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horrible vocal

good call Canada.

think he meant SeeFeel

This is another case where camera phones have ruined shit... No camera phones and the only people that would know about this are those that were there.

posted a follow up to this... viewtopic.php?f=138&t=13929

There appears to be a bit of the old 'tall poppy syndrome' happening to Richie Hawtin at present. The Sabotage Times penned a rather scathing write up yesterday which claims that the veteran techno pioneer is "not longer relevant" and now a video of Hawtin playing Cocoon at Amnesia Ibiza is doing the rounds which makes the claim of an "epic DJ fail". In the video the music stops several times much to Hawtin's confusion and he pulls friends over into the DJ booth before massively stage-diving into the crowd. He's clearly wasted and enjoying himself, plus word on the interwebs is that at this point it was around 9:30am, so you could probably excuse him for opting to let his hair down and simply chuck on a few tracks, right? So the question stands: Is the video really the epic fail people are making it out to be? Or is everyone just using it as an excuse to take a legend of the industry down several pegs? Have a watch below and decide for yourself. Source: pulseradio.net

this little thing looks very versatile. I could be tempted to get one of these.

Versatile & Innovative Button-Matrix with High-Resolution Jog Coming September 10 PRE-ORDER NOW Limited Time Offer (249EUR -> save 50EUR = 199EUR) As a result of the MTRX-8 success, its launching price is now 199EUR If you have already purchased the MTRX-8, you will soon be refunded. If you have any question, feel free to contact us! Enjoy! Shipping: - FRANCE: 10EUR - EUROPE: 30EUR - USA/CANADA: 40EUR - OTHER: 50EUR Hardware: - 14 buttons - 1 high-resolution optical encoder - LCD display - MIDI IN & OUT ports - USB port - Power jack (7-12V DC, 750mA) - Black acrylic & wood enclosure Interface: STEP SEQUENCER - 8-step sequencer - Pitch, velocity, duration, octave - Speed and Loop control - Song mode for up to 4 x 8 steps DRUM SEQUENCER - more than 60K patterns - 5 drum parts: kick, snare, hihats (open/close) and percussion - drum roll rotary for each drum part - randomization - swing control for each drum part - hard & soft drum hits - velocity control for each drum part and each type of hits (hard / soft) KNOBS - up to 16 knobs (2 banks x 8 knobs) - jog-wheel style optical encoder with high accuracy/resolution - 128 super bright LEDs (8 x 16 LEDs rings) - different ring modes (walk, EQ, fill, selector, ...) - fully configurable (Control Number for each knob and MIDI channel) - Already mapped for the MeeBlip, the Shruthi, the Volca's (Beat/Bass/Keys) and the DSI Mopho PRESETS - save and recall presets from previous sessions (EEPROM storage) - separate preset slots for the step-sequencer, the drum sequencer and the knobs values - up to 12 slots (4 x step-sequencer, 4 x drum sequencer, 4 x knobs values) - combine presets (up to 64 different combinations) - launch preset like clips in Ableton Live and use presets as an instrument GENERAL, I/O, SYNC, ... - 3 different modes of syncing (MASTER/SLAVE/FILS) - Fyrd Instruments Lock System (FILS) for tight timing (<2ms) with very low jitter and drift even in a DAW like Ableton Live where MIDI sync could be a problem - Master mode with BPM control and MIDI sync message On/Off button (sometimes MIDI sync messages can overflow certain hardware) - MIDI channel selection for the step sequencer, the drum sequencer and the knobs - Individual pitch selection for the drum sequencer CREATE YOUR OWN INTERFACE - Special firmware gives you access to every parts of the MTRX-8 hardware (individual LEDs, LCD display, buttons, encoder) - Easily programmable with MIDI messages - Compatible with Max4Live, Max/MSP, PureData, ... - Fyrd Instruments MIDI wheels Max patch inspired by Stretta Electric Dharma Wheels and Meng Qi Autoharp http://www.fyrd-instruments.com/MTRX-8

cheers

fuck me. I give up. Can someone please fix that link?

Looks dope. Wish I had an ipad. Love the look of the design and build feature. Would be very handy for live performances. edit by Mitch: fixed link

We have a thread for albums. viewtopic.php?f=43&t=12890

It shifts notes slightly off of the set grid. The number of notes and amount of shift depends on what swing settings your using. Hard to explain at this time of the morning... check this... https://www.ableton.com/en/manual/using-grooves/ Good for using on a shaker, as an example, to give it more of a swinging groove rather than just a straight pattern.

Thats a seriously good effort to get those looking like that. Mine could do with a wee touch up if I'm honest. Seen some action those things.

