Grooveboxmusic is giving Ableton users free access to a collection of Ableton Live tutorials running over three hours in length via the Ableton Web Pass.
This collection of tutorials covers topics such as how to record and edit, virtual instrument basics, warping, designing electronic drums and much more. This offer provides seven days of access from the day you sign up and enter your access code. Offer valid until December 31, 2008.
Here’s the link for details.
 
The Ableton Web Pass video collection includes:

Audio Settings
Understanding Session View
Working with Clips
Working with Audio Files
Working with MIDI Files
Recording Audio
Creating MIDI Clips
Impulse Basics
Simpler …

As always, here on THCDJ we try to bring you some of the high quality latest free downloads in 320Kbps and only files which are legally available to download, we never feature pirated music and we support all of the artists who promote their music through the internet, and above all, we don’t crusade the ones who still do their promotion via vinyl to a selected few by lists.
If you wish to submit music / Promo Sets / Reviews to be available on THCDJ, use my e-mail.
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Korg have recently announced on their website the release of the new microKORG, microKORG XL early 2009, here is some information from their website:
“The microKORG range expands with a new big brother to mega selling microKORG synth.
The original microKORG is loved and used daily by musicians around the world – from keyboardists to guitarists – enabling everyone to experience the enjoyment of a great synthesizer. Now an advanced microKORG is available; a synthesizer that lets you generate your own personal sound, packing a cutting-edge sound engine and powerful effects into …

We’ve just been giggling at the Grammy nominations for 2009.
As usual the yanks are in their own little world nominating Kylie for best dance album (and we don’t mean the actual dance remix album we were on about earlier in the week).
Also, Daft Punk’s ‘Harder Faster Better Stronger’ somehow makes it in the best dance recording catergory thanks to its inclusion on the Alive 2007 album (We’re not doubting the tracks credentials but surely it really came out in 2001). Hot Chip’s ‘Ready for the Floor’ and Sam Sparro’s ‘Black …

Mr C the co-founder in the recently to be deceased club, London’s The End, has now put up his entire collection of vinyl on e-bay with a minimum asking price of £75,000. Mr C was quoted saying he his now moving to LA, where he plans to start an acting career, thus selling the vinyl collection, for me it seems just stupid to say goodbye to so much sentimental property, unless you really need the money, and it doesn’t seem like the case here.
As for the lucky bidder, if you …

DJmag takes the Tonium Pacemaker through it’s paces to see if it can be used as a professional DJ product.

The video features the DJmag Tech Awards with Tom Middleton, Billy Nasty, Bill Brewster and Eitan Zilkha from Westend DJ store as they award the Pacemnaker the most Innovative Product in 2008, and a workout of the Pacemaker at the Back To Basics party in Leeds, where the residents played exclusively on wireless Pacemakers in room 2.
Also includes interviews with Tristan Da Cuna, Ed Karney, James Theaker and Dave Beer.
The …

Back in the days before digital, DJs used to be sent promo records through the post. Some of it was decent, but a lot of it was crap. Then when digital arrived, the promos started arriving via email as downloadable links.The problem was, anybody with your email address could send you promos even if you didn’t want them, and sorting through them became a nightmare.
That’s what Beatport’s new promo service, PromoOne, aims to fix. Having beta launched last month, PromoOne offers DJs and labels with a way to connect in …

The Prodigy announce their fifth studio album ‘Invaders Must Die’ to be released on the band’s imprint Take Me To The Hospital through Cooking Vinyl on March 2nd 2009.
The band will embark on a sold out warm up academy tour of the UK (tour sold out in an hour) taking in two Brixton Academy dates on 12 and 13 December.
The band released a statement saying: “”After the two club shows we did in Sheffield and Birmingham earlier this year, we want to carry on that buzz with some smaller shows …