Leap Motion Control, a Kinect for your Mac

Minority Report style control is almost becoming reality. Check out this promo from Leap Motion Control. It’s basically something very similar to what Kinect does for XBOX360. It’s a motion sensor. The video above has nothing to do with music but just your your imagination. Of course maybe the idea of waving your arms around in the air seems to be silly but no one has done it yet so it’ll be interesting to see. The technology it self is relatively inexpensive at US$70 so it might worth your time. Pre-order now on their website as this tech will be available in December.

For more info go to Leap‘s website.

Scratching on iPad with DJ Rig and iRig MIX

I’m gonna reserve judgement until actually trying it out myself. Not gonna be overly critical with this video too since I’m sure this is just a preview of it. But it does looks promising.

Random – Bass In Yo Face Session: 04

Here’s a brand new episode of Bass In Yo Face. We’re up to our 4th episode and this time around we’re changing things a lil’ bit by doing a dubstep, UK Bass set. Yup, no drum & bass this time around. I hope you guys like it.

Update: EGRV Control 2.1 (Free TouchOSC template for Traktor Pro 2)

Reblogged from Lawrence a.k.a. Random:

As I promised last week on my twitter, I’m uploading a small update to my EGRV Control. It’s a minor update that concentrate more in improving workflow while mixing. I also added more functionality to the Gate/Delay & LFO/Flange Buttons that will allow you to change value of those buttons on the fly. There are few more changes and improvement that you can find below.

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Turntable Rider

Well, The Japs are at it again with this out there MIDI controller. The concept is strapping a MIDI device on your BMX and do tricks on it to control Traktor. Obviously this is made more as an art project than anything practical with commercial purpose. Nonetheless, it is one of those idea that is thrown out there to explore the possibility of non-traditional controller. Well, just check ‘em since they are pretty cool.

Yacko – Filthy Rich ft. Lawrence Philip (EGRV)

Indonesian female MC, Yacko is giving away her third single for free. The new single titled Filthy Rich features beats from Lawrence Philip of Jakarta’s electro duo EGRV. The single it self is a mish-mash of dirty electro running at slower 110 bpm hiphop style spiced up with Yacko’s aggresive lyrical delivery. Na…na…na…na… jumping around…You can grab the tune at the following link.

http://yacko.freemagz.com/

All you gotta do is HIT the TWEET BUTTON.

To successfully download Filthy Rich, I recommend you to use Firefox/Chrome/Safari browser on Laptop/PC.

Thanks to FREEMAGZ for makin it happen! #freemusic

Random – Bass In Yo Face Session:03

Bass In Yo Face Session:03, posted with vodpod

Here’s the 3rd episode to Random’s Bass In Yo Face Session. This time around he change up things a lil’ bit by dropping more minimal, darker sound. Let’s save the anthems for upcoming PHUNKTION:74 in Bandung guys!

Tracklist after the jump…

Memorecks making songs in the MPC live

New Traktor Kontrol X2?

Before we go further, I want to clarify that EGRV is by no means related or endorsed by Native Instruments, but we do use Traktor religiously. The video above is a seen peek for Traktor’s newest controller. Looks pretty cool with 4×4 pad like button with matching color states with what you see on the screen. Judging from the video, the pads could be used to trigger four different states of sample decks.

The controller is cool but its something that we can create on our trusty Touch OSC. We’re more excited about this new sample decks. With our different states, it will make it very useful and can turn Traktor into mini groove box (in the most rudimentary form), perfect for that impromptu live performance in the middle of your DJ set. The controller is set to release this Spring. Keep your eyes and ears open for it.

Ableton Live vs Bitwig Studio!

It’s about time that someone comes up with something that compete with Ableton Live. Ableton has been having monopoly in the performance/DAW sector. Now, new comer Bitwig Studio is ready to challenge the king. From the video above, the feature seems similar while the look is more of Traktor 2 with Ableton layout. Some of their key features are:

• 64-bit compatible
• Native Linux support
• Dual monitor support
• Split view between Arrangement and Session views
• A resizable clip matrix
• Overlaid automation on clips
• Automation on a per-note basis in the piano roll

Competition is always a good thing and perhaps with competition, it will lead to drop of price in Ableton (I always think they are a little steep, especially when you compare it to Apple’s Logic Studio 9). As of now tho, this will be an interesting bits of software but I’d like to see more before deciding whether to switch or stick with Ableton. Only time will tell. For more info on this exciting new software go to Bitwig’s official page.