some of its features, benefits, and drool factors.
As a precursor to PPP’s Abundance album to be released on January 20th, 2009, Bing47 Radio drops a preview mix hosted by Waajeed as he goes through the tracks and offers commentary on inspiration, backstory behind the songs and participating artists, along with other production insight. "The mixtape includes brand new Waajeed remixes of songs … Read more
Swizz Beatz goes beyond music and steps into the world of canvas and paint. He takes a moment to speak with the NY Post about his appreciation for greats such as Salvador Dali, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Herring, and Andy Warhol, then goes on to talk about their influence on his own work. [via Miss Info]
We’ve seen quite a few USB turntables making the rounds lately, but the one offered by Veho adds some nice curves and a classy finish to complete the package. Connect the Veho USB turntable to your computer and record audio to WAV, which can then be exported to whatever format you desire.
Available at Gizoo for $100, you can be sure that it won’t break the bank either.
[via GA]
More pics after the jump!
There’s really no need to purchase fancy commercially made audio controllers when a resourcefully studio hacker can make their own. Instructables takes us through the steps of making a hard disk drive into a rotary input device. Notice the Start/Stop and Cue buttons that go along with the slider. "Our design called for an input … Read more
The holiday season is here and Akai has come bearing gifts with the introduction of the EWI USB Wind Controller. The EWI USB Wind Controller enables anyone, regardless of wind instrument-playing experience, to perform with the expressive capabilities of the wind instrument of their choice. Features include a five-octave range, breath modulation, pitch bend, adjustable … Read more
Seattle Red Bull Big Tune Champion Brainstorm takes inside his home studio (sort of) to tell stories of bum jackings and having the opportunity to work with Young Buck.