Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Many of the default settings in Ableton Live are intended to optimise playback smoothness and keep CPU usage low. This is great for performance and working on a track but doesn’t provide the highest sound quality available from Live. Perhaps you are at the final stage of a project and you wish to ensure you […]
We all know the Stimming sound, born in Germany and soon spread across the globe; either starting, keeping or ending of a good tech event! Martin Stimming is known for his ‘loose’ feel of rhythm and arb hits placed in smart positions. One thing we need to remember is that Stimming has an electronic drum […]
Advanced enough to handle any DJ requirements and compact enough to fit it all in. What Is It? The Denon DN-S1200 is one of the most overlooked pieces of kit out on the market at the moment. Let me exemplify that statement for you. So I’m not one to examine product awards right off the bat […]
What is it? Numark’s brand new Mixdeck is yet another option in the increasingly competitive market of multi-platform DJ’ing. Laptop’s are here to stay although I’ve heard many, many DJ’s make snide remarks about laptop DJ’s and seem to have the misinformed impression that if you use one you’re not a ‘real DJ,’ or else […]
“immense sonic capabilities available at your very fingertips” What is it? When it comes to synthesizers there are few names as reputable as Roland. Since the first Roland instrument, the SH-1000, was released all the way back in 1973 they have continued to create a long and illustrious line of instruments that have shaped the […]
“Welcome to the 21st century…” What we were hoping to bring you was a full review of Reason 5 in this edition but alas the promised advanced copy from Propellerhead had not yet arrived in time for print, ahead of the official release date on 25 August 2010. So instead of spending a weekend tinkering […]
In the pic, I have set up my live drums and bass to get routed to a side buss called “Parallel Comp”. I have an LA-3A compressor and Neve 1073 EQ running on the buss track. I have blended this in lightly with the overall mix.) The “Drum Sub” channel is a sub-mix of my […]
“…a good groove can make the difference between an OK track and a great one.” There are two ways to grab a groove in Ableton Live. They’re both excellent methods to capture the rhythmic groove from your favourite track and apply it to your new creation. Have no clue what I’m talking about? The groove […]
We’re going back to the old school here as Ryan looks at how to achieve that ‘Deadmau5 prog’ sound in Reason, using only one Subtractor, a ReDrum, and 2 effects devices. The Full, self-enclosed reason file is available at www.scim.co.za/sc-online/IDM-magazine.html – Download it and use as a guide if you need to! If you don’t […]
Leaner, but no less meaner What Is It? It’s the next generation in Pioneer’s extremely popular CDJ800 range. The brand new Pioneer CDJ900 comes replete with all the latest tech that we have been waiting for Pioneer to offer us. They have added USB ports to be able to operate the CDJ900 as either a […]
