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../ 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
../ DJ Hardware Technology Eclipsing SoftwareMusic 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
../ New Yahoo Music Unlimited AnnouncedYahoo announced it's new Yahoo Music Unlimited with a monthly subscription fee that vastly undercuts its competition. The new service will initially offer a million songs from all major labels latest releases and back catalog. An annual subscription is $60.>>> 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
../ Combs Finalizes Deal With Warner MusicSean Combs, CEO of Bad Boy Entertainment, reached an agreement to bring his company over to the Warner Music Group in a multiyear deal valued at close to $30 million. Warner is the third major label that Combs has moved Bad Boy from since 2002.>>> FULL STORY
../ IK Multimedia Announces CSR-1IK Multimedia introduced CSR-1: Classik Studio Reverb, a suite of various reverbs modeled after classic high end studio reverb hardware masterpieces. CSR-1 offers a suite of reverbs that are modeled to the exact sound of four popular classics with the advantage of full editing control to perfectly fit any musical need. The four reverbs include: Classik Hall / Room, Classik Ambience, Classik Plate, and Classik Inverse, each with its own interface and parameters.>>> 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
../ The 2005 WMC Party ReportSleep deprivation can really free the mind. I've slept about 8 hours total in the past three days, subsisting on house music, Red bull vodkas, various flavors of beef jerky, and the unrelenting fear that if I stayed in one place too long, I would miss the one track that would carry me through 'till next year, when I'll inevitably start the process all over again. So I move around a lot. And this takes considerable skill. It used to be that you could easily get around Miami in cabs or by bumming rides in the back of pickups with various tribes of illegal aliens, but that hasn't been the case for years. Spring Breakers, Hipster Idiots, and any shuckster looking to cash in on some aspect of the Dance music industry descends upon Miami for the Winter Music Conference. But the faithful keep coming. They battle all the latest obstacles so they can have that one transcendent moment...>>> FULL STORY
../ Universal Posts First Profit in Four YearsVivendi Universal (Universal) posted its first profit in four years. The reversal is the direct result of lower debt, cost cutting measures and a rebound in the sales of Universal's top music artists. Universal, the world's largest record label, reported a profit of 338 million Euro last year almost five times the 2003 numbers.>>> FULL STORY
../ XM Raises Subscription Fee To Match SiriusXM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. stated that it would raise its monthly subscription fee from $9.95 to $12.95 matching rival Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. In the land grab for subscribers, the two digital radio services will now compete solely on programming and hardware.>>> 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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