Rundfunk.FM is back in town!
Posted on August 4, 2010
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Yesssss right, rundfunk.fm, the great independent summer radio station, broadcasted live from the Landesmuseum here in Zurich, is back on the block, playing out one month of fresh funky dance music… The live broadcast will start next friday (6.8.2010), and last until september 4th. Many many great local as well as international DJs will play out every day from 5 pm until midnight, and you can tune in through the web all day!! Have fun, and support good independent radio!!
See you there!
http://www.rundfunk.fm
http://www.rundfunkfm.blogspot.com/
DIY Project: the NXT-606 LEGO Drummachine
Posted on July 30, 2010
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Just found this on de:bug: a fun little DIY project from Peter Cocteau, built with LEGO, the great colored plastic toy for children… as I loved LEGO when I was a kid (especially technic-LEGO) I really digg this great invention… maybe I will build this in the near future?!?
Have a look:
World Cup 2010: howto turn off the vuvuzela on your TV
Posted on June 14, 2010
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Hey folks,
all the funny solutions that have already been posted sound ok to me, but most people don´t have any equalization possibilities on their TVs, as well as most of you probably don´t have any professional EQing gear to hook up with your TV. So here´s a qood workaround that should do the trick: all you need is a laptop with stereo in and out (Windows or Mac), 2 x MiniJack <> RCA Cables, a stereo sound system or any kind of active speakers and a TV with either mono or stereo out (these white and red RCA plugs).
Just do the following:
1. Hook up your Laptop to the TV via the first cable: TV out goes into Laptop IN
2. Connect the Laptop OUT with the second cable to your stereo system (note: if you just have mono out on your TV just use either the red or the white plug) Choose “AUX IN” if you´re not sure.
3. Download and install Ableton Live intro as a demo version. It runs without serial legally for 30 days, so just fine for the WC 2010. Get it here: http://www.ableton.com/de/downloads
4. Run Ableton Live Intro. For the first time you need to select your computers sound device in the preferences, and make sure that IN and OUT stereo is active. Use the given “track 1″ to select your 1/2 channels and set Monitor to IN, and turn up the volume. You should see the meter lights indicating your TV sound.
5. Check if there is any sound coming out of your stereo on the input that you connected your laptop to. Turn up the volume of your laptop until it suits your needs. You should hear the TV sound now on your stereo. Check if your TV does still output sound on the internal speakers. Normally it should not when externally connected – if yes, turn it down so it will only come out of your stereo system (maybe you need to adjust that in your TV settings)
6. Go to the master channel in Ableton Live Intro: drap´n´drop the spectrum analyzer and the 8-band EQ from the left menu in Ableton Live to the Master Channel. If you´re not sure what I am talking about, look for the “Audio Effects” tree in the second tab on the left, and try dragging things into Ableton. It´s easy 
7. Use the spectrum analyzer to find out what frequency the vuvuzela sound has – normally it should be somewhere around 300 Hz. Use the 8 band EQ to turn down the 300 Hz band, play around with the parameters until you don´t hear any vuvuzela anymore, but still hear the screaming and the comments of the game. Here you go! Now you have your own little Anti-Vuvuzela-Solution, without any license or anything else – you just have to set this up again every time you start Ableton, so maybe just leave it open the whole day
8. If you want you could even add the Ableton “Multiband Compression Effect” and turn up the heights until it fits your needs! Enjoy the games without the vuvuzela sound.
Cheers!
Technasia Force Remix Contest
Posted on May 20, 2010
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I recently decided to take part in this contest, although it seems quite ridiculous that you have to pay for the originals to make a remix out of a 10 year old tune that´s being prepared to re-release. But anyway, this is still a good oportunity to get hands on remixing and also having some kind of time pressure, and not just hangin´ out lazy in the studio doing some beats… so here it is, my version of “Force” from Technasia. Have fun!
