this just in: Pioneer makes good heaphones!

well look at that. pioneer got their head out of their asses and actually made some headphones djs should care about. not only are they looking to be solid dj headphones, they are also geared towards studio use with a flat frequency response. they look at bit bulky and heavy, but im sure kick ass. thank you pioneer for thinking of the djs!

update on the rough rider

actually been using this on my tracks and holy crap. this is one of my favorite compressors, it can make anything snap like a mofo. and the sensitivity knob is just miles more intuitive than the threshold concept. i compress better thanks to this thing. just thought i'd let you guys know!

Dave Smith's Mopho

i really haven't liked much of dave smith's stuff. i worked at gc and got to play with both the prophet and the poly evolver. dreadfully complicated things without the screen size to back it up. this thing looks plenty fine for the itty bitty screen. and it has a nifty "push it" button that i have no idea what it does. there are some videos up on their site and its only 400 buckaroos.

ever wanted the djm800 filter knobs in ableton?

Tarekith has produced a nifty little effect rack for ableton that gives you the one knob high/low pass filter combo found on the djm800. very useful for switching filters with out causing that drop out that switching filter types in the auto filter usually causes.

you will have to register with the forum... but its worth it. tons of goodies and nonsense found inside.

http://abletonlivedj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7273

Pro Tools 8

so pro tools 8 is on its way. expect it to finally compete with cubase and ableton in the dance music arena. they've added a bunch of stuff to make it super neat (incl. instruments/effects, elastic audio...). seems like someone at digi got the memo. pretty sure the install process will still make you want to tear your eyes out with a spork.

http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?langid=100&navid=399&ref=pt8-hpf

if you haven't heard yet,

audio damage is by far one of my most favorite plug-in producers. its been on every other blog already, but i think b-siders shant be neglected :)
Audio Damage Rough Rider

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