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Adobe Audition Mac Beta Is Now Available

Adobe Audition, previously known as Cool Edit Pro, has enjoyed a loyal following for quite some time. The only problem was that it has only been available for Windows users. The great news is that now Mac users can now finally get in on the action as well. Notable Features: Fast start-up, high performance multi-threaded … Read more

Ryan Leslie Offers $1 Million Reward For Stolen Laptop: Simple Backup & Encryption Solutions

You may or may not have heard about producer Ryan Leslie’s most recent controversy involving a stolen laptop and personal belongings along with a considerable sum of cash. The details of the incident aren’t important, but immediately after the theft Ryan offered a $20,000 reward for safe the return of the laptop.  Today the reward was raised to $1,000,000 USD.

Ordinarily Crate Kings would not mention the incident and I truly hope that he’s able to reacquire his personal physical and digital property, however, there are great lessons that others can learn to hopefully avoid such a disastrous situation.  To put it simply… Backup and Encryption are a must.

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Trifeckta Wins St. Louis Red Bull Big Tune

Congrats to Trifeckta on his win at the St. Louis round of the Red Bull Big Tune Beat Battle! Both he and runner-up M80 will represent St. Louis at the national finals, which will take place in Chicago.

Final round footage after the break!

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Avid Pro Tools 9 Is Now Standalone & Other New Features

Avid has announced the released of Pro Tools 9, the latest version of its DAW. In addition to the such new features such as Automatic Delay Compensation and increased track count, Avid’s latest release now gives users the ability to use Pro Tools 9 without as standalone with only a computer, iLok and software, no hardware interface is needed.

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Maestro Harrell On Open Labs Neko LX5

Producer/actor Maestro Harrell (The Wire) sits down with Open Labs to talk about the role of music in his career, his move from laptop based production to the Open Labs Neko LX5, and his favorite software and production techniques.

The Bright Side (Remix) Promo 2 – Damu The Fudgemunk

Damu The Fudgemunk drops the second promo for his upcoming releas The Bright Side (Remix), which is scheduled for a November 23rd release date. I’m really looking forward to the The Bright Side remix, one of my greatest creations or pieces of work to come out. I’ve been sitting on that for about a year. … Read more