The remix contest was done by whatpeopleplay.com
Technasia – Force RMX (MB Vocal Mix) by markburow
DIY: Midibox Sequencer V4
Posted on April 12, 2010
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Just a small update on my recent DIY activities: the Midibox Sequencer V4 is almost finished. the frontpanel was done by julian, a really talented guy from england (thanks a lot for this great work!), the frontpanle PCB is the Wilba version, that has a real great interaction concept, and all the parts are from smashtv, and the whole Seq V4 concept can be found here: Seq V4, here Wilbas frontpanel and here: www.ucapps.de
It contains 3 Midi out, USB out, 8 CV/Gate out, 2 GB of SD Card memory besides all the great features of the Seq V4! A real fun toy to play with, so I will hopefully finish the desktop case soon so I can use it in my studio. Stay tuned for more detailed pictures!
Step back in history: the Telefunken M15A
Posted on March 27, 2010
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Yesterday another dream of mine became true when I picked up this wonderful piece of german engineering history. The Telefunken M15A is one of the most popular reel-2-reel tape recorders that was built in the mid 70s for the german radio broadcasting stations. Still used today by many recording engineers and well known for it´s great sound and reliability, I will use this beauty for my recording purposes and hopefully will capture a little bit of the spirit of the last 30 years of recording technology in my tunes.
As there is already quite some information on the web about these recording “tanks”, I don´t think I need to put down all of the technical informations and specifications. Nevertheless if you need some hints or tips don´t hesitate to contact me, I will be happy to share my experiences.
Here are some more pictures of my new Telefunken M15 A:
DIY Kits: MIDI Fighter
Posted on March 4, 2010
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This is a really great toy, definitely worth building this one, as it turns your DAW / Traktor / Digital DJing solution into an arcade-style, pinnball wizard feeling-lookalike jukebox! check out this small tutorial about the assembly, and you´ll most likely want to own one! I will order this as soon as all my other projects reach an end… here you´ll find more information about the kit (the arcade buttons have to be ordered separately)
Assembly video guide:
And how to use this little box with Traktor Pro:
DJ TechTools Website
found on www.de-bug.de
New Mix: Ryan Elliott presents “Marking Measures”
Posted on January 14, 2010
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Detroit based DJ Ryan Elliott comes around with another great mix. Already well known for some outstanding mixes in the past this one delivers again some deep, clear, unexpected great tunes among some true classics. My favorite mix at the moment!
Ryan Elliott Presents “Marking Measures” by user495866
The full tracklist:
1. 76-79 Intro Comfortable Records
2. Delano Smith This Heart Mixmode
3. Baby Ford Westway Autoreply
4. Tristin Along These Strings White Music
5. Rick Wade Crazy Luv Rush Hour
6. Rick Wade First Darkness Laid
7. Rick Wade Intelligence Laid
8. Thodoris Triantafillou Morningrama (DJ W!ld rmx.) Quantized
9. Audion vs. Heiko Laux Hangin With Big A (Elliott Edit) Unreleased
10. Technasia Cosmic Man (Elliott Edit) Sino
11. Prompt Crystalline 7 Noise
12. Edward Raw Structure White Music
13. Brothers’ Vibe The Eh SOM Underground
14. Ricky L Simple & Nasty Reincarnation
15. Robert Hood Wandering Endlessly M Plant
16. Fever Ray Seven (Marcel Dettmann rmx.) Rabid
17. DVS1 Running Klockworks
18. Robert Hood And Then We Planned Our Escape Music Man
19. Mike Huckaby Sandcastle Deep Transportation
The christmas tune!
Posted on December 22, 2009
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As every year I have a Xmas-special for you, this year it´s a track I did the other night, and that I would like to share with you; If you´d like to download this one, just drop me a line and I´ll be glad to send you a dl-link! Happy holidays and merry Xmas!
My music: unfinished ideas part II
Posted on December 9, 2009
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Ok, since there are now three unfinished ideas in my soundcloud-vault, it´s the right time now to complete some of these ideas to final tracks… two of them will make it, one I will drop unfinished;
as usual, feedback is highly welcome, especially on the “which two” decision 