EKS Otus is one of the hottest things on the DJ controller universe now. Even the design sells it, but how does it perform in action? DJ Mag get in depth with the Otus controller with guest reviwer Dino Psaras.
Verdict: WANT, more than ewwa ;)

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This terrific video is about a hacked hardware crossfader, created by John Beez, that slides up and down on rails. As he says: – This is the first public view of the Fretless Fader system I designed for use with the Controller One (posted February 22, 2009). With this you can cut and change notes through 2 octaves without taking your hands away from the vinyl and fader. -
Bonus points for the added oldschool talkbox ;)

The P22 Music Text Composition Generator allows any text to be converted into a musical composition. This composition is displayed in musical notation and simultaneously generated as a MIDI file.

Here is a quick demo

This piece was generated from the following text :
- AudioPorn Central your daily dose of hot sweaty juicy sounds and toys -
Instrument: Acoustic Grand Piano
BPM: 130

When you finished your composition, you can print it or save it as a MIDI file, then you can play with it n any music editor or generate an mp3 from the MIDI file with a software like Direct MIDI to MP3 Converter . FUN!!!!

upload your creations to our dropbox!!
send the music in mp3 and the source text as well
we will post the best pieces ;)

Bach’s organ piece, with a brilliant animation. Check out musanim ‘s production notes for this piece and if you want to create something like this, use this tool to generate your vid from any MIDI file. Let us know if you made something!

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A sneak peek at Stanton’s all new MIDI controller aimed at making DVS systems a lot easier to use. This footage comes from the basement of a beta tester. It shows a small rectangular unit all lit up like a Christmas tree, but being hammered and making Serato respond quite happily and in a manner that means the days of doing the laptop hunchback could well be over.
[read more @ Skratchworx]

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Finally Korg made something gorundbreaking: this new family of devices called Nano is a big help for the laptop musicians. All three USB devices are ultra-lightweight, slim, and easy to transport even inside your laptop bag. Find out more about these cuties over at noizone.com

[via noizone.com]

Allen & Heath rises the level with a new DJ controller, Xone:4D.
It has a 20-channel USB audio interface with 24/96 resolution, four
stereo ins and outs, sends 105 different MIDI controller at a time, and
has LFO and a step filter, running after the BMP counter. All input
channels have three-band EQs, and all this wonder costs around 3000
USD. Much more info at the product page.

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