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Touchscreen dj’ing

Posted by Håkon Lofthus in Gear & Gadgets, Production & DJing on 09 4th, 2009 | 3 Comments

The Attigo TT

Some people think it’s awkward to use touch screen devices, but when it comes to dj’ing this might be the perfect match actually. Imagine, you could see the waveforms, touch it, tweak it, load in plugins/effects, re-arrange stuff and so on… Lots of possibilities!

Scott Hobbs, a brilliant product designer, has taken this seriously and developed a prototype of something really promising: The Attigo TT.

The Attigo TT is still in the development phase, but it looks really good! Here’s a user scenario Scott Hobbs has for the Attigo TT:

“An electronic music production artist/DJ is doing a live performance act at a dance festival. The artist is performing using a variety of different new and innovative sound tools, such as effects machines and drum machines. One of the acts will be using the ‘Sensing Sounds’ product where there is physical performance. There will also be a display of visuals for the audience that will respond to the movements of the artist and sounds being created.” (www.scotthobbs.co.uk)

And here’s a live demonstration:

What do you reckon, is this the future of dj’ing?

Rise of superstar producers

Posted by Ville Lope in Music, Production & DJing on 09 2nd, 2009 | 6 Comments

Picture by _Hannes at Flickr with a creative commons license.

Why is everybody talking about producing instead of composing these days?

Even media is talking about producers, Timbaland being the one mentioned the most. Now that even the normal radio listener can spot the “Timbaland sound”, It’s fair to say we have seen the rise of superstar producers.

How can this be seen in EDM? Now there’s loads of youngsters (or more established producers) mimicking other producers, Deadmau5 and Sean Tyas are the prime examples of this.

Deadmau5 sound is really easy to spot – and to (re)produce – that should be the reason the sound can be now heard in every DJ’s sets playing around 130 bpm.

The other sound is pounding energetic Sean Tyas’ trance sound. The sound has developed from Paul Van Dyk’s pounding trance style, evolved on PVD’s Vandit label and John Askew’s Discover label and now – championed by Sean Tyas.

Now I can hear the subtle hints of trance/progressive/techno blending to each other with a hint of house in it. Producers like Jaytech and Joonas Hahmo are taking this style further by every release and remix. Are track’s being overproduced these days? Are producers concentrating on melodies enough these days?

What do you think? Leave a comment!

Welcome to Innotune!

Posted by Endal in Gear & Gadgets, Music, Podcast Episodes, Production & DJing, Talent on 09 1st, 2009 | No Comments

The Innotune podcast We’re finally up and running. The first podcast episode is right around the corner, but you can already now subscribe and listen to the podcast teaser. In the teaser we present our excellent members of the Innotune collective.