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Album : Young Black Brotha Recorded : 1992-1993 (Tracc from the previous EP, 1989-1990) Label : Strictly Business Records Andre Hicks (July 5, 1970 — November 1, 2004), better known by his stage name Mac Dre, was an American West Coast rapper. On November 1, 2004, Hicks was killed in a freeway shooting without any known motive. He was in Kansas City, Missouri where he was performing a rap concert. “Young Black Brotha” is the 1993 debut LP by Mac Dre, not to be confused with an earlier Mac Dre release, Young Black Brotha (EP). The album contains several new recordings as well as most of the recordings of What’s Really Going On? and a couple of tracks from Back N’ Da Hood including and extended version of “My Chevy” featuring Mac Mall. Some of Mac Dre’s vocals were recorded over the phone from prison, after being incarcerated for a string of bank robberies in 1992.
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Jill Scott Takes Her Music To Miami Gardens
In 2000, Erykah Badu and The Roots won a Grammy for best rap performance by a duo or group for "You Got Me", and Scott debuted as an artist during a Roots live show, singing as original artist/singer of the song. Subsequently, Scott collaborated with …
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Accused killer's rap from the notorious Toronto “Don” jail played for a jury
Betsy Powell Courts Bureau Prosecutors closed their case against Lamar Skeete on Monday by playing a profanity-laden audio recording of him rapping from the Toronto “Don” Jail after his arrest for murdering gentle giant Kenneth Mark.
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The Big Hurt: This month in rap ( . . . in 1992)
When NATALIE COLE's "Unforgettable" won Record of the Year during the February 26 ceremony, Pennsylvania's Reading Eagle newspaper blamed rap for driving audiences back to the past: What does all this mean? Some would suggest that the recordings of …
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Caught in the Net: Plane sailing for Kathryn Bint
The Chicagoan psychedelic folk singer (above), now based in London, trades under the moniker One Little Plane and has a new album out in May on Text Records, the label of Kieran Hebden (he of Four Tet). Hebden also produced the LP, Into the Trees, …
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Acoustica Mixcraft 5 Audio MIDI Music Recording Software V 5

  • Powerful yet easy-to-use multi-track audio and MIDI recording software
  • Arrange and score video files, adding music, sound effects, and voice-overs with ease
  • 3000+ professionally produced music loops and sound effects in dozens of popular styles
  • 8 virtual instruments, ranging from modelled vintage synths to high-quality sampled acoustic instruments
  • 22 high-quality effects, ranging from studio standards to high-end guitar amp simulators

Mixcraft 5 is a powerful yet easy-to-use multi-track recording studio that enables you to record audio, arrange loops, remix tracks, compose with virtual instruments, score and edit video, and add effects to create stunningly professional compositions. Easy enough for everyone and powerful enough for the pros. Get a studio for a song with Mixcraft 5! Mixcraft includes over 3000 music loops, sound effects, and music beds that can be easily drag-and-dropped into your project. Combine drum, bass, and guitar loops with synth, organ, pianos, vocals, orchestral and percussion loops to create your own custom arrangement. Set the tempo and key of your choice, and the loops will automatically adjust. Mixcraft supports Acid and Garage Band loops too. Mixcraft 5 offers 8 powerful virtual instruments, including the Acoustica Instruments General MIDI sample library, Acoustica Expanded Instruments sample library, Lounge Lizard Session vintage electric piano, VB3 tonewheel organ, MiniMogueVA monophonic analog synthesizer, Messiah polyphonic analog synthesizer, Alien303 Bass Synthesizer, and Impulse polyphonic analog synthesizer. Mixcraft 5 includes 20 high quality effects, including the Pultronic Tube EQ, which models the classic tube equalizer found in studios throughout the world, and the Shred Amp Simulator, a complete suite of 5 classic amp heads, 17 cabinet models, and 6 powerful effects. Load and edit video files with ease. Easily cross−fade from one video clip to another. Remix the audio, add a soundtrack, and effortlessly render your video project to popular formats for creating your own DVDs or uploading to YouTube and other popular internet video sites.

Acoustica Mixcraft 5 Audio MIDI Music Recording Software

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Mixcraft 5 is a powerful yet easy-to-use multi-track recording studio that enables you to record audio, arrange loops, remix tracks, compose with virtual instruments, score and edit video, and add effects to create stunningly professional compositions. Easy enough for everyone and powerful enough for the pros. Get a studio for a song with Mixcraft 5!

