Archive for May, 2004

What BPM is Andante?

Wednesday, May 5th, 2004

Dolmetsch Online - Music Theory Online - Tempo

How to Watch the Archive

Tuesday, May 4th, 2004


I realize this is probably years behind the curve but I just figured out how to watch the Internet Archive feeds for Creative Commons licensed audio only:

http://www.archive.org/services/collection-rss.php?mediatype=audio&licensed_only=1

(link here)

Many of the uploads are marked as Non-Derivs which means you can not legally use the music or spoken word piece without permission. But then many are not marked with this way, so remixes away…!!!

Advice: Don’t Buy It

Monday, May 3rd, 2004

Allow me to amend my recommendations about software demos: Most of the software I’ve recommended here have demo versions. You can use them but, realistically, I have found it difficult to actually learn how to use complicated music software in the demo mode, especially hosts like Cubase and Sonar or specialty items like almost anything from Native Instruments. It took me over a year to feel really comfortable and proficient in FL Studio (Fruity Loops) so good luck getting to know these guys very well. And this was after using Cakewalk, ACID and others for almost 15 years. Ableton Live is taking me a few months to master but I cheated: I actually read the manual from back to front. It helped, you know, a little but in the end it just confirmed the axiom that reading manuals is still overrated.

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Official Beatle Mash?

Monday, May 3rd, 2004

According to Times Business™

Even Sir Paul McCartney™ is coming round after being impressed with an authorised album of Elvis Presley™ remixes. If agreement with Yoko Ono™ and George Harrison™s families can be reached, Apple Records™ is willing to explore an official album of Beatles™ remixes.

The article mentioned ACID Pro™ by name as the tool used by Danger™ for the Grey™ album.