iStandard's 'Beast of The Beats' III Producer Finals

IK Multimedia, Roland, Ableton and Rane Present...

iStandard's 'Beast Of The Beats III'
Sunday November 1st, 2009
@ Touch (240 W52nd St, NY NY 10019)
$25 at door, 21 and over w/ ID, Dress Code Casual
Doors open @ 5pm, Show from 5.30pm - 10.30pm
www.TouchNewYorkCity.com

100 BEATS. 35 PRODUCERS.1 BEAST

Watch 35 National iStandard producer winners from June '08 - October '09 compete for an elite prize package including...

The Roland Fantom G6, Rane Serato/Scratch LIVE, over $2000 worth of gear from IK Multimedia, Ableton Live Suite 8, 5 A&R meetings, 5 online interviews, A Slacker Gift Pack, Studio and Mastering time from Engine Room Studios, a song mixed by Grammy Award winning engineer Ken Lewis and much more!

Confirmed judges include Mega Platinum Producer, Songwriter, Singer:
Mario Winans
(WE WILL ALSO BE HONORING HIM WITH THE iSTANDARD "iNFLUENCE" AWARD)

iStandard will also have its 1st EVER Celebrity Beat Battle including
BINK (Jay-Z, Redman, Lost Boyz), AMADEUS (50 Cent, Papoose, Talib Kweli), ILLMIND (Eminem, 50 Cent, LL Cool J), JIMI KENDRIX (Jay-Z, Papoose, G-Unit), RSONIST OF THE HEATMAKERZ (Juelz Santana, Nelly, Cam'ron) DIGGA (Camron, 50 Cent), J CARDIM (Lil Wayne, Jae Millz, Saigon) , and VINNY IDOL (D Block, AZ)

Sponsored by IK Multimedia, Ableton, Rane, Roland, YoRaps.com, Nodfactor.com, Illroots.com, Engine Room Studios, East Coast Digital, Digiwaxx, Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes, Bottom Feeder Music, Industry Xclusive, MicFiend Promo, Protools Mixing, Weapon X Promo , Brivia Sky , StrongIslandHipHop.com, Duck Down Records, ThatsHipHop.com, Slacker,

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FUTURE LOOPS PRESS RELEASE TITLE - "Total India" Available For Pre-Order

FUTURE LOOPS PRESS RELEASE TITLE - "Total India" Available For Pre-Order

Sample Library developer Future Loops announces that "Total India" is now available for Pre-Order at their website. By applying you will qualify to receive a 20% discount (valid only until the 2nd November).

"Total India" kicks off their new "Exotik Series" with an impressive collection of Indian samples & loops that includes 4 DVD’s , 21.000+ sounds, 44 Instruments and a staggering 1107 Vocal Loops.

You can check out the demos and read more information here:

http://www.futureloops.com/product-presentingtotalindia.php

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Brand New Open Labs NeKo LX5 for Sale | Producers, Artists, Labels Check It Out...

What's up Music Industry Friends & Family,
I am selling my 61-Key Open Labs NeKo LX5 Keyboard Workstation.
I got the NeKo when it first debuted for my artist but it was never used!
This Keyboard is the DREAM machine for some of you artists & producers out there, so
there's no point in it just sitting in my office unused any longer.
Someone else could be making their next album!

I also have Open Labs Tech Support & Upgrades, and can transfer the ownership registration.

The Price is $4,700
Call me at 305.677.3998 or Bid for it on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120482579869

The Store price is $5,499 + Tax + Shipping so you'll be saving at least $1,000

Info & Specs Below!

-King Tafari

Twitter.com/KingTafari
Facebook.com/KingTafari
king@kingtafari.com



The Gen5 NeKo LX5 is the latest addition to the Open Labs® products line. Using a 15” touchscreen, 61 black and white keys, external backlit QWERTY keyboard and running Windows® OS, NeKo LX5 is an entirely new class of multimedia instrument. This portable media work center was specifically designed with keyboard playability, fusing both worlds of studio engineering and live performance effortlessly.
NeKo LX5’s optimized Windows OS natively supports virtually any music application or plug-in developed for a PC. From Pro Tools™ to Nuendo™, Native Instruments™ Komplete™ to Spectrasonics™ Omnisphere™, NeKo LX5 does it all with ease.
NeKo LX5 is equipped with the new Bump MP™ integrated drum module, designed to allow the user to create beats and trigger any sound, loop or sample in real-time. Enhanced with a special Open Labs version of Guru™ from FXpansion™, key features of the Bump MP include: (16 plus 1) fully assignable pads, note repeat, max level, fixed level fader, transport controls, chromatic mode, hold, pad tune, multiple groove preset and eight engines with 24 presets per engine.

