A pile of hair believed snipped from Elvis Presley when he joined the U.S. Army in 1958 sold for $18,300 on Sunday, according to a Chicago auction house. The King’s hair was one of up to 200 items of Elvis memorabilia collected by the late Gary Pepper, who was the president of the Tankers Fan [...]
If you are like me – an audio gadget fanatic – then you’re going to be in love with the Buddha Machine. It’s a simple device that contains a bunch of audio loops, an amp and a speaker. The Buddha Machine is a project started by audio artists Christian Virant and Zhang Jian. They’ve put [...]
Korg’s original Electribes appeared in 1999, and caused uproar. Musicians everywhere tried to get their hands on these ultra portable, pattern-based step programming and tweak-friendly knobbed devices. In 2001, Korg released the first of the Electribe family, designed as an all-in-one dance music production device. This device however, was split into an ES-1 synth device, [...]
Maximize musical ideas on-stage or in a home studio setting with the new Akai MPK49 performance controller. The Akai MPK49 ushers in a new era for USB/MIDI controllers by combining a high-quality, 49-key, semi-weighted keyboard with aftertouch and 12 MPC-style drum pads. 48 total pads are accessible via 4 pad banks. The pads feature popular [...]
Full energy from start to end. That’s what Trance music is about. Tracklist : 01. Jes – Ghost (Phynn Rmx) 02. Richard Durand – Red Alert 03. Filo & Peri – Anthem (Nic Chagall Mix) 04. Under Sun – Captured (Signum Signal Mix) 05. Vincent de Moor – Fly Away (Cosmic Gate Rmx) 06. Remy [...]
Elton John should be banned from performing at a jazz festival in Tobago because his homosexuality could influence young people, some Christian leaders on the Caribbean island said on Monday. A group of Christian churches have failed to persuade the Tobago House of Assembly, which oversees the administration of the island, to join the call [...]
When I look at music equipment, it takes a lot for me to go “wow, that’s really amazing. I want it”. But when I saw this, I was super-impressed. You’ve just got to watch it. I can’t believe Rico Loop isn’t more famous. He was on fire and rocked the show! Not that I’m his [...]
A while back I came across the subject of holophony or holophonic sound, which is an audio recording technique that results in realistic and life-like 3D sounding audio recrodings. Holophonic sound recordings should be played when wearing headphones, and played at a reasonable volume. This improves the listening experience because you can hear the true [...]
Today I spent some time at ‘studio timw’ with some friends who were pretty new to the music producing scene. Soon enough, the question of why I mixed with monitors as opposed to just headphones came up. This question has actually become somewhat a legend in the music scene, especially amongst those who are just [...]