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Music production, DJing, Mixing and Mastering, Sound Design

Gear

Unleashing Analog Warmth with the TK Audio Transformer

Transformers in Vintage Consoles Transformers have long been revered as an essential component in vintag...

DJing

Traktor Pro Preferences Guide – Troubleshooting + Setup Tips by Dubspot’s DJ Endo

This week we break down everything you ever wanted to know about Native Instruments’ Traktor 4 preferenc...

Understanding Audio Interfaces: DACs, Bit Depth, Sampling Rate, Analog vs Digital

What is an Digital Audio Interface? If you use your computer for music, DJing, or audio creation, you've...

Music for Advertising

Understanding Music Licensing and Placement in Advertising, TV, and Video Games w/ Rob Schusta...

Freelance music supervisor and producer Rob Schustack shares his insight on how music gets placed in TV,...

Electronic Dance Music

Key Detection Lab Report: Mixed In Key vs. Beatport

Mike Henderson aka ENDO, a veteran DJ, Co-Founder of AGNT and MIDI Monsters, TRAKTOR specialist for Nati...

Music Foundations

The All-Time Great Rhythm Sections

Orignally published By The Bass Player Staff (from Bass Player Magazine, June 1998) this is essential re...

Music Production

Producing in the Recording Industry w/ Zach “Reazon” Heiligman

On Friday, March 6th, as Dubspot’s LA EDU Sessions continued with an exciting and informative workshop o...

Gear

Music Tech News Roundup: Akai Rhythm Wolf, Pioneer PLX-1000 Turntable, Waldorf Streichfett Syn...

In this music tech news roundup we check out the announcement of the Pioneer PLX-1000, the first audio d...

Digital Vinyl Systems

The Resurgence of Vinyl Continues In 2012 – Record Stores Making a Comeback?

The incessant march of technology takes no prisoners: it’s either upgrade and adapt or rapidly become ir...

Ben Phipps

Native Instruments Traktor 2.5.1 Update: Using Pioneer CDJs As Soundcards and Controllers

Two of the industry leaders in DJ technology, Pioneer and Native Instruments, have recently begun workin...

Ableton Live Class 2 & 3 :: Session View & MIDI

Ableton Live Class 2 & 3 :: Session View & MIDI With our course overlapping the holidays at the ...