Much like trying to get a unique domain name these days, getting an unused name for yourself/group is a bit more complicated that it once was. Even if you do have an original name, getting people to hear your music before you have any fans can seem almost impossible. With some clever thinking and hard work, it can all be done without spending a dime.
So let’s get right to it – you want to upload your music, photo and bio to the internet, without being lost in a sea of obscurity. It’s understandable how it can happen to even the most talented artists. As mentioned before, it’s not necessary to spend any money in promotion to get great results. It’s also not something that happens overnight. read the full article…
Touted as competition to the APC40, Livid’s Ohm64 looks like something I needed, but wasn’t aware of that until just now. The preview over at Create Digital Music is pretty extensive:
Livid Ohm64:
Open source editor, partially open source firmware, open source patches to connect to whatever you want
Custom MIDI assignments, for use with whatever you want
MIDI for now, but the chipset supports open source solutions for OpenSoundControl (OSC) in the near future – and even DMX (for lighting) is a possibility
USB and standard MIDI jacks so you can sequence outboard gear
Bus power
64 trigger buttons in a more logical 8×8 array
“Made in the USA by humans” – with a beautifully-crafted body
Unless you have an unlimited budget, it’s important to know where the best deals can be found, and cheaper solutions to the effects you are looking for. Perhaps you can replace an expensive outboard rackmount effects processor with a free VST plugin. Assuming you do have a budget (albeit it limited), there are plenty of options out there for getting the gear you want. Thanks to some great articles on “Recession Gear” posted over at BeatStatus, these options are all explained in detail – including lots of great sources for gear that I was unaware of. Check out some of highlights below:
Any SP-1200, regardless of condition, is hard to find below $1000 and sometimes go upwards of $1500 – $2000. Now that’s simply too out of reach for most of us since it’s primarily going to be just for drums. Not quite affordable in anyway. There are a few options out there that can give you almost the EXACT sound at a fraction of the price.
In addition to the Beat Meet, which brings lots of people to the site each month, we are also going to start posting other online and live battles. Lately, our good friend phillipdrummond has been throwing battles in the San Francisco / Bay Area – and in addition to the live battles, we would like to setup an online counterpart to each competition. The current battled is called “BeatFellas,” and all the details are below:
Any SP-1200, regardless of condition, is hard to find below $1000 and sometimes go upwards of $1500 – $2000. Now that’s simply too out of reach for most of us since it’s primarily going to be just for drums. Not quite affordable in anyway. There are a few options out there that can give you almost the EXACT sound at a fraction of the price.