Mixes Of The Week: 8/5/17

Randomer’s Esoteric 4/4 Rhythms, Loefah and Fabio’s A/B Mix and Robert Hood’s Expectation Subverting Hour. Loefah and Fabio’s A/B Mix. In this Thump session, Swamp 81 boss and one third of DMZ, Loefah joins forces with jungle pioneer and Creative Source frontman Fabio, who comes equipped with a blend of old and new dubplates, for a selection of “bass fuelled…

How To Rip Vinyl Into Rekordbox

We’re digital DJs – we mix with USB sticks and laptops hooked up to controllers, CDJs, and turntables with DVS. We’re all music lovers, and we all have music on our hard drives – but what about all your old vinyl lurking in your garage or attic? Here’s how to rip your records into Rekordbox….

Sonic Anomaly Releases Transpire Free Transient Shaper VST Plugin

via Bedroom Producers Blog: Sonic Anomaly has announced the re-release of Transpire, a freeware transient shaper effect in VST (Windows) and JSFX (Windows and Mac OS) plugin formats. Transpire is a transient shaper effect which was optimized for dealing with percussive sounds. Due to its non-linear processing of the audio signal on the input (smaller transients…

Review: HARMONICS Sample Pack by SampleTraxx

The second sample pack from Sampletraxx I reviewed was “Harmonics: Liquid Metals” ( the first review was for the BRAAMS pack). As I browsed through the sounds in this, I was constantly and pleasantly reminded of all the soundtracks of sci-fi games I have played through my years. Caverns, crystalline worlds, and bowed metallic landscapes…

Review: BRAAMS Sample Pack by SampleTraxx

When it comes to styles of music, we all can see there are trends people adhere to for a said time. One such trend is a sound or type of sound, we all recognize if we have seen a movie trailer in the last eight years or so. This sound is either in the opening…