Intua Beatmaker 2 Review
Take a look at the Beatmaker 2 iOS app. Drums, synth, samples and sequencer
Introducing the beat watch
Mr. Jones Watches has announced the Tom Middleton BPM, a new timepiece designed for DJs or even punters who want to know the approximate tempo of a track.
“To calculate the bpm of a track: wait until the seconds hand aligns at 9, 12 and 3 on the watch (denoted by a full white circle) and start counting the quarter notes/beats as you’re listening to the music. You’ll see the white circles gradually filling up with red and blue — stop counting when the white circle appears again. Multiply the count by four and you have the bpm.”
—Tom Middleton
This watch is available in an edition of 100 picces, each watch numbered on the caseback and comes with an insert card signed by both Tom Middleton and Crispin Jones.
Specifications:
» Case: Stainless steel
» Strap: White leather with white stitching
» Width (3 o’clock to 9 o’clock): 37mm
» Height (from lug to lug): 46mm
» Mechanism: Single jewel quartz mechanism
» Waterproof: 5ATM
» Guarantee: 12 months
The watch comes in an MJW presentation box with a specially commissioned artwork by Hannah Davies. Inside the box you’ll find the guarantee card – every watch is guaranteed for 12 months from the date of purchase against any original manufacturing defect.
The Mr. Jones Watches Tom Middleton BPM costs $200 and is available now in limited quantities. More information on the Mr. Jones Watches Tom Middleton BPM.
Introducing ElectroBeats for the iPad
ElectroBeats is a very intuitive beat making application conceived in collaboration with worldwide renowned and most demanded producer David Guetta.
Right away, you’ll create great sounding beats thanks to a powerful real-time approach and an impressive sound library.
ElectroBeats by David Guetta features
- Realtime workflow experience with sixteen pads and five different modes: Pad, Pitch, Velocity, Erase, Mute/Solo.
- Exclusive and electro oriented sound library, with hundreds of samples including Bass Drum, Snare, Clap, Rimshot, Cymbal, Hi-Hat, Open Hi-Hats, Acoustic Percussion, Electronic Percussion, FX, Bass, Chords, Leads, Instruments, Vox…
- Two sound generators : sample playback and synthesis oscillator.
- Dozens of ready to use drum and construction kits.
- Hundreds of patterns to use with the drum kits..
- Note Repeat in multiple resolutions..
- Dynamically change the quantize/repeat resolution while recording : the key to build beats very fast..
- Default quantization for instant gratification.
- Save and share your tracks using iTunes.
- Bounce song in Wav format.
- Multitrack export for use in sequencers like Logic™, Live™, ProTools™, Cubase™ and many more..
- Tap Tempo.
- Realtime previews (pattern, kits and sounds).
- Convenient undo with snapshots support.
- Embedded help in English, French, Spanish and Japanese.
More info at www.uvi.net
More stuff on Reason 5
Here are two newly discovered tutorials I found the other day, enjoy
Beat Construction Volume 1 is the beginning of a new form of micro training for Propellerhead Reason 5 users producers and beatmakers all over the globe. In these beatconstruction series videos, you get to watch your favorite music instructor at work doing what he does best. HIP HOP PRODUCTION! We all love the talking, feedback and encouragement, but sometimes some just want to get right to the heart of the lessons. The Reason for this arrangement is very beneficial for both parties for as a professional producer without any restrictions can get more involved and produce high quality production tracks without breaking the flow of the must needed creativity that is necessary to produce professional quality results.
Along with this arrangement, the Propellerhead Reason 5 project files are included in each session so as to get hands on involvement in the very exact material that was used and produced by your instructor. This allows you to utilize the very exact mix, mastered sounds, samples and instruments used to create this production material. BTW: Do what you please with the Reason files, they are “Royalty Free”, so go ahead take advantage before the prices go up, because I promise you it will. So hurry and get your copy of Beatconstruction Series video tutorials for Propellerhead Reason files today!
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