MTV and Ish Entertainment have teamed to create a “Hip-Hop Apprentice – a 50 Cent Meets Donald Trump reality show, which will center on 16 contestants as they live together and compete in challenges that relate to street savvy and music business acumen. The yet to be titled show will end each week with 50 Cent “firing” one of the...

Akai Professional has unveiled the XR20 Beat Production Station, a portable rhythm solution geared towards making Hip-Hop and R&B beats wherever and whenever inspiration strikes. More than 700 pre-loaded sounds cover a range of drums, percussion, effects and instrument samples, while an integrated effects engine includes Reverb, EQ and Compression,...

Three new wireless patent applications by Apple have been excavated. The first, filing, dubbed “Location discovery using Bluetooth,” describes a a Bluetooth homing technology. It would enable a Bluetooth device to locate another Bluetooth device. The second application, entitled “Wireless communication out of range indication,”...

Ask Video has announced a new 4-part tutorial DVD series for Logic Pro 8 music production software. In Level 1 of this 4-part series, musician and Apple expert Tony Wallace returns to provide all the knowledge needed to start using Logic. Everything from basic setup to editing and looping regions is covered, giving newcomers a great starting point. Long time...

djDecks has updated their DJ softwarefor Windows to version 0.88. The update brings support for the Denon DN-HC4500, Vestax VCM-100 and Numark Total Control controllers. There also have been some improvements for using 4 decks, the autoplay modes have been improved, the playlist/browser now has a search field, MIDI output compatibility has been improved, and...