Maschine By Native Instruments

DJ Nu-Mark shows his toy instruments and lets us know why Maschine for him is the perfect marriage of the old-school hardware and modern “in the box” world.

Seriously, a basic layout could take you 5-10 minutes with Maschine, and a full production could be done in as little as an hour or two (of course that is if you knew exactly what you wanted).

• Dedicated controller with 16 high-quality pads, 41 buttons, and 11 rotary encoders for playing, recording, sequencing, automation and arrangement
• Over 5 GB of inspiring, studio-quality sounds with over 15,000 samples & 100 of patterns perfectly suited for electronic, urban & “indietronic” genres
• Extensive MIDI-mapping capabilities to control other hardware and software
• Works as a plug-in for any software sequencer supporting VST®, AUTM, or RTAS

Maschine Education Version

combines the flexibility of computer-based music production or groove production with the ease of a groove box (making beats) into one powerful creative tool.

Utilizing on board samples or your own audio files, MASCHINE’s symbiosis of hardware and software not only ensures a fast and fun work flow, but lets you easily turn your ideas into professional productions.

Click on pic and it will go to Amazon for more info on prices.

General Interface Specifications

Width: 320 mm / 12.6″
Length: 295 mm / 11.6″
Height: 60 mm / 2.4″
1811 Grams / 4 lbs
2 displays with 64×256

The back lighting is also a cool feature, watching a beat play out visually is very helpful as you add layers to a project.

Maschine makes it a really fun process.

Make Your Beats That Are Awesome Sounding

Dubturbo Digital Music Production

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If you want to know how to make beats  then this will tell you how a new beat maker software is allowing people to make their very own rap beats, hip hop beats, house beats, dance or techno beats with ease.

Normally you would have a good home recording studio and/or music production knowledge to make beats like a pro.

The only other way that you can do this is by finding a good piece of software that can actually do it for you.

A lot of the software solutions out there are very good however they are  to require a lot of knowledge about music production.

Even with most software if you do not have any knowledge with putting beats together, you quickly find that you either can not make good sounding music or you will not be able to get the software to work at all.

Of course if you do some searching you will occasionally find some software that claims to help you make beats online, although a lot of it is very low quality.

If you want to make the sort of sounds that you hear in the charts you will need to find a good software which can cost a lot of money.

Dubturbo will show the complete beginner or the professional on how easy to make beats for your own house dance music, hip hop, rap or in any other genre .

With Dubturbo you can make complete songs, not just to make your beats and saving it in a wav file  creating a top quality pro sound production.

Make beats for sale!

Ok here is the link to Dubturbo but I do recommend this beat maker software for the price offered.

Check it out!

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Make Beats With Dubturbo Beat Maker

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or try ToonTrack VST plugin to make beats

Making Beats With Dubtracker Digital Music Production

DJ Rude from Chicago is an old-school DJ

and has been on the scene for more than two decades.

A brief video overview of some of DJ Rude’s equipment,

including LCD monitors, players/controllers, mixer, laptop,

software, speaker system, DJ laser and LED lighting and vocal processors etc.

DJ Controller

Native Instruments TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 DJ Performance System Black

• The layout of the S4 is very intuitive
• The deck is quite big, the knobs and faders are spaced out well with the knobs being quite tall
• In a low light DJ booth, it’s very easy to use
• The jog wheels are placed towards the back of the deck, you don’t catch them with your hand
• No more clicking with the mouse or worrying about the lo-mid-hi settings, it’s all there right in front of you
• Highly integrated 4-deck TRAKTOR DJ controller and flagship software
• Plug-and-play—all you need to start mixing is your computer and MP3s
• Hardware: 4-channel mixer with ergonomic layout, 2 high-resolution touch-sensitive jog wheels
• Built-in high-end 24-bit/96kHz low-latency audio interface with Cirrus Logic AD/DA converters
• MIDI I/O2 analog inputs with phono and mic preamps for hooking up turntables, CD players, or external audio gear, RCA mic-in, balanced jack mast

TRAKTOR KONTROL S4

Native Instruments revolutionized the DJ world nearly a decade ago with the introduction of TRAKTOR, the world’s first professional DJ software.

Now they’re back at it again with TRAKTOR KONTROL S4, a DJ performance system designed from the ground up from the team behind TRAKTOR.

Forget what you know about DJ controllers and DJ software.

TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 was designed from its conception as a fully integrated system where software and hardware are fused in perfect harmony.

Once you experience it, you’ll immediately feel how simple, yet powerful and fluid a professional DJ system can be.

TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 is the culmination of a 10-year vision and experience only Native Instruments can provide.

So whether you’re a seasoned TRAKTOR user looking for the ultimate controller, or just entering the world of digital DJ’ing, the S4 delivers.

Custom-tailored for TRAKTOR, the S4 fuses a premium-quality 4-channel DJ mixer, a built-in 24-bit/96kHz soundcard, an intuitive controller, and the flagship TRAKTOR PRO S4 software into one fully professional solution—the ideal one-stop package for DJ’s who want pro features, instant usability and go-anywhere portability.

The sleek, stylish controller puts TRAKTOR at your fingertips—fusing hardware and software into one harmonic unit.

Innovative Sample Decks, high-quality electromagnetic jog wheels, two effect units, and two clearly laid-out deck control sections can be assigned to any of the four software decks and deliver a new level in creative control over your one shots, tracks, and loops.

The intuitive and ergonomic controller layout and its robust rotary knobs provide precise visual and tactile status feedback—perfect for any DJ situation.

Highly responsive to the touch, TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 is incredibly smooth to use, while its slim and compact profile makes it easy to transport from gig to gig.

Check Amazon For Native Instruments TRAKTOR KONTROL S4

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And here is a couple more videos with Traktor Kontrol S4 DJ in action

Platinum Notes

Great thing about this software is the Dynamics Compression and Volume change.

Those seem to be the highlights which  made the difference in the overall tune.

I simply ignored the Pitch change since I find it no need and it might sound funny especially with vocals.

Conversion from WAV to WAV or possibly even mp3 to WAV made the biggest difference.

Since WAV files are lossless, it was nice to be able to keep the same quality of the mp3 files after the conversion.

The best  is to process just WAV files if you want to achieve the best quality for an mp3 or a WAV file.

The bad part that I seem to notice is the mp3 encoders.

To convert a WAV file with Platinum Notes own mp3 encoder to a 320 bit rate MP3 has a big degradation in sound quality.

You are better off using WAV. Or as they stated for recommendations, “MP3s is for listeners and WAV is for DJs.”

Another option is 192 bitrate VBR which can be good for 320 to 192 optimized conversion especially for online Radio DJ’s.

Platinum Notes is easy to use because the entire process is fully automated and has a batch feature.

If you need more power and options then check  this one:

iZotope RX Advanced

The best and very pricey but totally pro and it’s used in sound studios too.

I am very impressed with this tool. It also has a batch feature.

M-Audio iZotope RX Complete Audio Restoration Software