Carlo Atendido starts this week’s short DJ Skill Sessions demo with some word play and some big leaps from the present day back to 1990s/2000s. With tracks from Soul II Soul, Armand Van Helden and more, he asks, “where were you in ’92?”. Watch this on YouTube Along the way he shows off his usual…
Free Harmonium Sample Library For Noiiz Player Released
Noiiz has released Harmonium, a free sound library for the freeware Noiiz Player rompler virtual instrument in VST, AU, and AAX plugin formats for PC and Mac. The free Harmonium expansion pack for Noiiz Player features the sounds of a standard harmonium instrument designed by Alexandre-François Debain. The harmonium is a keyboard instrument which sounds…
“Electrix” Free Piano VST Plugin Released By Sampleson
Sampleson has released Electrix, a free piano virtual instrument plugin available for Windows and MAC in VST and AU format. Electrix free piano plugin is the recreation of the rare and famous Hohner Electra Piano T used by Led Zeppelin in “Stairway to Heaven”, “Misty Mountain Hop”, “No Quarter” and “Down by the Seaside”. Sound…
Colour Copy Delay VST Plugin Released by u-he
After the public beta of Colour Copy, u-he now presents the official version 1.0 of the Colour Copy virtual-analog Bucket Brigade Delay effect (BBD). In May, this was still in a very early beta stage, but it is now available. Colour Copy by u-he is the comprehensive development of the BBD-delay “Lyrebird” from the synthesizer Repro-1. This…
4 Tips For Buying An Audio Interface – Buyer’s Guide
Most producers and musicians who want to record at home will need an audio interface. After all, they’re the gateway to the audio production universe that lies inside your DAW! You simply can’t do much without ‘em. Check here the inportance of an audio interface. The issue is, there is a bewildering quantity of audio…
News Round-Up: 17/8/18
The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin dies aged 76. Trouble on the horizon for Spotify. More closures for the night time economy.. 1) Aretha Franklin, dies aged 76. Considered by many as “The Queen of Soul”, Aretha Franklin has passed at the age of 76 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Tributes have poured…
Friday Five: How Aretha Franklin Impacted Dance Music
In the week of Aretha Franklin’s death, we lead with a story from Billboard focusing on some of the dance tracks that have sampled the “Queen of Soul” over the years. We also have stories from The Guardian, The New York Times, and DJ Mag. How Aretha Franklin Impacted Dance Music – One of the…
Like To Hoard Vinyl? You May Be Officially Sick…
In the DJ training we offer here at Digital DJ Tips, we impress upon students that a DJ’s music collection should be exactly as big as required, and not a track over that – the opposite of hoarding, in other words. It’s sometimes a bitter pill to swallow for those who have been collecting vinyl…