You heard the new Bondax? Sick deep house, bruv. Except it isn't deep house. Neither is the latest George FitzGerald, nor the next Duke Dumont. Maybe it's for lack of a better term. Maybe it's because such sounds are not as bright and bold as, say, Rustie's glo-step or maybe it's because there's more subtlety to it than the latest EDM headache. Who knows? But bulbous, rubbery bass in a club track does not equal deep house. Without getting too pernickety, incorrect genre blanketing is a plague on plenty of new music. Whether it’s a bass producer being lumped in with dubstep, a juke producer being categorised as future garage or Burial being heralded as the saviour of night bus, ill informed youngsters, out-of-touch music retailers and wannabe bloggers are bandying signifiers around with infuriating abandon. Whether it’s the result of a lack of historical perspective, laziness or bandwagon jumping does not matter, but it needs to stop. In the case of my beloved deep house, for instance, it’s a genre not just defined by a slight sense of atmosphere, lazy jazz motifs, rounded edges or warm bass notes, it’s about so much more. Or it should be. House music was barely a scene by the time Larry Heard saw the genre's potential to be about more than just physical jack trax. As a multi-instrumentalist from a young age, he was one of the first to bring a real sense of musicianship to stripped down, machine-made disco. By incorporating elements of the soul and jazz he grew up on, Heard unwittingly sophisticated and intellectualised the genre and, even though he probably didn’t know at the time, deep house was born. The term was being used in the UK by 1988 and the Deep House Convention at Leicester Square's Empire in February of that year featured a number of seminal Chicago artists like Kym Mazelle, Marshall Jefferson and Frankie Knuckles. If you add into the mix the gospel influences brought by vocalist Robert Owens when he worked with Heard as Fingers Inc in the 80s, you've a genre that not only sounds and feels warm, but that produced proper songs with painful and poignant lyrics. From there, the likes of Chez Damier, Ron Trent and Prescription Records perfected the deep house style we know today. It's deep musically, but so too emotionally, spiritually, sexually and, to some extent in the early days, religiously. It’s deep house. And it still is - or can be - but often not in the places we are told. And therein lies the problem. As a deep house bore I worry that anyone who fancies dipping their toe in might stumble on some lite, chart-topping house that’s been described as ‘deep’ by some clueless US blog or misguided scene kid and be turned off forever. Just imagine that for a moment. Imagine a life without Chez and Ron’s steamy ‘Morning Factory’ or Dream2Science or Moods & Grooves or any of Theo Parrish’s intoxicating voodoo sermons... Make it stop! These don’t just deal in dope tracks, these make stirring symphonies that shoot straight to your heart. Of course, deep house is just the start of it. Once you're down here there's a spaghetti network of variations on the theme to explore. It's true they range from terrific to tiring, nostalgic to nauseating, but as well as a spiritual and sexual depth, there's cosmic depth; music from the outer edges of our galaxy that's not so much deep as totally bottomless. Whether it’s golden oldies like Abacus or modern mind melters Fred P and Aybee, allow your brain to get lost in their imagery and you'll really know deep. But probably don't do so when driving at night. Or when operating heavy machinery – It really is potent stuff. If sci-fi ain't your thang, Hamburg crew Smallville excel in a much more earthy and human brand of deep house. Often coming under overcast skies, it's cuddly and romantic, candle lit and cosy-night-in. Take family member Moomin, with his curious daydream melodies, charming sample selection and loveable hip-hop slouch. Or boss Lawrence, with his molten ambient minimalism. And then there's subterranean and even subaquatic deep house. Vester Kozer deals in the dusty, murky, spacious former and fellow Londoner Youandewan the rippling, echo drench latter, all married to inviting kick drum pulses that add to the sense of sultry seduction. So, whether exploring the universe or the self, the known or the unknown, real deep house is something you feel in the blood in your veins rather than in the sweat down your face; it’s a feeling not a physical reaction. There's a place in the world for the garage-influenced and direct house taking the world by storm, but please, stop calling it deep house. You are not only doing the genre itself a disservice (which could, ultimately, lead it to become a dirty word (see: dubstep, minimal, tech house) but in terms of the wider picture you are ill informing the next generation, misleading inquisitive ears and tarnishing the deep house canon in way that makes those most passionate about it angry to the point of self harm. Newcomers are welcome – deep house is not a closed off community only for the bearded and stuffy – but it is the reserve of music that speaks to your soul, not just your sole. Our Top 5 Deep House Joints CeCe Rogers 'Someday' Along with the likes of Joe Smooth's 'Promised Land', Jungle Wonz's 'Time Marches On' and Jamie Principle's 'Your Love', this track was a proto deep house cut that laid down the early template that later generations went on to perfect. Fingers Inc 'So Glad' Any Larry Heard will do, whether solo, as Mr Fingers, Fingers Inc or whatever: he goes deeeeeeep. Pépé Bradock 'Deep Burnt' You’ll find if you like this, the same Pépé’s 'Path Of Most Resistance' will also get you steamy under the collar. Mike Huckaby 'The Jazz Republic' Classy, sophisticated, musical – you’d expect nothing less from this Detroit master. STL 'Neurotransmitting Clouds On The Secret Freeway' Raw, elongated and roughshod, STL makes shanty rhythms that take you to another world. Source: mixmag.net

Thought about this. would prefer to think of him as even more of a WHALE than i did before.

exactly. even all my software is straight up bought and paid for.

Never try to sneak anything past Reddit, even if you don’t think you have anything to hide. Steve Aoki may be feeling the pain here very shortly, as cyber-sleuths on Reddit noticed something out of place in the A Light That Never Comes with Linkin Park preview video. Oopsie. Team ArCADE is a well known cracking group. That’s clearly a cracked copy of Lennar Digital‘s popular Sylenth 1 VST, which if you didn’t know, retails for around $215 USD. In and of itself the whole pirated software thing might not be such an issue in the hands of say an amateur producer who has yet to make money with his work, but… We’re talking about an entirely different situation with Aoki, who makes a reported 12 million a year. Supposedly Lennar Digital has already been notified and we’re still waiting for their response. But remember kids, if you like the software you’ve pirated, buy it. Especially when half of the money you spend on cake a year could easily buy most every VST in production. For shame Steve Aoki, for shame. Watch the video below. source: youredm.com

yes. Underworld are a class act. Seen them live a couple of times. All pretty hazy now but i know it was good.

been a go to site for some time for me. love the charts section. most sampled song (1153 tracks used it) is this...

should add these to the list... Rush Hour in Amsterdam Clone in Rotterdam Hardwax in Berlin

Just had a look at the tracks on that African disco one and I actually know a couple of the tracks. Love dance the body music. vibes.

Send me a list of your reggae stuff please.

dope. Got some Nujabes flavour to it.