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MTV, CMT (Viacom?) and the Grand Ol’ Opry filed papers in Washington DC Tuesday to try to stop the impending onslaught of high tech gadgets that plan to use the same frequency spectrum for wireless broadcasting. According to a c|net report, Google, Microsoft, Intel, and Dell (among others) want to use the frequencies between licensed TV and wireless channels (AKA “white space”) to enable new digital camcorders, mp3 players, etc. to access the internet. The new devices seek out an “empty” space and attempt to avoid “taken” frequencies, but some of us remember the old wireless days when truckers’ CB rigs could blast into virtually any venue (church, school assembly, rock concert).
While proponents of these new devices say it could lower internet costs by increasing competition, it seems like a step backwards to those of us who were finally beginning to trust wireless microphone systems. What will the future hold? Will we have to pay AT&T/Sprint/Verizon a monthly fee for a “private” wireless channel or will these new digital spambots threaten all frequencies? Imagine 5 years from now when wireless “spamming” becomes a closet industry (and your wireless vocal mic’s frequency is taken over by recorded message for some political candidate).
Anyone remember when touring groups actually had to tech. rehearse their movements onstage to avoid tangled mic lines?
So the Iron Chefs at Digidesign have been cooking up a new virtual instrument plugin and this one’s gotta be designed either for phlebotomists or the Trance Loop/Electronica crowd. Judging from the samples, you beatmakers out there should be well pleased. I was severely disappointed in the example of an Acoustic Piano sound, but impressed at the ultra-modern beats with extra-wide spatial imaging on everything else they listed. Yea, I’m a plug-in junkie and I’ll be downloading this. It will probably be just like the Eleven Plugin; –I’ll fall in love with it and when it expires it will be about $300 more than I think it’s worth. Heck, I could probably find a real acoustic piano (used) for that…but why expect killer piano sounds from a plugin called “Transfuser.” But enough of my sardonic wit, go check it out for yourself.
One more thing, be sure to ignore any “Transfuser” criticism you might hear from Christian Science or Jehovah’s Witness-affiliated websites.
Rumor has it that 100 lucky people will get calls tomorrow to invite them to purchase the first Tenori-on units to enter the U.S. Chances are good that you will have to wait at least until June, but if you’re interested, go here and get in line.
This is the first time I’ve seen a 1 TB Firewire/USB/SATA drive for this cheap!
$299 list from Discmakers. $269 from Seagate (free shipping to U.S.).
Froogling produced slightly lower prices, but none of those “Deals” were active at the moment.
Ladies and Gentlemen, you can never have too many external drives (especially for audio storage). If only Seagate produced gasoline (petroleum, etc..)…
Man, I gotta get me a uke!
UkeHunt posted TAB and tutorial here:
I heard Coulton do this live a few months ago and he was such a captivating songwriter; –great sense of humor and a knack for thinking “out of the box.”
Ukehunt is working on a buyer’s guide. I wanna read that when it’s finished!
From Discmakers.com comes a reasonably-priced duplicator. The new Forte ($499 U.S. MSRP) automated CD/DVD duplicator is a stand-alone unit and is easy to use. According to the press release, the Forte has a 20x DVD±R/40x CD-R drive and features a 25-disc input/output capacity. It has a 160GB internal hard drive that stores up to 31 full-sized DVD images. Duplication speed output is seven DVDs or 14 CDs per hour.
I love equipment shootouts; –especially when the underdog makes a great showing. Today’s shootout comes from Audio Geek Zine where Jon has matched a GLS #S-57 against 2 Shure mics and an AT-2020. I thought the S-57 did a fine job and at $30 Bucks a mic, you sure can’t beat the price! More info at Speakerrepair.com.
Are you wasting money on high-end audio equipment?
In the April edition of MIX magazine, Paul Lehrman reported on a double-blind study published in the AES journal which compared the sonic resolution of high-end SACDs, DVD-As, and the lowly CD. The 60 subjects were recording professionals, audiophiles, and college students in an audio recording program. In 554 trials, there was no statistical difference between “high-resolution” audio and the standard CD 44.1kHz/16 bit format.
So why should I spend more money for equipment w/ astronomically high sample rates/depth capacity? The answer seems to be that I shouldn’t. Read another way, it seems that spending lots of money for the high end stuff doesn’t equal a relative increase in the quality of your recordings (or Live sound system, for that matter).
