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Tactile pixels coming soon?
Sony recently applied for a “tactile pixel” haptic touchscreen patent and cited potential uses in the video game realm. However, we find this interesting due to our recent coverage of Scott Hobbs’ ATTIGO (you know the touchscreen turntable).
Sony’s idea is that the pixels themselves are able to move up and down between two positions, providing direct feedback to user actions. As we mentioned before, this seems to be one of the largest hurdles for touchscreen turntables to overcome.
Can you imagine being able to feel the waveform when you scratch?! We’ll keep an eye out for progress on this…
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NEW A-Trak, Dave Nada, Morsy, Westurn Union, Slim Thug, Crash Car Set, Fila Brazillia and more…
Floor Bangers 8 has just arrived and boy is it jam packed with loads of freebie dance floor anthems. The A-Trak and Lupe joint is especially tasty.
Slim Thug has a new track out with Ray J and Snoop Dogg presents the Westurn Union. We got em both for free! Check out the Latest Promos to get more free tracks.
We just got our hands on a wonderful electro/gutterstep EP from the fine city of Seattle ala Crash Car Set. Be sure to peep all that and more after the jump.
Lastly, stay tuned, b/c we have some MAJOR changes coming to the site very soon…
New Troublemaker, Clipse, Chubby Fingers, Parov Stelar, Sheek Louch, Van She Tech and more…
We were on a bit of a summer hiatus last week. Apologies for that. We have plenty of promos to make amends though ;)
Floor Bangers Vol 7 hit last week and it has some sickness courtesy of Chubby Fingers and Van She Tech amongst many others.
Troublemaker just laced us with a freebie he and partner Tate La Rock killed…Camp Lo’s “Lucini” done beautifully. Don’t sleep!!
Clipse’s Re-Up Gang laced us with a new promo “Fast Life” that is a must have.
Parov Stelar’s new EP “The Flame of Fame” just dropped. There are just too many tracks & albums. See below for all of em…
Tenori-On now shipping in the US
Yamaha’s Tenori-On is finally shipping in the United States. That’s the good news, the bad news is that it will run you about $1200 and there are only 60 available currently. YIKES! Better get a move on if you want one.
Check out an interview with the makers of Tenori-On.
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DiskAid lets you use your iPhone as a hard drive
DiskAid is a free software utility that allows you to use your iPhone or iPod Touch much like an external hard drive.
After installing, you just plug in your iPod touch or iPhone, and it will detect your device and allow you to copy to/from it. The one thing that sucks is that you can’t upload images or songs to the device. You can only transfer files like documents and portable apps from your Mac/PC to your iPhone and then to another Mac/PC.
Acoustic cloak = no more noisy neighbors?
If you live in an apartment or to a certain degree a house, you have undoubtedly heard noise from outside and probably create plenty of your own. Noise can be especially distracting when you are trying to work or sleep. Can you imagine being able to completely eliminate noise from certain sources?
Walls of the material could be built to soundproof houses or it could be used in concert halls to enhance acoustics or direct noise away from certain areas.
That’s absolutely amazing. Seems like the next thing to tackle is the invisibility cloak ;)
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Clamshell XOXO 2.0 may be a glimpse into the future
I just came across this interesting article that shows the $100 laptop version 2.0 design (OLPC).
This version is called XOXO 2.0 and features a bad ass clamshell touchscreen design. This type of thing seems to be the wave of the not so distant future. See ATTIGO for another example.
The XOXO is a book, a tablet, a board…and yes, a laptop too if that is what you need. The design is still green and white, but thin, simple, and un-interrupted by keyboards, buttons, speaker holes, input devices and visible connectors. And it is soft to the touch, like a piece of luggage, everyday luggage you can take anywhere.
Planned for early 2010!
Fania Remixed, Dublex Inc, Three Six Mafia, Sinden, Slum Village, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Dj Format and more…
One of the coolest things to ever arrive at GigaCrate is the Fania Remixed album. Cats like Sinden, Bugz in the Attic and DJ Format try their hand at remixing the classic latin catalog from Fania Records. Don’t say we didn’t warn ya. Shit is absolutely choice!
This week we have plenty of dance floor ready heat for FREE. That’s right, free as in PROMO. First up is the DJ/club friendly electro stylings of Meterhead. These guys are on fire right now. Don’t sleep!
Next we have Floor Bangers Vol 6 with the likes of Treasure Fingers, Diplo, When Saints Go Machine and many more. Speaking of promo heat, the “I’m Cheatin” Dwele feat Slum Village remix has just arrived.
Freestyle Records has dropped an album chalked full of hit singles off their label. The 22 track album is jam packed full of funk, soul and uptempo lovelies.
Another favority of ours is the new Dublex Inc “Grande Buffo Ep”. It has a disco-esque vibe to it that seems to work very well at a variety of gigs.
If you are into house, we got several albums in this week that will interest you. Just hit up the Latest Arrivals and browse through em.
Enjoy everyone!
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Over 10gb of free music samples
The makers of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) have announced they are giving away over 10GB of audio samples for free. That’s right. Absolutely free.
Loops, Grooves, Licks, Stings, Hits, Pads, Melodic Motives/Themes/Phrases, Sound-Effects, City and Country Soundscapes, Motors, Machines, Toys, Guns, Explosions, Swords, Armor, Cars …
New Lazrtag, Krazy Fiesta, Ursula 1000, Common, Mr Beatnick, Ksalaam, The Apples and more…
We are finally back in effect after a much needed break last week! Straight to bidness… we have an exclusive interview with Scott Hobbs, maker of the ATTIGO touchscreen turntable. If you haven’t already, peep out the blog, we update it every day with plenty of DJ-related news.
This week in music we have two new Floor Bangers! Volume 4 and Volume 5. My personal favs are the Common, Lazrtag and Krazy Fiesta joints.
If you are more interested in uptempo or the funk side of things, be sure to listen to The Apples new album.
We got another Fila Brazillia album in, the classic “Dicks” and plenty of new promos.
Have a safe weekend!
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