Personally, I think the sound of the TB-303 was bastardized to some degree during the late 90’s, especially by the Goa & Psy Trance genre that had the sound distorted to death and on full resonance – pretty much ALL of the time. But luckily Laurent Garnier (check-out Acid Eifel) and Richie Hawtin (as Plastikman) continued with the purist [...]
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Acid House Trax You Should Know
Personally, I think the sound of the TB-303 was bastardized to some degree during the late 90’s, especially by the Goa & Psy Trance genre that had the sound distorted to death and on full resonance – pretty much ALL of the time. But luckily Laurent Garnier (check-out Acid Eifel) and Richie Hawtin (as Plastikman) continued with the purist [...]
Multiband Processing with Ableton Liv...
Multiband processing. That magic trick that all producers talks about but never explains exactly what it is. Sure, we all know that there are several multiband compressor vst plugins available, and even a couple of multiband effect suites, but exactly what is multiband processing, and how does it work?
Why do you need it, and why would you wa [...]
Spend £149 -Get £149 Free Novation So...
Free Software worth $149 with Novation Nocturn Midi Controller
Launched back in 2008, Novation’s original Nocturn was an innovative addition to the budget midi controller market. Priced at £69 in the UK ( $99 in USA) it is ultra affordable and doesn’t fall short in terms of features, providing a vast array of control that unleas [...]
Esprit ‘Infinity’ Remix W...
Infinity Competition Winners
Esprit Records recently announced winners for Goro & Dephzac – Infinity remix competition originally posted here.
Winners are:
1st place: Dosage remix
Dosage (aka Paistyboy) are young dubstep producers from Watford, UK. Goro & Dephzac judged this as the best remix saying it was a ” fresh and original [...]
Making Music on an iPhone using Intua...
If you don’t already own an iPhone or an i-Pod touch then as an electronic music-maker you will most likely buy one soon. The reasons to own this sexy little gadget become even more compelling now you can produce serious music on the move, using Beatmaker by Intua. First released in 2008, Beatmaker has become the leading mobile music creatio [...]
Creating 303 sounds in REASON
Rolands TB-303 is becoming increasingly rare to find in good working order, and at a price that doesn’t involve a bank loan. Luckily most vst instruments can do a convincing job of re-creating the classic sound. And every producer should know how to create this patch – from scratch – for themselves. Check-out my beginners guide using Pr [...]
Up all night with Novation’s No...
Nocturn device controller from Novation
Novation Nocturn Midi ControllerNow at just £69 in the UK and $99 in the US, the recent Midi Controller from Novation – Nocturn is a very cool piece of kit and certainly a winner on price. Featuring 8 rotating encoders and 8 buttons, plus a horizontal fader and dedicated speed dial, the Nocturn [...]
Plastikman – SYNK
PLASTIKMAN Live with Synk
In his latest project, Richie Hawtin (Plastikman) continues to push boundaries of innovation in electronic music technology. Last year was the Contakt tour which made use of a huge lcd display and quartz to mesmerize the audience visually during his set. This time around he is planning greater crowd participation via [...]
Lyrics Born – Pushing Boundries
Rapper, singer and producer Lyrics Born (Tom Shimura) continues to push the creative boundaries with his latest studio album, ‘As You Were’ set for release in early Autumn of 2010. The San Francisco Bay Area artist has been on the block since his first single ‘Send Them’ was released back in 1993 under the moniker Asia Born on the independent [...]
Dub FX in Full Effect
Here is a beat boxer, rapper, singer, and producer who has been redefining electronic music over the last couple of years with his live performances and recordings in several countries around the world. Ben Stanford aka Dub FX has come from Australia via Italy and Manchester to deliver a unique end product sound to a rapidly expanding audienc [...]