Lehrman says …”something is causing people to say they are hearing differences” and offers a theory by Ethan Winer (RealTraps manufacturer) that could be one answer. Ethan says “I am convinced that comb filtering is at the root of people reporting a change in the sound of cables and electronics, even when no significant change is likely. If someone listens to their system using one pair of cables and gets up and switches cables and sits down again, the frequency response heard is sure to be very different because it’s impossible to sit down again in exactly the same place. So the sound really did change, but probably not because the cables sound different.”
I’m digging this Gospel, so I went on Winer’s site and started reading. From an article in a 2005 edition of Skeptic magazine, I found this gem:
Among devoted audiophiles, one of the most hotly debated topics is the notion that ultrasonic frequencies are necessary for high fidelity reproduction. Put aside for a moment that no human can hear much past 20 KHz. Few microphones respond to frequencies beyond that, and even fewer loudspeakers can reproduce that high. If maintaining an extended frequency response were free, I’d have little objection. But in this digital age, storing frequencies higher than necessary wastes memory, media space, and bandwidth. Even sillier is the way audio is handled on DVD soundtracks. DVDs accommodate frequencies up to 96 KHz, but then lossy* data compression, which is audible is often needed to make it fit! Record companies and equipment manufacturers just love that millions of people replaced all their old LPs and cassettes with CDs. They’re trying very hard to get us to buy all the same titles, and new gear to play them, yet again with the false promise of fidelity that exceeds CDs.
So if much of what we perceive as improvements in quality are due to our listening environment (changes in head position), are there any things that seem to make a difference?
Years ago I bought a BBE Sonic Maximizer because I heard a big difference in my PA system when I added it in the loop. Now I don’t have any inside knowledge about what these guys are actually doing to the signal, but it sounds like it’s doing something! I can peel away mud and adjust bass with a simple twist of the knob, but it’s still “magic” to me; - it’s some sort of smart eq/phase cancellation black box. Why can’t I do the same thing with an EQ and maybe a spatial enhancing plugin within Protools? Hopefully if I can get a free moment this week, I’ll try to create an audio shootout between the BBE box and my plugins. It should be interesting…
Years ago when I was trying to make a go in retail music with 5 partners, we had a pretty nice little store with full lines of most anything you’d want. One day the Randall amps representative (if memory serves me) came in and (after begging everyone else in town) offered us the line for a rather small investment. If we took the line, we’d also get a clinic with Michael Angelo Batio (from the band Nitro). Everyone thought this was a good idea at the time (even though we already had Marshall, Ampeg, and Crate lines), so we took the line and booked a clinic. Michael Angelo was an incredibly nice guy and brought his double-neck and another guitar and drew a pretty big audience for B’ham, Alabama in the late 1980s. Frankly, I’d not heard of him, but when he played, I was very impressed. This video illustrates why you should learn to play your tetrachords! (@45 sec.s) Read the rest of this entry »
Found this on Youtube- Dweezil demonstrating Native Instruments’ Guitar Rig software.
Any guitar sound that you like can be created, stored and emailed to your friends using your computer, not your amp. Guitar Rig is a plugin for popular sequencers/recording software.
It’s kinda cool to hear Dweezil play Van Halen then one of his dad’s old solos. His 2nd tour (Zappa plays Zappa) is coming to play a concert in Atlanta in a few months…I wonder if the wife would go. Hmmm…. Read the rest of this entry »
Folks, if you’ve never seen one of these before, you should try to appreciate the people who are dedicated to keeping the “old school” way of producing music alive. Read Wiretotheear’s post here:
Then visit the owner’s site for more information.
Sometimes when you glance at your inbox, you don’t really pay much attention to all those ads from vendors trying to get your attention with their product. Such was the case a couple of days ago when I trashed an email offering me special pricing on a new Celemony edition. I use Celemony for pitch, timing and vowel correction on vocal tracks because you can easily sculpt the track and still have the element of believability (unlike some other plugins). Today when I read WiretotheEar’s blog post and watched the video I realized I’d made a huge mistake in deleting that email.
Folks, this is going to revolutionize recording and remixing. Imagine after listening to your track you notice that your B string was kinda out of tune. No problem. You can fix it. What if you’re playing chords? Still no problem.
My mouth drops open here; prior to DNA there has not been a successful way to reach inside a polyphonic track (it’s got a bunch of notes happening at once) and fix things. Heck, now you can even rearrange the music (change the chords, timing and everything).