Features
  • Record and create an unlimited number of audio and MIDI tracks
  • Arrange and score video files, adding music, sound effects, and voice-overs with ease
  • Includes over 3000 professionally produced music loops and sound effects in dozens of popular styles
  • Includes a large collection of virtual instruments, ranging from modelled vintage synths to high-quality sampled acoustic instruments
  • Includes 22 high-quality effects, ranging from studio standards such as reverb, chorus and EQ, to high-end guitar amp simulators vintage tube EQs, and more

Highlights

Loops & Sound Effects
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Loops & Sound Effects

Mixcraft includes over 3000 music loops, sound effects, and music beds that can be easily drag-and-dropped into your project. Combine drum, bass, and guitar loops with synth, organ, pianos, vocals, orchestral and percussion loops to create your own custom arrangement. Set the tempo and key of your choice, and the loops will automatically adjust. Mixcraft supports Acid and Garage Band loops too.

Virtual Instruments & Effects
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Virtual Instruments & Effects

Mixcraft 5 offers 8 powerful virtual instruments, including the Acoustica Instruments General MIDI sample library, Acoustica Expanded Instruments sample library, Lounge Lizard Session vintage electric piano, VB3 tonewheel organ, MiniMogueVA monophonic analog synthesizer, Messiah polyphonic analog synthesizer, Alien303 Bass Synthesizer, and Impulse polyphonic analog synthesizer.

Mixcraft 5 includes 22 high-quality effects, including the Pultronic Tube EQ, which models the classic tube equalizer found in studios throughout the world, and the Shred Amp Simulator, a complete suite of 5 classic amp heads, 17 cabinet models, and 6 powerful effects.

Video Scoring & Editing
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Video Scoring & Editing

Load and edit video files with ease. Easily cross-fade from one video clip to another. Remix the audio, add a soundtrack, and effortlessly render your video project to popular formats for creating your own DVDs or uploading to YouTube and other popular internet video sites.

Detailed Information

Main Features
  • Improved graphics and visual effects give Mixcraft 5 a sharp, polished and professional look.
  • Custom loop library includes over 3000 royalty-free sounds in dozens of musical styles. Over 1000 new loops, including the following song kits: 70′s Funk, Cool Jazz, Surf Rock, Reggae, and Vegas Rock.
  • Works with Acid and Apple Garage Band loops.
  • Record multiple MIDI and audio tracks simultaneously.
  • Piano roll to view and edit MIDI.
  • Notation tools allow you to create, edit, and print your MIDI data in familiar music notation format.
  • 8 powerful virtual instruments, including the Acoustica Instruments General MIDI sample library, Acoustica Expanded Instruments sample library, Lounge Lizard Session vintage electric piano, VB3 tonewheel organ, MiniMogueVA monophonic analog synthesizer, Messiah polyphonic analog synthesizer, Alien303 Bass Synthesizer, and Impulse polyphonic analog synthesizer.
  • 22 high quality effects, including the Pultronic Tube EQ, which models the classic tube equalizer found in studios throughout the world, and the Shred Amp Simulator, a complete suite of 5 classic amp heads, 17 cabinet models, and 6 powerful effects.
  • Create mega presets that layer and split multiple virtual synthesizers and effects.
  • Add unlimited VSTi instruments, VST and DirectX effects.
Sound Engine
  • Wave (WDM), ASIO, WaveRT, and WaveRT Exclusive Mode low latency audio support.
  • WaveRT Exclusive Mode (available in Windows 7) provides ultra-low-latency, solid audio performance on most audio hardware without any special sound card drivers. With WaveRT Exclusive Mode, Mixcraft can now interface directly with the audio hardware, bypassing the operating system for truly stunning audio performance.
  • MIDI input and output support. Will work with any USB MIDI keyboard or any keyboard connected to a MIDI interface.
  • 32 bit sound engine supports recording and playback of broadcast quality audio up to 192 kHz and 32 bits.
  • Time stretch any sound from 25% to 400% with FlexAudio without affecting the pitch.
  • Pitch shift sounds from -24 to +12 semitones!.
  • Use an unlimited number of tracks, instruments, and effects.
  • Automatically detects beat locations, keys and tempos of imported songs.
  • Import WAV, AIF, OGG, WMA, and MP3 files!
  • Every sound clip now features noise reduction technology. Mixcraft 5 will automatically find and analyze a section of noise, and you can reduce the noise level or eliminate it entirely.
Interface
  • New Automation features provide automated control of all parameters in any VST effect, VSTi instrument, or Acoustica effect. All tracks can contain an unlimited number of automation curves on an unlimited number of effects and instruments. In addition, you can even automate the track volume & panning, and more.
  • The Master Track allows you to smoothly automate the global effects parameters and master volume, for smooth and easy fade-ins and fade-outs for your mixes.
  • Send Tracks (aka Auxiliary Busses) let you route audio from multiple Audio Tracks and Virtual Instrument Tracks to a single set of audio effects. For example, use one reverb effect on multiple tracks. Audio can be routed both pre-fader and post-fader to the Send Tracks, and effects on the Send Tracks can all be easily automated.
  • Powerful Mixer Interface provides a convenient and familiar interface for mixing a project. Complete with easy access to volume, pan, mute, and solo controls, as well as effects and instrument dialogs, our Mixer Interface also includes a 3-band EQ on every track, so you can get every instrument fitting perfectly into the mix.
  • Recording Count-In feature, which can be turned on and off in Mixcraft’s time display, tells Mixcraft’s metronome to count for several measures before recording begins. The length of the count-in is user-adjustable, between 1 and 32 measures.
  • The new Mix To New Audio Track (aka Bouncing) feature allows you to mix down an Audio Track or Virtual Instrument Track, complete with all effects and automation, to a new audio track. This is a great one-click method to save CPU or “lock in” the edits and effects that have been applied to a track.
  • Undock the details tabs and move them around the screen, or onto a second monitor. Maximize the details tabs window for full-screen MIDI editing, mixing, access to the loop library, and more!
  • Edit any sound to make a loop. Pick sections of prerecorded songs and extract loops for remixing.
  • Adjust loop points to visual beat marks.
  • Link audio, MIDI, and video clips together so they’ll select and move as a group.