NeKo LX5 is also equipped with the new Open Labs Mix/Edit controller. The mixer section consists of multiple fully assignable controls including: (8) encoders, (8) lighted buttons, (8) faders, (4 X 4) banks (total of 128 channels) and (1) master volume fader. The edit section consists of multiple, fully assignable controls including: (8) encoders, (1) LCD display (for encoders), (4) buttons and (4) banks (total of 32 control parameters).
NeKo LX5 has the most relevant and compelling sounds including: Open Labs The Master’s Series Library™ produced by multi-platinum producer Mr. Porter (Denaun Porter), as well as Open Labs’ own V5™ sound, sample and loop library.
Open Labs Riff™ is an entirely new concept in virtual instrument hosting. Written from the ground up by Open Labs, Riff encompasses over six years of live performance and studio production knowledge gathered from some of the world's top artists, engineers, composers, and producers. It’s advanced features include: Live Controls™, which allows the user to create any number of virtual controls in real-time that can be mapped to various effects and other parameters. Advanced intelligence allows any number of virtual controllers to manipulate any number of other virtual controllers, providing automation for virtual instruments and effects. Rewire allows for this powerful host application to be used within any DAW program.

The NeKo offers superior mobility in a compact package. It’s perfect for working in a project studio of performing live – where creating beats, guitar and vocal multi-tracking, and DJ/VJ capabilities are as necessary as playing a keyboard.
The NeKo’s assignable Master and DJ controllers elevate live performance beyond normal application. For instance, you can trigger Mp3’s in real time, then grab audio waveforms via the touchscreen. To top things off, throw some real-time drum, bass, and vocal lines on top of your mix.
Open Labs instruments are equipped with Firewire, USB, PCI EXPRESS and an Ethernet port, allowing access to the Internet via a broadband connection. Open Labs tech support can log-in to your system, and our online technicians can remotely view and diagnose any issue – while you are still in your own studio.
We’ve included over 200 world-class virtual instruments and effects with over 20,000 presets with virtually unlimited capability for third party plug-ins and applications.
NeKo LX5 Dimensions: 46”(W) X 20”(D) X 7”(H), Weight (base configuration) 46 lbs.

RETAIL PRICE $5,499 + Tax + Shipping

Go to www.OpenLabs.com For More Information

FUNKY CHICAGO HOUSE LOOPS

Kings Of Swing Present Downtown House is a smooth and funky House Sampling Pack with nearly 300 Classic House Loops, Samples, Licks and House Drum Loops for the creative producer.

The Kings of Swing are Matt Jam Lamont, and Scott Tonic. They have been working together for some years now, producing and remixing for artists such as Alesha Dixon, The Wideboys, Taio Cruz, MJ Cole and many more. Their tracks have been repeatedly featured on best-selling compilations through major labels such as Warner, Ministry of Sound, EMI to name but a few.

The pack itself consists of a mixture of Chicago House grooves, 95 style House & shuffled-out Garage riffs which have been influenced by the likes of Grant Nelson and Kerri Chandler, as well as some more upfront Jackin flavours's inspired by artists such as Joey Youngman & The SoundDiggers. Boasting a wide selection of styles, you will find dozens of swinging beats, grooves, classic oldskool stabs, lush rhodes progressions, pinpoint fx, slammin' tribal drums, jackin' basses and a whole lot more!

As an added bonus, you also get a solid 50-strong drum hits kit that compliment the sounds in this sample pack perfectly, as well as a selection of stabs/chords, FX and solid bass instruments.

Everything is of course presented in pristine 24-bit Wav audio, or you can choose from other editions, such as Apple Loops, Acid Loops, Rex2 Loops; all of which contains EXS24, Kontakt, Halion, SFZ and NN-XT patches also. This sample pack is a full song-writing package, and is ready to be loaded into your sampler of choice right now.

This is the .wav edition.

You can this find release in a large number of other Special Formats on our website including:

Ableton Live Packs
Acid Loops
Akai MPC Samples
FL Studio Samples
Apple Loops/Aiff
REX/RMX
Kotakt
Halion
Sonar SFZ
EXS24
Emu X2 Samples
and many, many more!

buy here

Club Grooves: Urban Strings (WAV/Apple Loops/MIDI)

'Club Grooves: Urban Strings' from Smash Up The Studio features content that is ideal for Hip Hop, R&B, House and Pop. This streetwise collection contains real string loops, synth strings and pads.

