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Am totally new to all this so havent got a clue about anything production wise really... I have Cubase SX and Reason 2.5 (which i've not played with yet) and i figure i'm gonna need a keyboard of some kind. Does anyone have any recommendations?

a few basic questions (forgive me if its confusing, i dont know the jargon so i've stumbled though with what jargon i do know): 1) i have an 8 beat patten and i want it 1 set of fx on it in the 1st few loops, then another set of fx for another few loops. is it possible to do this w/o having to duplicate the patten each time i want a different filter on it. i've looked to see if you can set one off fx sends at set time frames, but nothing jumped out at me. 2) i want to post the higher frequences on samples. is there some kind of fx plug in that i can use? i'm guessing what i need is a 'hi-pass filter'? 3) can i set pattens to fade in/out easily? basical…

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any ideas? anyone know of any samples on the net? im not having much luck making my own

say using fruity loops (or any other programme actually) how easy is it to change the key of a sample? can you run the whole sample through a keyboard and play it as different notes and keys...if you get what i mean?

I have bout 400 squid to spend. Was looking at Gemini XL-500's. Any advice?

change the length of a sample, to fit into a length of beats without shortening it. cheers guys

with now looking at starting to make a tune i was wondering what you start with... do you map out a rough tune then fill in the finer details, start with the riff and build your tune around that, build up drum loops etc i know its going to take alot of effort and time but any advice would be appreciated cheers

finally go my head around the basics this morning. this is what i came up with: http://www.mangafish.net/choons/messabout.mp3 really will have to buy the full version as i cant save on my demo copy

Just been reading the latest one with Justin Bourne, who is a wicked DJ I might add ! Just wana say ALL the interviews you have done so far are top stuff mate, and is looking good for and on the site. If you need any extra help / questions to be added for any interviews, I would love to participate and help rack some up depending on what DJ it is ! I am a bit gutted Glazby refused to take the time to take part though But anyway - good work as always mate. And all the best for showing your talent in Poland. Show 'em how it's done !

Catch DJ Slipmatt passing through the newtech studios this Sunday 30th May 6-8pm (GMT). Slipmatt has seen & done it all so to do a write up on him would take the rest of my life lol. So let me give you some links to check out and remember keep it locked to the UK's freshest internet radio station www.newtechpirates.co.uk Click here to access his website:- http://www.beats24-7.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=5 Click here for a small bio on him:- http://www.backtotheoldskool.co.uk/dj_slipmatt.htm To tune in you must have Winamp www.winamp.com or RealPlayer www.realone.com installed. Broadband listeners click here to tune in: http://broadb…

During the Build up to the Hard House Academy at the Brixton Academy, ClubTheWorld caught up with one of Londons HardHouse DJ's Justin Bourne Our very own @Phil B asked Justin the following questions: CTW - Hi Justin, how are things going at the moment? Justin- Hi, things are great thanks. I'm keeping busy with my DJing, studio work and running Short Circuit Recordings. The new website will be up soon so I've been busy sorting things out for that aswell. CTW - Your label Short Circuit is going from strength to strength, can you tell us a bit about it? What made you set the label up? What can we expect from it in the future? Justin- I started Shor…

going like shit

I was in this bar in leeds the other week, saw this guy with a laptop rigged up to a mixer, mixing was spot on - but how did he do it? Idea's on a post card?

wanna get a couple of cd only tunes cut to vinyl.. any ideas?

they say you can pick up some dj skills by accident over night. well that deffinatly happened to me about a month ago as some of you might have read before, i couldnt mix breakbeat for shit. it just sounded like a mess in my head. well about a month ago i was pissed as a fart and was 'trying' to mix breakbeat again. and it all just slotted in. no problem at all. ever since then i can beatmatch breaks yay me

Passion's next generation night is in search of young, talented house DJs if you play Funky, soulfull, disco or vocal house send a CD plus Bio to Dan Platten 'NXT generation' The Emporium 67 Belvoir Road Coalville LE67 3PD didnt know if that might help someone

