Kut Master Kurt changes lives with a wrestling mask and an Akai MPC 2000XL sampler/sequencer. Sampling, chopping, truncating, and programming are broken down in pure comedic fashion.
Kurt’s Words of Wisdom: "Don’t mess with the floppies, they’re a pain."
Continued after the jump!
DJ Quik plays with an Akai MPC 5000 and contrasts some of the functional differences between it and the MPC 3000. Respect to Phil for the heads up!
If 11 year old VohnBeatz is any representation of the next generation of producers, then the future of hip-hop looks very bright. S-1 (Symbolic One) is clearly training his son in the way of the Jedi.
Recent in studio footage with Battlecat and studio visitors Illa J, Murs, and Terrace Martin during the construction of a track.
Ryan Leslie drops another drops another production video and recreates "Just Right".
9th Wonder, Cool & Dre, Roger Linn, Psycho Les, and a handful of French producers are featured in a documentary entitled Beatmakerz. Together they address the role of DJ’ing, crate digging, sampling, and beat making. The trailer is half English/French with no sub titles and questionable product availability, but still a good view for production … Read more
A multi-segment interview, studio tour, beatmaking/production tutorial, and day-to-day footage with DR Period (AZ, M.O.P, Diplomats). Topics include various monitor types, digital vs. analog, track construction, and more.
More videos with DR Period after the jump!
Producer Denaun Porter gives a live demonstration of the Open Labs Miko and its bundled software at the Winter 2009 NAMM. It’s interesting to note that he’s recently stopped using Digidesign’s Pro Tools while making the move to Cockos’s Reaper.
A little taste of the low-fi E-MU SP1200 stylings from producer J.Force (Rock The Bells, Beef, Beef II, The MC, Bling). More proof that limited sample time in no way limits creativity.
Producer Dot Da Genius goes in studio with Kid Cudi and demonstrates how to construct a beat using a Roland MV-8000.