I can even use stock loops and rearrange them into something totally different. I’ll be a virtual Dr. Frankenstein of audio!
Can you imagine the possibilities of someday being able to reach inside a classic song (Insert your favorite song here) and totally change its feel, key, modality, or even mute the vocal track and replace it with your own! The future is somehow both disturbing and exciting!
An interesting gear review at Audioholics.com comes from a Dr, Dean and 5 ”audiophile buddies” who had some extra time on their hands (via Gizmodo) . It pretty effectively refutes many audio cable manufacturer’s claims that their cables make a big difference in sound quality.
We gathered up a 5 of our audio buddies. We took my “old” Martin Logan SL-3 (not a bad speaker for accurate noise making) and hooked them up with Monster 1000 speaker cables (decent cables according to the audio press). We also rigged up 14 gauge, oxygen free Belden stranded copper wire with a simple PVC jacket. Both were 2 meters long. They were connected to an ABX switch box allowing blind fold testing. Volume levels were set at 75 Db at 1000K Hz. A high quality recording of smooth, trio, easy listening jazz was played (Piano, drums, bass). None of us had heard this group or CD before, therefore eliminating biases. The music was played. Of the 5 blind folded, only 2 guessed correctly which was the monster cable. (I was not one of them). This was done 7 times in a row! Keeping us blind folded, my brother switched out the Belden wire (are you ready for this) with simple coat hanger wire! Unknown to me and our 12 audiophile buddies, prior to the ABX blind test, he took apart four coat hangers, reconnectd them and twisted them into a pair of speaker cables. Connections were soldered. He stashed them in a closet within the testing room so we were not privy to what he was up to. This made for a pair of 2 meter cables, the exact length of the other wires. The test was conducted. After 5 tests, none could determine which was the Monster 1000 cable or the coat hanger wire. Further, when music was played through the coat hanger wire, we were asked if what we heard sounded good to us. All agreed that what was heard sounded excellent, however, when A-B tests occured, it was impossible to determine which sounded best the majority of the time and which wire was in use. Needless to say, after the blind folds came off and we saw what my brother did, we learned he was right…most of what manufactures have to say about their products is pure hype. It seems the more they charge, the more hyped it is. (-Dr. Dean )
One of my engineer friends related his experience with a certain popular brand of “High Quality” instrument cable actually screwed up the input jack on his vintage Les Paul. After using this cable for a while, he noticed that none of his other cables would fit tightly in his guitar again. He reached for his micrometer and compared the diameter of said cable and a regular Belden cable and discovered the awful truth; –the “High Quality” cable was larger in diameter and had bent the input jack’s clips outward. Now only a “High Quality” brand cable would work with his guitar rig. He was not a happy camper and has made it a point to spread the truth about the cable company’s tricks. So I’m sharing his story with you.
Moral- If you love your equipment, don’t buy a “beastly” cable.
I downloaded a new Remixing program today after reading about it on Jonathan Savage’s blog. I’m a hip dude; I can remix!
Features:
1. It’s free.
2. It has beatmapping. (i.e. tempo stretching without pitch changes.) And it has rudimentary Beat Detection (estimation).
3. Support for MIDI devices (basic MIDI controllers), Serato timecode (for scratch tracking) and Hercules DJ control surfaces.
4. Open Source, so you have a community of developers/tweakers out there to expand the product.
Results:
I started the program and immediately chose the wrong directory for my music files! Luckily, I could change this under preferences…
Adding music was easy; I pulled songs from the desktop to the center media list and could easily select which player I wanted to load the file onto. So far, so good. Hit the play button; –it plays! Tug on the balance slider; –Fatal Error!
Ok…I’ll try again…maybe it will work this time….oops! (CRASH!).
You might have some success with this freeware; I didn’t (I was using my office PC (running Windows XP, sp2).
I hate to give this a bad rating, though…it showed a lot of promise!
Anyone else wanna try it?
Congress passes a higher ed funding bill that requires colleges & universities to deal with the illegal downloading on campuses. (webware via future of music blog).
John Mellencamp demands John McCain stop using his songs for campaign events. (WTOP via future of music blog).
Gerd Leonhard (MediaFuturist Blog) recommends a book predicting what the future holds for the music industry.
Hometracked shares some Vocal EQ Tips.
Protooler shares a link where you can get PDF files to make your own ProTools shortcut stickers.
