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“It IS Real Music After All!”

A Crash Course in Electronic Music Theory + Maintaining Melodic Cohesion in "Noisy" EDM Genres As a producer of electronic dance music, especially some of the “harsher” genres, I am known for my ability to deliver some of the most noisy, and downright ungodly computer noises, often evoking a sarcastic [...]

By |2023-11-24T07:34:05-05:00July 24, 2013|

Creative Use Of Noise Gates

Noise gates are often somewhat underused by producers of electronic music. Noise gates (or just simply, ‘gates’) were initially developed, as the name suggests, to stop unwanted noise from creeping into a mix. Imagine for example, that you are recording a drum kit live; the kick drum mic will pick [...]

By |2023-11-24T07:50:59-05:00July 15, 2013|

Novation Launchpad iPad App

Most DJs are already familiar with Novation, the company behind the extremely popular “Dicer” midi controllers. In addition to Dicers, Novation also has a healthy offering of other midi controllers including the Launchkey, Impulse, Twitch mixer, and Launchpad. Recently, the Launchpad controller was used as inspiration for an iPad app [...]

By |2023-11-23T22:22:59-05:00July 1, 2013|

Lossless Audio – How Important Is It?

The impending release of Neil Young’s ‘Pono’ raises many questions, both for serious consumers of music, and particularly for those of us who produce music. The veteran rocker‘s new service is slated for release this summer and it promises to offer extremely high quality 192kHz/24 bit digital audio. Compare this [...]

By |2023-11-24T07:37:37-05:00June 28, 2013|

Memories Of Movement

When mentioning how I planned to spend my Memorial Day weekend to friends and family, there are few cities in the world that elicit quite the same response as when Detroit is mentioned as your target destination.  Those who know automatically get it, but those who don't, simply haven’t a [...]

By |2023-11-24T07:37:38-05:00June 14, 2013|

Focusrite Scarlett 18i20: Good USB 2.0 Audio Interface

The Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, a USB 2.0 interface with eight mic preamps, is the latest in a new generation of audio interfaces designed to specifically work with computers. Focusrite claims it’s the USB 2.0 complement to the Saffire PRO 40; however, while the Scarlett 18i20 includes many decent features and [...]

By |2023-11-23T22:24:02-05:00June 10, 2013|

Pioneer DDJ-SX DJ Controller

The Pioneer DDJ-SX is a DJ controller specifically intended for use with the Serato DJ application. While the DJ controller market has been swarmed with dozens of clones recently, the DDJ-SX really is a formidable package. It features a four channel mixer, two capacitive jog wheels and the obligatory set of [...]

By |2020-11-26T11:37:20-05:00June 5, 2013|
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