This NPR video looks at the history of the boombox: The boxes had to be big, to make that bass boom. The speakers in early boxes had extra-large magnets to push all that air around, and they were housed in heavy metal casing to deal with the vibrations from all the bass. Fab 5 Freddy… Read More The History Of The Boombox
GrooveMaker Reggaeton was uploaded by: ikmultimedia
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Jammin’ Robotic Marimba Playing Shimon ZOOZin’ It Up with Atlanta Hip-Hop Artist Street Lotto was uploaded by: zoozmobile
Duration: 155
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Glitch Live was uploaded by: JeanMasterCue
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The Beat Kangz have announced the Kang Of All Battles – a contest to see who can make the best music using the Beat Thang workstation or the Beat Thang Virtual: The Beat Kangz are looking for a hot new SUPER PRODUCER who can bang that Thang, and the next SUPERSTAR ARTIST who can bring… Read More Beat Kangz Announce The Kang Of All Battles, With $30,000 Grand Prize
Rockwilder using Beat Thang Virtual!!! was uploaded by: BeatKangz
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AKAI has announced that the AKAI MPC2500SE will be shipping in early 2010. Description: The Akai Professional MPC2500 SE Special Edition Music Production Center combines a 64-Track MIDI Sequencer with a 32-voice 16bit Stereo Digital Sampler. The MPC is a rock solid sequencing and drum programming machine with 16 velocity and pressure sensitive rubber pads.… Read More AKAI MPC2500SE Coming In January
OT: OG Ice T shows how to disassemble a Mac that is giving you problems. I don’t know about you – but there have been a couple of days where I’ve wanted to do this.
Boston based virtual instrument manufacturer SONiVOX has introduced Sampla – Hip Hop Production Sampler, a new virtual sampler plug-in for MAC and PC designed for fast sampling and beat creation for hip hop producers. Features: MPC style editing & slicing for easy instrument & beat creation Imports Wav, Acid, Broadcast Wav, Aiff, & MP3 Format… Read More SONiVOX Sampla Hip Hop Production Sampler
The Beat Kangz have introduced PlayaThang (App Store link) – a beat playback application for the iPhone. Description: PlayaThang offers simple playback of high quality pre-loaded content – 20 professional beats (3 in the FREE version) created by The Beat Kangz; including mixes by Grammy award winning engineer Commissioner Gordon (Lauren Hill, Damien Marley, KRS-One,… Read More Beat Kangz Intro PlayaThang iPhone Beat Player
