Adobe Video Bundle & Creative Suite Production Studio Standard

MC Rebbe The Rapping Rabbi reviews Adobe Video Bundle in The TechnofileAdobe recently updated its video suite, with full new versions of…pretty much everything and having spent the past couple of months putting it through its paces, I’m lovin’ it, lovin’, lovin’ it, lovin’ it like this… Continue reading “Adobe Video Bundle & Creative Suite Production Studio Standard”

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London Calling 2006

MC rebbe The Rapping Rabbi at London Calling 2006

Last week, London’s Earls Court played host to “London Calling,” a newish (as opposed to a Jewish) music biz conference/expo/ showcase that claims to be “the dynamic new international event for artists, managers, labels, service providers, brands and the new companies building the future of music business,” but which was so dominated by the net, that I kept thinking I was at a computer trade fair. Continue reading “London Calling 2006”

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Emu Modern Symphonic Orchestra Sound Library

Emu Modern Symphonic Orchestra reviewed by MC Rebbe The Rapping Rabbi in The TechnofileI’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, when it comes to sampling, EMU are like me… they have an unrivalled pedigree.  But despite having one of the most envied sample libraries in the business, they’re not resting on their Stan Laurels. Instead, they’ve been busy creating a brand spanking new library, the monumental ‘Modern Symphonic Orchestra’. Continue reading “Emu Modern Symphonic Orchestra Sound Library”

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Native Instrument’s Traktor 3 DJ Studio

Traktor 3 DJ Studio reviewed in the Technofile by MC Rebbe The Rapping RabbiRumours of the death of vinyl used to be greatly exaggerated. Not anymore. None of my superstar DJ friends want the hassle of  dragging a box of records (or even CDs) with them everywhere they fly, with all the inherent risks of precious and irreplaceable vinyl getting damaged, lost  and delayed, when they can simply fling a laptop in a bag…especially now that downloading is the new…Rock ‘n’ Roll.

If you want to join them and the rest of the digital DJ massive, Native Instruments Traktor  is one of three major software packages suitable for the job. As experts in modelling,  it’s hardly surprising that NI’s approach to computer DJing has been to create a virtual four deck DJ setup built around a top of the range Allen & Heath Xone: 92 mixer, forensically modelled right down to the adjustable cross-fader curve noch. Continue reading “Native Instrument’s Traktor 3 DJ Studio”

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Ableton Live 5

Abelton Live 5 reviewed in The Technofile by MC Rebbe The Rapping Rabbi“Where have you been all my life,” is not a phrase I’d normally associate with software. In fact, up until now, it’s been reserved for the moment when Destiny’s Child, Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie arrive simultaneously at my front door…bearing a platter of cold meats… but I’m making an exception  for Ableton’s Live 5, which is close to being the music making application of my dreams.

Clearly I’m not the only one with this view, as, over the last couple of years, Live has not just become synonymous with, but completely redefined DJing, taking it to a level completely unobtainable with conventional hardware. Continue reading “Ableton Live 5”

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