M-Audio has launched a series of comic books/pamphlets based on production and studio concepts. I’m not quite sure if there’s a hidden purpose behind presenting this as a comic, but you can pick up some valuable tips about monitors, room acoustics, and speaker placement in the premier issue. You should be alright as long as … Read more
XLR8R drops a stream of consiousness piece with Flying Lotus. Take away the odd "wonky" references and it turns out to be very insightful, particularly his views on the spiritual nature of music, distaste for trendy club scenes, and crazy RZA stories. In addition to the piece, there’s also a nice bonus musical Q & … Read more
It took a while to complete, but our Lower End Analog Synth collection is finally available for immediate download and features over 100 handcrafted vintage sounds. Finally a powerful, original, and unique low end synth collection has been put together in convienient WAV for your production pleasure . Head over to the sample store for … Read more
Z-Trip touches on the importance of having style and a deep record collection. He mainly refers to live DJ’ing, but it’s not hard to figure out that this directly applies to production as well. Later ideas and advice are given about starting an independent label.
For PC users unwilling to use Pro Tools or Adobe Audition, you may want to try the recently updated version of Reaper. Designed by Cockos Inc., Reaper is a DAW which features a 64 bit audio engine, VST plugin & MIDI support, and can be run from a USB key or other removable media. Considering … Read more
Production duo SlapBoyz.(Yukmouth, Keak Da Sneak) talk about making the move from Korg’s Triton (now a glorified MIDI controller) to the Open Labs Timbaland Special Edition Miko via Sha Money XL’s One Stop Shop Producers Conference. They also offer up an exclusive preview of an upcoming release.
A couple of months ago I nearly drove everyone around me insane with my efforts to track down a new-in-box version of the MOTU Ultralite interface. Each phone and online search resulted with the device being on backorder and a cryptic response concerning future availability. However, being a determined and sometimes overly obsessive individual, … Read more
Unboxing Live does us the favor of letting us watch and drool over the opening of the Beats By Dr. Dre headphones. It’s obvious that they went all out on the packaging, but I’m eager to get my hands on a pair to judge the sound for myself. Respect to TI50
Some older live performance footage of Scott Storch running through a medley of hits. His talent and hits can’t be denied… let’s hope things come back together for him.
I wish that I could have made it out to this event last month. Unfortunately, there was a slight logistics issue which prevented my pursuit of dusty fingers and vinyl hoarding. Looks like some serious digging was going down and at least one improvised record wall.