This new pack from Smash Up The Studio features tough staccato loops, gorgeous lush progressions, ultra cool synth pads and stunning synthesizer string loops.

This pack is not just a collection of hits and stabs, but contains more than 50 superb 4 - 8 bar chord progressions, any of which could form the basic musical structure for an entire song!

The loops range in tempo between 83 and 125 BPM, and have all been recorded in pristine 24-Bit audio.

buy here

Technology Review: Rockster+P

Technology Review: Rockster+Pro Home Studio Recording Software Package
by Marios Papasavvas, MusicDish Network

[Mi2N PR] New York, NY -- Rockster+Pro is an innovative new home studio recording software package that gives serious home studio musicians an effective and easy to use method of transforming amateur sounding analog tracks into digital tracks that have a professional sound. Created by the new music company Born to Rock, mainly known for its production of guitars and basses made from metal instead of wood, Rockster+Pro is one invention that delivers on its promise.

Most home audio recording equipment is lacking in acoustics and the ability to produce a rich, vibrant sound. Rockster+Pro solves that problem by allowing the artist to choose "one of seven presets or invent their own. A GUI panel provides controls for factory and user presets, reverb time, decay and mix, heat, drive, space and dither. Reverb controls are independently adjustable for reflections from rear, side, ceiling and audience so you can design your own concert hall's size, shape, and liveliness." Another great feature is that Rockster+Pro doesn't work in real time. It analyzes the entire file before processing it, and even gives you a warning of any overages before processing modifications so you can choose to re-record the track if you want to.

With Rockster+Pro, I was able to infuse a very unique musical color into dry sounds with just my digital audio workstation. Using different settings, I managed to make my very own cello-and-piano composition sound like it was in front of me, being played live.

I have worked with various audio editing programs over the past few years, and it has always been a struggle trying to use the software's controls and settings just trying to do something really simple. That's not the deal with Rockster+Pro. You've got a clear and simple panel, 15 controllers, all with values from zero to nine. You can store and recall presets when you find just the effect you need, ranging from just barely noticeable to something entirely different.

Rockster+Pro isn't good just for making your home studio recordings sound "live". Boosted, higher harmonic frequencies and a slightly longer duration for each note of the melody gives any recording sound a much more realistic feel.

I would have liked to be able to use Rockster as a VST plug-in with FL Studio or Cubase and apply its effects in real time before having to save the file each time.

Rockster has 12 knobs (3 groups of 4) that manipulate three aspects of a sound with each one of the aspects maintaining control from a different location -- rear, side, ceiling and audience. The first group (top left four knobs) controls the time delay, the second is for the decay, and the third group is for mixing.

The first example is an upbeat composition using an accordion, guitar and trumpet:

Example 1 - Upbeat Accordion-Guitar-Trumpet by sthprk


And after using preset 2 (screenshot 1):


Example 1 - Upbeat Accordion-Guitar-Trumpet after using preset 2 (screenshot 1) by sthprk

In this example, my audio file already had studio audience recorded, so it was closer to a live performance. But by manipulating it with Rockster+Pro's settings, I was able to create a much clearer sound. As you can see, I used one of the presets provided by the program. Adjustments to the original sound were applied as such: Time delay - rear set to 7, the side to 4, ceiling 3 and audience 2. Decay is set to low levels for all directions – rear 4, side 3, ceiling 2 and audience 2. The way the mixing knobs are set, the "rear" setting receives more amplification – rear 7, side 4, ceiling 3, and audience 2.
Heat, drive and space are set to 4, 4 and 5 representing a medium sized venue.

The second example is a slow cello-piano duo I composed using FL studio:

Example 2 - Slow Cello-Piano duo by sthprk

And after using custom settings (screenshot 2):


Example 2 - Slow Cello-Piano duo after using custom settings (screenshot 2) by sthprk

In this example, I had much calmer and low-key instruments (piano and cello). In Greece, we are more used to listening to a cello–piano duo in a smaller venue, with fewer people in the audience. At the same time, however, a smaller venue means a warmer ambience, and fewer instruments get to the audience with a distinctive and clear sound. That means less time delay, even less decay, more heat and less space.

Keeping these thoughts in mind, I tried to virtually create the best live sound possible, with the correct settings.
* Time delay is set to: rear 6, side 3, ceiling 2, and audience 1.
* Decay: rear 3, side 2, ceiling 1, audience 1.
* Mix: rear 6, side 3, ceiling 2, audience 1.
* Heat and drive were set to 6 and space set to 2.

It's pretty obvious by the examples above that Rockster+Pro is what it claims to be. I enjoyed using it, and would recommend it to any artist or musician who does home studio recording