Guitarflame asks “where do you find your music?”.
Listenerd shares a link to a company that has used pitch to MIDI conversion to create a version of Guitar Hero that is usable with real guitars Plus, it also offers a teaching mode to help you learn new songs. Cool!
Music Row reports that Warner Music Group’s head is under investigation by French authorities for insider trading. Bad, Edgar, Bad!
Musicthing has posted the strangest accordian equipment review ever. (I’ve never seen an accordian do anything like that!).
Seth Godin’s post on deciding what to make could speak to musicians. Rewrite it yourself only with a focus on making music.
Good Musician shares tips on how to get young children interested in playing an instrument.
I’m not originally an Erykah Badu fan, but after seeing her on Before the Music Dies (a great video!!), I had to catch this review of her new music video on Killed by the Video Star’s site. As I watched it, my grins turned to guffaws…she’s probably one of the most intelligent artists out there today! I won’t give away the cool stuff, but it’s a real trip down memory lane in the spirit of RHCP’s Dani California vid.
A response to Guitarflame’s Dreaming of a Perfect Guitar post :
Friday.
Our music building’s heat is stuck on and my office is about 80 degrees. Outside it’s 56 degrees. When the humidity is high and the temperature gets hot, I start thinking about playing the blues. My favorite blues guitar setup is a Gibson Classical w/ a pyrex bottle slide. Why? Because it’s not loud, it’s warm sounding and not too whiney.
The dobro is the classic instrument for slide blues playing. I have a O.M.I. steel dobro from the 1989 era (one of the last ones made before Gibson acquired the company from Mary Lipzak after George died (Sp?)). I remember her attending the NAMM show in the late 1980s; –she looked like the typical sweet grandmother and she had her OMI Dobro guitars displayed in a booth and she sat in a chair working on sewing or knitting something (I can’t remember which). I couldn’t resist talking with her and felt a strong need to help her out. That day, my company became a Dobro dealer and I walked away knowing I’d have to tell the boss that I’d buy the expensive engraved one if it didn’t sell.
I ordered one like this: (pic from Brothers in Arms album from Dire Straits).
Long story, but Mary kept calling me and telling me she had trouble delivering because the welding guy wasn’t showing up for work, then she didn’t have an engraver anymore. Desperate to try to get one of what might have been the last of these ever made, I asked if they had any finished that they could substitute for my engraved one. She said she had a “baby blue” one. So that’s what I have. No engraving, just a baby blue blues guitar. That weighs a ton and makes my leg fall asleep when I play it for very long. In fact, you might say it gives me the blues every time I play it!
Pic by Zikinf
Studio trickery uncovered; –film at 11.
After a 24-hr lag in finding or thinking of anything to post, I stumbled upon this goodie:
Hometrack’s Top 10 worst Auto-tune abuses. (see original post for offender list).
http://www.hometracked.com/mp3/hometracked-autotune-abuse.mp3
It’s amazing the number of folks who can’t sing on pitch that go on to become entertainers. Auto-tune keeps ‘em in business. Too bad they sound like mutant replicants from the planet Zeno.
Auto-tune is the Antares plug-in that allows engineers to correct bad singing. In the hands of an amateur, the results can be bad. My old protools trainer, Shawn Simpson was a great vocal tuner and I believe he insisted on editing every syllable manually, even though Auto-Tune was available. I’m still groovin’ on Melodyne (recommended by Shawn) and I try to do things just like my teacher. Imagine that!
From Gearslutz via ProTooler here’s an interesting (albeit slow-paced) video review of the C|24 from Digidesign.
Here’s one of my favorites: Frank Zappa soloing over his twisted cover of an Allman Brothers tune in 11/8 time; –Whipping Post!
Earfarm posted this vocal outtake here of David Lee Roth singing “Running with the Devil” . It’s pretty amusing without the music!
If you liked that, you might also enjoy this outtake here of Smashmouth’s” Days like These”.
Undiscovered footage of Phil Collins recording the drum track for “In the Air Tonight” (flash required)? No it’s a commercial, silly.
I’m not a sports fan, and I really rolled my eyes when I discovered that Chunklet had this country ditty labled as “Worst Song” here; Being an Auburn grad. myself, I’d quickly add that this doesn’t seem to be an officially produced song about Auburn University(at least I sure hope it’s not!!).
Creative loafing has an article about the songwriter who’s started the UGA music business program.