During the Build up to the Hard House Academy at the Brixton Academy, Clubtheworld caught up with one of Londons Hardest female DJ’s. We asked Lucy Fur the following questions: CTW - How long have you been mixing for and could you describe to us a brief history of how you got to where you are in your DJ career? LUCY - I started buy records around july 2000, and my decks shortly followed. I then got addicted to mixing and continued to practise for a year. I played my first gig in a pub in Hertfordshire to about 20 people and loved it!!! I then went on to get my first residency at Exessential in Lydd where funnily enough I experienced my first all-nighter ex…

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DJ at Serious, Goodgreef, Passion, WiLDCHiLD, Sensoria & more... Radio Broadcasts on Trance Air Waves, Global DJ Broadcast, BPM Radio, Soundstation & more... Well it has been a busy few months so far since the beginning of 2004. As you may know, Genix and I now run our own record label - Trance Revolution Recordings (TRR), we are very busy in the studio with productions, i'm pushing more and more at new nights for DJing, and I still hold onto a fulltime job in between! As i say..... busy times!! Read on to find out more: The Record Label Trance Revolution Recordings had massive success with the debut release - "Havannah" - which really set the …

When i say this, i mean, actually make the effort to regularly tune in to a particular show?

logic plat...for pc's or cubase sx goonna by a laptop and wanna make sure i get one powerful enough. can't find the software specs anywhere on the net cheers guys

I've just found out that when in Poland i'm playing two 3 hour sets. I've never actually played a set in a club that long (2 hours is the most i've played). anyone ever played this long before and you got any pointers for uncle Tone?...like what about if i need the loo ...................

I have downloaded wicked documentary about Ibiza which is in wmv format and I want to burn it onto a cd/DVD so as can play it on my TV as well as PC Having problems with Nero doing that Any ideas? Dondo DOH- just realised that I put this in wrong forum- can James or someone move it to General one for me cheers Also link to vid in question is http://www.tranceaddict.com/music_videos.shtml

We are currently looking to stream dj's via shoutcast. If you don't know what this means were basically looking for dj's to play any style from hip hop to hard dance to dj from their bedroom, house on the internet. If you think thats you and want to give it a go then click on the link below which will take you to newtechpirates site where you can find out more details http://www.newtechpirates.co.uk/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=8 Alternatively drop an email to:-djs@newtechpirates.co.uk Please bare in mind we are a UK station so we broadcast in GMT Click here to view timetable:- http://vinyljustice.greatnow.com/

James i think we should just edit this list to keep on top of it, and use it as a sort of diary. If i have typed CTW ROTA next to the date, this means it is a CTW night with a dj used from out rota system. Future Events 29th August 2004 - Wildchild @Heaven...CTW ROTA (main room Tony...classic room Carl) 2nd or 3rd October 2004 Wildchild...CTW ROTA 27th November 2004 Wildchild...CTW ROTA 31st December 2004 (NYE) Wildchild...CTW ROTA Past Events 2nd July 2004 - Wildchild...CTW ROTA (Phil. July 25th 2004 - Rush @ 414 ...CTW ROTA Tony and Phil Saturday 7th August 2004 - CTW @Dance Valley 2004 2/05/04 Lashed @ SEOne (tony) 8/05/04 Hardwar…

My dad knows some1 who needs some cd decks for a private party in london and i need to know a reasonable price to rent them out for. I have 2 options to present him: 1. 2X cdj1000 2. Tascam cd-302 dual cd deck I was wondering if ne1 knew how much people hire this sort of equipment for

just heard another ver of born slippy

I usually do the mix on to mini disc player first, then Cool Edit Pro, then Nero! What does everyone else do!? My mini disc keeps on jumping which is really annoying!!

whats peoples opinions on what should be plaey as a warm up set at a hard house/hard dance event. It just appears to me that it's hard to find new material that can be used for this purpose. All the new records of this genre seem to be too hard for a warm up. should you then addopt the attitude of playing hard (so not really a warm up), or play a different style (german trance, etc), or play old tunes that everyone knows to get them i the mood??? whats your opinions on this guys?