Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Salutations and greetings IDMings! The amount of effects used on vocals in the past is numerous, and I have written about them before. They include the famous auto-tune effect, reverse reverb, heavy delay, reverb, chorusand so on. Here are a few I haven’t touched on: The Telephone Effect: Here’s a simple classic – take an […]
In the previous issue we covered ‘Programming Drums’ where we created a Drum Rack and with separate audio files we were able to program any desired drum pattern. Once I have achieved the basic drum groove I like to introduce a drum loop to give my drums a bed. This can be achieved with any […]
“I slacked on maths and physics in school with the thought ‘I will be in the music industry anyway, I don’t need this sh*t’… and now that I’m getting deeper into music, half of all the work seems to be maths and physics. It just shows; always strive to excel in everything you do. You […]
New TRAKTOR Butter Rug slipmats -Thinner than thin Brought to you in collaboration with scratch guru Qbert and his Thud Rumble brand, Native Instruments presents TRAKTOR Butter Rugs. These super-slim, ultra-slick slipmats will make the trickiest scratches butter-smooth. The reduced friction between vinyl and platter minimizes additional noise and gives you more responsive control. Step […]
Rane Serato teams up with Craig de Sousa Renowned South African DJ and producer Craig de Sousa has been using Rane Serato Scratch Live system for a few years now. His vision was to bring something to the market that would make it easier for all DJ’s to convert to the digital world of dj’ing […]
Beatport Emulator Winner Accepts Prize at PLASA Show 2011 SmithsonMartin Inc. in partnership with Beatport LLC have given 10 lucky winners free license for the Emulator multi-touch midi software. The promotion, run in late summer, also gave one winner the opportunity to contribute his or her own setlist to the Beatport Charts. The winner was […]
Jeremy Ellis performing on MASCHINE MIKRO Native Instruments today announced MASCHINE MIKRO, a highly affordable new entry into the world of its popular groove production system. By combining the full-featured MASCHINE software with a streamlined and compact controller, MASCHINE MIKRO makes the acclaimed tactile and intuitive music creation approach of MASCHINE available at a significantly […]
Tutorial: Production Tips Tricks from the Pro’s 8: A Hard Look at Yourself Salutations and greetings IDMings! If you haven’t started the practice of using another “pro” track to reference your productions with, now is the time to start. If you produce your own music, I’m sure you’ll have favourite artists or bands which you […]
Programming Drums in Ableton Live There are many ways to program drums, but still one of the most effective methods is using Ableton’s Drum Rack and a midi controller. This way the user has the control required to program more complicated rhythms and in a few simple steps you are able to map all your […]
Demystifying the Context of Being Educated “If you’re interested, you’ll do what’s convenient. If you’re committed, you’ll do whatever it takes.” “Those that are informed about what they do (as opposed to pretending to be) are dramatically more in-demand (employable) than those that are not.” To most DJs, composers, music producers and musicians, education is […]