Simon Napier-Bell reflects on the great injustices of the major record labels. (Thanks Media Futurist)
The Listenerd share a cool interactive music video, “Black Mirror” that allows you to mute the multitrack audio (1 = vocals, 2 - drums, 3 - pad, etc…).
Protooler noticed this Strum-Acoustics release: a virtual acoustic guitar plugin with performance-enhancing voicing/strum algorithms to make any hack keyboard player sound just like a real acoustic guitar player.
How much of the mediocre stuff in your life have you let yourself believe is great?
Seth Godin talks about breaking bad habits: (video link).
Wire to the Ear reminds us that it’s better to start tracking softly to avoid the big “D“.(article is tagged Ableton Live, but applies to Pro Tools, too!)
Make it a good day!
-J
Get your gear fix at:
SonicState (try here first)
Feeling more retro than cutting edge? Check out SonicState’s video of Top 20 Weird instruments - Episode one!
Woot! I’m asking myself “why haven’t we been making these the whole time?”…
Modular snakes! From Planet Waves.
This new and innovative tool features easily interchangeable DB25 core cables and breakouts for flexible wiring options utilizing industry standard analog pinouts. DB25 Core cable is available in three lengths — 5 feet, 10 feet and 25 feet, with breakouts including TRS, XLR female, XLR male and XLR male/female combo.
//*beep* -Roger that, tower… I said 50 feet…I need 50 feet, dammit!*//
Users can mix and match core cables and breakouts for any snake configuration, thus saving money by expanding cabling options and reducing the number of snakes needed to complete various connections. The system also utilizes proprietary multi-pair cable featuring oxygen-free copper conductors and two layers of impenetrable shielding in a low-noise, low-signal loss construction, along with Amphenol gold-plated connectors for optimal signal transference, corrosion resistance and strain relief. The Planet Waves Modular Snake System retails for $59.99 — $159.99.
//*beep* “and you say they’re on the plane?* –//
//Damn!//
(Text from and Thanks to Harmony Central.)
Garritan is offering a free online Jazz Arranging Course by Chuck Israels! (thanks HarmonyCentral). It looks cool, if you’ve had at least 1 year of music theory.
Enjoy the best Mashups of 2007 (free download) [thanks to Gerd Leonhard & MediaFuturist.]
Sample tracks include:
07 Lobsterdust // Marley Maiden
Bob Marley VS Iron Maiden
[from the Number of da Boots album, MOTW #27]
08 DJ Zebra // Break Through Love
Doors VS Led Zeppelin
[MOTW #44]
09 El Barto & Liam B // Don’t Dance
Genesis VS David Bowie
[MOTW #40]
Mark Hornsby is starting a new year-long series about recording a song entirely in the box using Pro Tools. Every month the tracks will be available as a free download at http://recordingmag.com/index.html (Thanks, Promedia Blog).
Good Musician has started his series of Basic Repertoire posts with the Queen of the Night’s flashy Aria from the Magic Flute. I didn’t realize there was a “whistle” register in the human voice…I’d always assumed these sopranos were a result of cold war genetic engineering experiments…
Marty Atkins has begun Tour Smart: The Tour. Watch for it in a city near you. (Feb. 8th in Bham, AL).
KilledbytheVideoStar has killer reviews of the latest (and not so latest) in music videos. Good stuff!
My buddy Stan and Rollin’ in the Hay will be in town at the Double Branch Saloon on Friday Jan. 11. at 10 pm.
Now I’ve seen everything. A nifty microphone disguised as a ring.
More phantom-power, Honey?
Promedia blog teaches Toggling to Pro Tools Toddlers.
Max’s studio is looking good from Ground Zero. (dmstudio)
Ad-supported music says Limewire is on 36% of computers.
Gibson has a reverse flying V guitar on the line. (MusicGadgets).
New Music Strategies looks (or promises to look) at promising new tools.
Good Musician pics 10 Musicians to invite to your College Party.
My wife reviews “I Am Legend” even though Listenerd has already proven that Will Smith doesn’t use toilet paper…
Our Digital Music names 10 musicians To Invite to your Office Christmas Party.
I never had much respect for the telecaster. But Ethan’s Tele-vision music video is a cute little cheese-ball of video editing. But besides being a great way to spend 10 minutes, there are musical clues hidden within that, if you’ve identified more than anyone else, will earn you $2000 worth of cool valuable pro audio prizes.
