since many of you haven’t been there
here is a short snippet from the two hours set of Mango & Gattio
turntablism, controllerism, breaks, glitches
all live, by The Bridge from Ableton & Serato

the next Illegal Sunday will happen next week, December 19

Ableton User Group Budapest
2010. september 24. (FRIDAY) 16:00 – 18:00
XMS / Duna Plaza, Budapest

yayyyyyyyyy, the summer break is over and the Ableton workshop is back!
this month’s meeting will happen next Friday
the main themes are:
- Ableton and Serato present The Bridge
- Simon Iddol presents how to make DJ mixes, mixtapes in Ableton

the workshop is free as always, but you have to register here

J Dilla – Donut Shop [preorder Stones Throw]

Serato and Stones Throw have teamed with the J Dilla Estate for the official J Dilla Serato release, Donut Shop. This is 2 discs with six J Dilla tracks, 2 sides with Serato Control Tone (for use with Serato Scratch Live DJ software), and 2 donut slipmats in a package designed by Studio No.1. This will be out on May 10th.

I think this is one of the smartest releases this year. Here is a teaser track to make you move.

J Dilla – Safety Dance (Men Without Hats cover) [mp3]

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Ableton and Serato present The Bridge—the first result of the partnership announced in October 2008.

The Bridge spans the gap between music production and DJing, creating a natural link between Ableton Live and Serato Scratch Live or ITCH. The Bridge provides a powerful fusion of DJ and production tools, opening a world of opportunities for DJing, remixing and live performance.

You can cross the Bridge in either direction:

Ableton to Serato
The Bridge provides Ableton Transport Control (ATC), giving you turntable-style control of your own multitrack productions. Simply drag an Ableton Live Set to a deck in Scratch Live or ITCH and use your turntables, CDJ or ITCH controller to control the transport.

Serato to Ableton
The Bridge provides the ultimate mixtape creation tool. DJs can perform mixes in Serato Scratch Live or ITCH and save them as an Ableton Live Set. This way, the DJ can still perform the mix—better than cut and pasting it together in a DAW—but also has detailed editing options.

The Bridge is free for anyone who owns both:

- A registered version of Serato Scratch Live or ITCH hardware and
- Ableton Live 8 or Suite 8

as we reported it back in October 2008
Serato and Ableton announced creative partnership to rule the DJ worldand
there is an announcement and a dedicated website for the first events
Synthtopia hints that it might mean bringing vinyl control to Live

we will know more for sure pretty soon
meanwhile check out the ableton-serato.com for more details of the event

DJs, remixers and producers on the forefront of technology, watch out.
Serato and Ableton are happy to announce a partnership which will pave
the way for the future of Digital DJing. With shared artist rosters
from hip-hop (DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Nu-Mark, A-Trak) to electronica (Paul
Van Dyk, DJ Sasha), both Ableton Live and Serato Scratch Live are
renowned as the premier performance platforms in clubs around the
globe. While Serato’s Scratch Live excels in vinyl emulation, music
library control and lightning quick hands-on scratching, Ableton Live
provides the tools for production, on-the-fly remixing and beat
creation.

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Last December, a friend and I went to a release party for Mary J. Blige’s “Growing Pains” album. Near huge screens showing Blige videos, a d.j. was playing records on two turntables. The d.j.’s eyes, however, were trained on an Apple MacBook on a shelf above them. As a succession of Blige songs faded from one into the next, the d.j. never changed the records. My friend asked, “Is there a new Mary medley I don’t know about?”

The answer was no. The d.j., like many today, was using a program called Serato Scratch Live, which uses a turntable as a knob or a switch. Signals from a special Serato record being manipulated are fed into a box connected to a laptop. Serato translates the resulting signals, allowing the d.j. to cue and cross-fade digital audio files with the turntables. Why use a turntable at all? It’s still an efficient, familiar interface that, for blending songs, works better than a mouse. It’s also a visual indication that the d.j. is doing something with, and to, the music being heard. [read more @ The New Yorker ]