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Torq v1.5 is now available, has some new features
Updates to software are always exciting, b/c they typically mean bug fixes + new features. Woohooo. Well, this new version of Torq has some nifty new features…
Improved Tempo/Pitch Alteration
-Tempo Anchors allow marking tracks with varying tempos—Torq’s effects and samples follow the tempo changes in the song
-Tempo Anchors enable you to eliminate tempo variations, making it easy to mix varied songs
-Tempo Master assigns a playing track to serve as the master tempo source for all tempo-related functions
-zPlane Elastique time-stretching/compression technology for sophisticated beat matching and pitch alteration
Advanced MIDI Control
-transmit/receive MIDI beat clock for sync with other hardware/software and easy switching between DJs
-MIDI soft takeover prevents parameter jumps when using external controllers
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Goodbye 2008
It’s been one crazy year folks.
From Lil Wayne dissing the DJs to our first black president. The economy is still fucked and the Iraq war never seems to end. Autotune has taken over the entire rap industry. Heheh.
Skillz has dropped a track that pretty well sums up 2008 from a hip-hop/rap perspective. Pretty slick. Just in time for your NYE parties too.
Everyone have a safe and fun NYE! GigaCrate will be back in full effect in 2009. Bigger and better.
NEW DJ Khaled, FreQ Nasty, Lazrtag, The Dream, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce and more…
Can you believe this is the last day of 2008!? Damn this year has flown by super quick. Since we went live in March of 2007, www.gigacrate.com has experienced massive growth. As I type this we have well over 7,200 DJ users and over 15,000 songs. In 2009, you can expect even bigger things from us. Enough with the jibber jabber, here’s the skinny for this week…
Another Floor Bangers has arrived. It’s got some fresh jammies from Lazrtag and FreQ Nasty (for all you dubstep heads). For you all that love electro, peep the new Meck “Electro House 2009″ compilation. It’s got a wide variety of choice club tunes.
Justin Timberlake, T.I. and Timberland are at it again with a new club banger “If I”. Beyonce has had like 2-3 hits in the past few months, well…she has another one “Diva”.
Rappers I Know has laced us with some lovely Kev Brown / Hassaan Mackey joints. If you are a true schooler, you won’t wanna miss these.
BTW, there’s a fresh, in depth review of Native Instruments Traktor Scratch Pro up on the blog. All you DJs have fun and be safe tonight at your NYE gigs! 2009 and beyond…
Traktor Scratch, solid performance and packed with features
My first digital vinyl system was Stanton’s Final Scratch. It was a combination of Stanton’s audio hardware along with Native Instruments Traktor software. I used it to score Metropolis as well as play all my live gigs around 2003-4. It wasn’t without fault though and in 2005 switched to Serato due to the Final Scratch’s firewire issues.
To be honest, Serato has been one heck of a product. Extremely solid and uber simple. Another major plus is that it has pretty much become the industry standard amongst most of my DJ peers. My only real complaint about it has been it’s lack of new features compared to all its competitors. I have only ever briefly taken a look at M-Audio’s Torq and never played with any of the other digital vinyl systems out there. But after checking out Richie Hawtin’s videos about Traktor, I was very intrigued.
This past week the latest version of Native Instruments Traktor Scratch Pro arrived on my doorstep. Eager to see what they’ve improved, I dove right in…
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Free software presents from MacHeist on Dec 25th!
The folks over at MacHeist are mostly known for selling application bundles, but this Christmas they have something up their sleeve.
When you sign up, you are able to join the Mac Giving Tree which gives you a few free applications upon sign up.
Then on Christmas Day, you are able to visit the site, sign in, and “unwrap” other presents that show up below the tree. When you refer your friends, you are able to get additional presents to unwrap.
Everyone loves free stuff right. Go get you some…
RIAA stops suing individuals, focuses on ISPs
It looks like the RIAA has finally decided to stop suing individuals for downloading music. They have instead directed their attention towards ISPs.
Apparently the RIAA will contact an ISP when they have found illegal music flowing on their network. The ISP is then expected to block the packets and close offender’s ISP account. No word on the ISPs the RIAA is working with on this.