BTW, Ethan has a killer page on Acoustic Treatments…
If you have spare time, of course….
Dr. J & 2 of 3 of his mad elves…
Give yourself some SAX this weekend!
The Grammy Nominations are announced… and my nominee didn’t make it!
Got one of the refurbished ribbon mics in today; thought I’d play a little game…
Here’s 3 mics; Listen to the clips of a Double Bass playing wrong notes. Identify the ribbon, the condenser and the transducer mics.
Answers to follow…
MusicThing releases Part II of its Christmas Gift List.
Ladies and Gentlemen; …
20 Non-boring Christmas Gifts for Musicians which cost less than $200.
Guitarists, put down your beer; –the online universe comes into focus for you! MusicGadgets reports on a new Blogring just for guitarists. Get you blogfix or find a new place to grind your axe (pun intended) here:
Guitar Noize | IG Blog | Strat-O-Blogster | Guitar MX | Mad Stratter | Guitarz | Building the Ergonomic Guitar | Guitritus | Musician’s Notebook | GuitarToyBox | IGUITARGOD | Mr. Blues Guy | markmcguigan.com | Acoustic Guitar Player | iFingers Guitar Experience | Play Like a Girl | Electric Guitar Review | Guitar Novice | Truth in Shredding | Thumbrella | Music Ramble | The Soul of Rock and Roll | Guitar Lifestyle | GuitaroJam News | Music Gadgets | The Guitar Channel | The Guitar Resource | Guitar Stuff | Axe Victim | Guitar Flame | Desafinados (spanish)
Download (from Gearwire) Malcolm Toft on music technology.
Music Thing’s Top 10 Christmas Music Gadget Gifts (If price is no object).
Cellyspace Beta lets you compose your own ringtones. *UPDATE* It costs to download ringtones or to send messages, but bands who create ringtones for their fans can earn a commission on each one downloaded.
*My advice: –learn to use this site ASAP!)*
Hypebot ponders the future of DRM-free downloads.
Harmony central reports that a California company called Novatunes will reinvent the album with their upcoming site launch; they will sell only packaged downloads.
MediaFuturist reports that Text is dead; the future is Videoweb Content.
The Good Musician has a curious post seeking comments on a guitar performance by John Williams.
Finally, you higher-ed types out there should read Louis’ thoughts on Educational Lovelessness.
Make it a good day.
-j
Monitor size and strategy. He’s right about being “wow-ed” by a great sounding set of monitors. This is why my subwoofer sits unused in my office. Here’s where you can get the real scoop on this tip.
New videos are up at the Digidesign site! Today the 7.4 upgrade is released! Life is good! Yay!
This is cool, but somehow very disturbing.
Inventor Chris Adams developed “robotic technology that allows the Robot Guitar to switch effortlessly between multiple tunings, keep a guitar perfectly intonated, and even change strings.”
Digidesign has unveiled a new video content streampage that lets you browse and view product info, tips and tricks.
There are 6 new videos about version 7.4!
Some of you may not have heard of the forthcoming virtual guitaramp plugin from Digi: –Here’s a very short overview:
Video not working? Go here: http://www2.digidesign.com/eleven/media/index.cfm
Music Gadgets reports that Sony has a new 2 track (96 khz, 24-bit) and it sure looks sweet!
This is big news if you’ve ever wondered what that track would sound like a few BPM faster but you know that you’d never play that riff that well again. Digi’s “Elastic Audio” algorithm is ready to hit the market in the next ProTools version! We’re talking about the power to change the tempo of any audio track in real time with NO ARTIFACTS! REALTIME!
They’ve been talking about this for “down the road” (check out Dave Lebolt’s message in the latest DIGIZINE) but my inside source says it’s really close to the street date!
Ever wanted to control 2 things at once? How about a practical use for all that X-Y axis stuff they taught you about in Algebra? Well, Korg has the gear for you!
Download Rodney demonstrates the KAOS controller..
The guys from Panasonic brought a 12K rig and loaded all kinds of media into the decks (which held multiple DVDs, CDs AND SDMedia cards. It was amazing; –stereo video output!
I edited the VJ’s demo ’cause it was about 15 minutes long!
Download DVDJay
Here’s a quick pic for ya! These guys are using the ICON Studio at the SAE training center to teach folks how to make beats using ProTools. This guy from LA is using a PC Laptop and an Mbox2 while the Icon board sits idle. Love the 3rd party Mellotron Plugin!