Compare Mixcraft to Other Digital Audio Workstations (DAW)

Compare Mixcraft to Other Digital Audio Workstations (DAW)
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Pultronic Tube EQ
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Lounge Lizard Session
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Musical Typing Keyboard
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Macy Gray Returns with "COVERED" — an All New Album of Her Irrepressible
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CAD U37 USB Studio Condenser Recording Microphone

  • Large condenser microphone element for warm, rich recordings
  • Cardioid pick-up pattern minimizes background noise and isolates the main sound source
  • Smooth, extended frequency response is excellent for singing, speech and instruments
  • It has 10dB overload-protection switch minimizes distortion from loud sound sources
  • Bass-reduction switch reduces room noise

Record studio-quality audio directly to your computer via USB with the CAD U37 side-address condenser microphone-a great choice for both vocal and instruments as well as for creating podcasts and voiceovers for videos. Compatible with both Windows and Mac OS operating systems, you can simply plug the U37 into your PC and start recording. The U37 has two switches on the front. The first switch allows you to decrease the sensitivity of the microphone so the sound quality is clear for extremely loud sounds. For example, the switch should be in the “-10″ position for loud voices, percussion and other high sound pressure level devices. The “0″ position should be used for normal voices and string instruments. The second switch on the U37 is designed to reduce pickup of deep-bass sounds. The switch should be in the “Normal Bass” mode in most cases. However, if you want to remove wind noise, ventilation noise, or decrease the low frequencies in a recording, the switch should be in the “Bass Reduction” position.Record studio-quality audio directly to your computer via USB with the CAD U37 side-address condenser microphone–a great choice for both vocal and instruments as well as for creating podcasts and voiceovers for videos. Compatible with both Windows and Mac OS operating systems, you can simply plug the U37 into your PC and start recording.

The U37 has two switches on the front. The first switch allows you to decrease the sensitivity of the microphone so the sound quality is clear for extremely loud sounds. For example, the switch should be in the “-10″ position for loud voices, percussion and other high sound pressure level devices. The “0″ position should be used for normal voices and string instruments.

The second switch on the U37 is designed to reduce pickup of deep-bass sounds. The switch should be in the “Normal Bass” mode in most cases. However, if you want to remove wind noise, ventilation noise, or decrease the low frequencies in a recording, the switch should be in the “Bass Reduction” position.

Key Features

  • Applications: Studio vocals, speech, instruments, podcasts, desktop recording
  • Large condenser microphone element for warm, rich recordings
  • Cardioid pick-up pattern minimizes background noise and isolates the main sound source
  • Smooth, extended frequency response is excellent for singing, speech and instruments
  • -10dB overload-protection switch minimizes distortion from loud sound sources
  • Bass-reduction switch reduces room noise
  • Side-address design used by broadcast, TV and recording studios
  • 10-foot USB cable for flexible mic placement
  • Desktop mic stand included

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