Should be interesting to see how this all pans out…
NEW Dela, Hollywood Holt, Surreal, Phonosapiens, Troublemaker, Mochipet, Foreign Exchange and more…
This week has ushered in an entire slew of new promos from Rappers I Know Music. Most notable is the Dela “Atmosphere Airlines Vol 2″. Dela remixes several classics and offers up plenty originals in a unique melodic offering.
Troublemaker dropped us his Solange “T.O.N.Y.” rework which makes that song super club friendly. It’s free! So don’t sleep.
Speaking of free, another Floor Bangers has landed. Volume 33 is on fire featuring a sick Hollywood Holt remix and a dymooomite Bucketheads club rework.
Another blast of Mr Bongo releases has arrived. Some old, some new, but all of em are worth checking into. Especially if you are into Baile Funk / Brazil.
A lot of you guys loved the 215 Freshest Kids “Vnecks” remix that was on our SXSW 08 mix, well Mochipet has released another, equally fresh version of that track on his new “Microphonepet Remixed” album. It’s great for an uptempo set.
Fresh in stock is a new turntablist/scratch music album from Phonosapiens called “Circulating Instrument”. It’s got some choice cuts on it.
More after the jizzzzump…
Free sound library from Native Instruments!
To celebrate a great year for music production, Native Instruments has prepared this free gift for you. KORE SOUNDPACK COMPILATION VOL.1 is a full-featured production-ready sound library that includes 100 Kore Sounds plus 700 Sound Variations, taken from twelve different KORE SOUNDPACKS. You will find a wide range of carefully selected synthesizers, acoustic instruments, percussion, groove construction kits and multi-effects patches, instantly usable for a wide range of musical styles and genres.
At a glance…
- Number of KoreSounds: 93 instruments and 10 multi-effects sounds, plus 700 Sound Variations
- Sound Categories: As diverse as the KORE SOUNDPACK range
- KORE 2 integrated engines: ABSYNTH, FM8, GUITAR RIG, KONTAKT, MASSIVE, REAKTOR, KORE 2 effects
- Download size (PC / Mac): 85 MB / 104 MB
- System requirements: KORE 2 or KORE PLAYER (free)
- Additional info: Comprises of sounds previously released in other KORE SOUNDPACKS
Mac OSX 10.5.6 update is now available
Mac OSX 10.5.6 is now available to download from your Software Update panel. The update is quite large at roughly 377MB, but it fixes several issues…
- Improves the reliability of AirPort connections, including improvements when roaming in large wireless networks with an Intel-based Mac.
- Improves reliability of Address Book syncing with iPhone and other devices and applications.
- Includes general improvements to gaming performance.
- Includes fixes for possible graphics distortion issues with certain ATI graphics cards.
- Contacts, calendars, and bookmarks on a Mac automatically sync within a minute of the change being made on the computer, another device, or the web at me.com.
- Improves Apple File Service performance, especially when using a home directory hosted on an AFP server.
- Improves reliability and performance for AT&T 3G cards.
- Improves printing for USB-based Brother and Canon printers.
- Fixes issues that could cause Time Machine to state the backup volume could not be found.
- Improves Time Machine reliability with Time Capsule.
- Adds a Trackpad System Preference pane for portable Macs.
Read the full scoop in the official Apple changelog.
A run down with the Apple In-Ears
One thing that Apple sure does know how to do is package their merchandise. The new Apple In-Ear headphones come in a nice little box and the headphones are packaged in a small triangular carrying case. The headphones also come with extra ear protectors that are stored in a tube like case that looks like an over sized horse pill. Last but not least Apple spared no expense and even included an extra pair of replacement mesh caps. Something tells me that by the time I finish this write up I will have already lost them. My suggestion and note to self is to put them back in the box and store the box somewhere safe.
My biggest concern about getting another pair of in-ear headphones were comfort. The previous pair of in-ears I owned was the Sony MDR-EX51’s. The Sound quality is OK with the Sony in-ears, but the biggest problem I have is that they ALWAYS pop out of my ear during runs.
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