A new beta version of Traktor has been released by Native Instruments with the number 1.2.0 R7649. Since I was already working with the first beta version I decided to keep up with the latest one. I didn’t find any major issues in the previous release, however the beta forum from Native Instruments does show a number of topics regarding crashes or incorrect behavior.
It took some time but my AKAI APC 40 has arrived. Last Friday the postman made me a very happy man and I did some quick tests with it. First impressions are all good and I can’t wait for doing some serious testing with this one.
Like the rest of the DJ Scene I’m also very curious at what Pioneers next generation DJ Product will look like. The rumors and guesses about how it will look like are enormous. So for now we can just count down and see what is coming…
It looks like a real rush is going on to remix every popular hit from the 90s at this moment. So I decided to go for an acapella of the month from the beginning of the 90’s. To be more specific the acapella of Finally from Ce Ce Peniston.
I was going completely out of my mind during the creation of this mashup. I was still a bit frustrated by the fact that I’ve recently been to late with the ideas or releases of some mashups. So I was looking at the currently popular tracks that I would like to see mashed up. The Sugar song from Flo Rida was one that popped out of the list because, I wasn’t really happy with the R&B beat behind it and some of the breaks in the track.
A few weeks ago Native Instruments started with a public test of Traktor 1.2 beta in all Pro/Duo Scratch/Non-Scratch versions. Since I was looking forward to the new “Elastique Pro” timestretching algorithm that would be in the next version I also joined the beta. And so far so good, the beta seems to be stable and have some nice improvements. I’ve focused my testing on the new Key Lock algorithm.
Freestyle Orchestra with Keep on pumpin’ it up is a dance track from the 90s. Not a big hit and frankly I don’t like the track either. It was a project from Little Louie Vega and Todd Terry, big names but definitely not their best production.
Today I discovered that my YouTube mashups Ida Engberg VS. Shannon – Let the disco volante music play sounded distorted.
Last Saturday at Extrema 2009 the ambiance made my mind come up with all kind of nice ideas for mashups. So Sunday I planned on mixing Benny Benassi with the Black Eyed Peas. Unfortunately a quick visit to Google learned me that more people already got that idea.
I had planned for a very nice and powerful acapella that, when looped correctly, is a very great house tool. But that all changed when Michael Joseph Johnson died last Thursday. He has inspired many people and the name Michael Jackson became a world wide known brand.