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../ Sony Reorganizes To Combat iPodSony, is in the final stages of reorganization to address Apple Computer's dominance of the personal music player market, an arena that they once owned with the introduction of the Walkman brand in the seventies. Sony's internal strategy of intense competition between divisions worked for decades until Apple delivered the death blow with the introduction of the wildly successful iPod digital music player.>>> FULL STORY
../ Avalon, Formally Limelight, To CloseAvalon New York, formerly the infamous Limelight, will close on July 24, 2005 after only 2 years of continued operation. One of the club's co-owners, John Blair, will join Robbie Wooten at Spirit, another club in dire need of patrons.>>> FULL STORY
../ Ultra, Morillo Partner On New Super ClubAccording to recent rumors, the company behind the Ultra Music Festival is partnering with DJ and label owner Erick Morillo on a new New York City super club launching in the Fall of 2005...>>> FULL STORY
../ Ericsson and Napster PartnerNapster and Ericsson have partnered on a new mobile music download service that will debut in Europe in the next 12 months. The companies are claiming that this will be the first fully integrated digital music service for cellular companies.>>> FULL STORY
../ Apple Announces Switch To Intel ChipsApple Computer announced that it's ending its partnership with IBM and Motorola, and replacing its computers with Intel's microprocessors. There has been a lot of speculation as of late that Apple would make such a move since IBM has not been able to create a version of the G5 processor that will run cool enough for Apple's laptop line, and they have also not been able to keep up with the PC's clock speeds.>>> FULL STORY
../ Bias Set To Release Peak Pro 5The fifth generation of Peak, the industry leader of professional stereo recording and editing software on the Mac, has strengthened its foundation in its core assets, solidified the program's attributes in areas where it was coming up wanting, and branched into new niches that it felt the industry wasn't successfully addressing. A number of new features make Peak Pro 5 even more powerful than previous versions, especially in the areas of mastering and professional CD preparation.>>> FULL STORY
Music Trends May 2005The MusicMisse show at Frankfurt confirmed that the music hardware industry is far ahead of the software concerns in providing cutting-edge technology to mixologists around the globe. Two new significant launches by Allen & Heath and Mawzer (see pictures below) detailed how the hardware manufacturers' long term horizon is much more far-sighted then the leading software developers who have just attempted to duplicate the physical mixing experience instead of taking the model the next level.>>> FULL STORY
../ BMG Buys Columbia HouseBertelsmann AG (BMG) announced that it has purchased Columbia House, the large membership club music and movie seller, for around $400 million. Columbia House was BMG Direct's largest competitor with 8 million members in North America. Both music clubs have battled with increased competition from new media ventures, digital downloads, subscription services and dwindling industry sales over the last couple of years.>>> FULL STORY
../ Numark iPod MixerMore Than Just A Rumor??Numark, is allegedly going to introduce an Apple iPod mixer at Summer NAMM. Details are quite thin at this time, but several pictures have recently appeared online that reveal a computer 3D mock up of what appears to be a dual-dock iPod mixer. Whether or not the picture was purposely leaked or is just the Photoshop figment of a hoaxer's imagination cannot be determined. >>> FULL STORY
../ Head2Head: Flash Music PlayersApple iPod Shuffle VS. Commodore MpetIIApple's recent introduction of the iPod Shuffle caused us to re-examine the Flash music player landscape. In the past, we were less than impressed with many of the MP3 Flash players on the market. Bulky, unreliable, poor sound quality, short battery life, and Windows integration problems are just a few of the many problems encountered with the units that the leading manufacturers sent us for evaluation... >>> FULL STORY
../ TestDrive: Wave Arts Power SuiteWave Arts Power Suite for Mac and PC is a bundle of their five products, TrackPlug, MasterVerb, Multidynamics, WaveSurround and FinalPlug for $499.95 US...>>> FULL STORY
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 As the name correctly implies, Experiments In Sound, is Futuremusic's latest endeavor for pushing electronic music technology to the very edge of what's possible. Experiments In Sound grew out of Futuremusic's avant-garde events in New York City that featured DJ's taking mixing and live sound reinforcement to a whole new level with the very latest gear and software. Now Experiments In Sound has become The Ultimate Mix Contest...
After the tremendous success of our groundbreaking The Next Big Thing DJ Contest, Futuremusic has decided to once again create a new paradigm...
TestDrive will feature the lab results of our DJ Experiments so that everyone can get in on the action. Take the latest electronic music releases, mix vigorously
with bleeding-edge DJ production technology in a large beeker, and then cook the hell out of it!
Futuremusic wants to thank everyone who participated in The Next Big Thing 2004. John Digweed, Beatport, Alienware, M-Audio, Native Instruments, IK Multimedia, PVDJ, PK Graphics, Ableton, The DubHouse, Propellerheads, Technics, FreeFloat, The Church, PCDJ and every DJ who entered this year's event thank you. From the sheer number of quality mixes, we can tell you that dance music is thriving in the United States. The amount of outstanding talent and creativity really blew us away, and every DJ who's putting their heart, mind and soul behind the music is a winner. John Digweed has made his decision and the winner is... Think you got skills?? Then start practicing! The Next Big Thing 2005 will kick off at the end of the summer!!
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