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Amiga News and Community Announcements => Amiga News and Community Announcements => Topic started by: SysAdmin on July 29, 2013, 08:45:08 PM
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Pop sensation DJ Calvin Harris got his music career started with the humble but elegant Amiga computer.
It is hard to imagine that the superstar DJ first began making music on an old Amiga computer, alone in his bright orange bedroom. This week, it was reported the 29-year-old had made £30million this year alone. It has made him one of the richest celebrities under 30 in the world, beating Rihanna and Adele to the No 4 spot in Forbes magazine’s rich list.
Dumfries, in southern Scotland, is a world away from the neon lights of Harris’ residencies in Majorca, Ibiza and Las Vegas.
Read the rest of the story linked below:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/music/5036456/story-of-dj-calvin-harris-rise-to-fame-and-fortune.html#ixzz2aSwUT9R8
Purchase Calvin Harris albums on iTunes or Amazon. If you buy and listen to his remixes they have a very Amiga sounding feel.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/calvin-harris/id201955086
http://www.amazon.com/Calvin-Harris/e/B00197I6EK
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Calvin, who started making music on an Amiga computer while working as a shelf-stacker at Marks & Spencer in Dumfries, will play at the home of the iconic biomes on Saturday, July 3.
[French] CALVIN HARRIS AU FESTIVAL "EDEN SESSIONS" EN JUILLET PROCHAIN (2010) (http://only.amiga.free.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=419:calvin-harris-au-festival-qeden-sessionsq-en-juillet-prochain&catid=1:dernieres&Itemid=50)
[English] Calvin Harris for Eden Sessions (2010) (http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Calvin-Harris-Eden-Sessions/story-11520504-detail/story.html#axzz2aT5OrOYY)
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Not my cup of tea.
I much prefer Mickey Finn, Andy C, Aphrodite, Randall and other oldskool producers that got started on the Amiga.
http://modp3.mikendezign.com/index.php?groupname=Suburban%20Base
http://www.urbantakeover.co.uk/aphro/index2.html
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What about Muffler, Dnb Producer, was talking to him on twitter the other day, he got started on Amiga and ProTacker, and is a million times better than that hack calvin harris or David tit face guetta
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What about Muffler, Dnb Producer, was talking to him on twitter the other day, he got started on Amiga and ProTacker, and is a million times better than that hack calvin harris or David tit face guetta
Just the other day I said to my teenage son "There was some crappy pop video on last night with Robbie Savage in it".
"No Dad, that's David Guetta!"
Lol
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Just the other day I said to my teenage son "There was some crappy pop video on last night with Robbie Savage in it".
"No Dad, that's David Guetta!"
Lol
That's some funny ****.
Real talent none of this pop ****. Some amazing producers about
Etherwood, London elektricity, logistics, high contrast, Danny byrd, metrik to name but a few.
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I think from the oldskool house dj's/producers about a third of them made some music on Amiga.
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What about Muffler, Dnb Producer, was talking to him on twitter the other day, he got started on Amiga and ProTacker, and is a million times better than that hack calvin harris or David tit face guetta
Don't get me started on the pointlessness of David 'one tedious trick' Guetta... :pissed:
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That's some funny ****.
Real talent none of this pop ****. Some amazing producers about
Etherwood, London elektricity, logistics, high contrast, Danny byrd, metrik to name but a few.
Danny Byrd is a living genius. I partial to a bit of Sub Focus and Chase & Status myself too.
Not forgetting demoscene legend Hoffman!
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I think from the oldskool house dj's/producers about a third of them made some music on Amiga.
Back in the old days you either had a 520ST and and Akai sampler or an A500.
The whole hardcore/jungle/dnb scene started out of these little babies. :)
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Don't get me started on the pointlessness of David 'one tedious trick' Guetta... :pissed:
He cant even dj properly by all accounts, plays pre-recorded & pre-mixed sets, basically presses play and tweaks some eq
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Danny Byrd is a living genius. I partial to a bit of Sub Focus and Chase & Status myself too.
Not forgetting demoscene legend Hoffman!
You heard his latest album, got in on vinyl, some amazing tracks on there, he really experimenting with non DnB within DnB at the moment, plenty of garage infulence at the mo
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You heard his latest album, got in on vinyl, some amazing tracks on there, he really experimenting with non DnB within DnB at the moment, plenty of garage infulence at the mo
Golden Ticket?
Nah, not got it yet but will be buying it for my son for his 15th birthday in October as he loves Byrd's stuff.
Though I can't get enough of 170bpm+ breaks I do love a good stripped back 138bpm-ish tune.
Probably a throw back to my hardcore raving days. :)
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He cant even dj properly by all accounts, plays pre-recorded & pre-mixed sets, basically presses play and tweaks some eq
If it aint' done with two or more 1210's and slabs of vinyl it ain't DJ'ing IMNSHO.
Sticking a few tracks into Ableton and auto beat matching them is no talent at all.
Get off my lawn! lol
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If it aint' done with two or more 1210's and slabs of vinyl it ain't DJ'ing IMNSHO.
Sticking a few tracks into Ableton and auto beat matching them is no talent at all.
Get off my lawn! lol
Whilst you can not beat the sound of vinyl , I think there is a place for digital djing, either time coded vinyl or cd to using thinks like trakor. There is room for building up sets on the fly with loops and samples.
Whilst I agree that taking the skill of beat matching, mixing etc out of djing is a no go, to me a big part of it is picking the tunes and the performace.
Cant beat live Dnb with a live drums and instruments :)
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Whilst you can not beat the sound of vinyl , I think there is a place for digital djing, either time coded vinyl or cd to using thinks like trakor. There is room for building up sets on the fly with loops and samples.
Whilst I agree that taking the skill of beat matching, mixing etc out of djing is a no go, to me a big part of it is picking the tunes and the performace.
Cant beat live Dnb with a live drums and instruments :)
I remember 4Hero's album back in 97 was the first I remember using live instruments for DnB and then Roni Size not long after. Good times indeed.
I sold my decks in 2003/4 before digital DJ'ing became popular. My younger cousin is into that Psy-Trance type stuf they play in Goa and swears by CD decks and Traktor.
Did you get the PM btw?
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I remember 4Hero's album back in 97 was the first I remember using live instruments for DnB and then Roni Size not long after. Good times indeed.
Don't forget Aphex Twin...
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Don't forget Aphex Twin...
Yeah he used Amigas, think I read somewhere that he still does occasionally.
I wouldn't classify him as live instrument performer though. ;)
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Yeah he used Amigas, think I read somewhere that he still does occasionally.
I wouldn't classify him as live instrument performer though. ;)
What about all the prepared piano stuff in drukqs?
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Don't get me started on the pointlessness of David 'one tedious trick' Guetta... :pissed:
@bloodline,
Do I sense some musician dissatisfaction here.
You wouldn't be a wee bit jealous now would we.
smerf
do I really want to post this, ummmm!!! yes, the devil made me do it.
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What about all the prepared piano stuff in drukqs?
True.
What I should have said "Live instrument DnB musician"
There is a recentish trend of actual traditional bands playing DnB with a real drummer, live double bassist, trumpeteers etc with no computers or synths/samplers or other electronic equipment. Barring amps obviously. :)
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It would be nice if he would donate a little back to Amiga.
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@bloodline,
Do I sense some musician dissatisfaction here.
You wouldn't be a wee bit jealous now would we.
smerf
do I really want to post this, ummmm!!! yes, the devil made me do it.
You bet, I would love to make millions for using the same one bar sequence of 8 regular off beat notes on a loop throughout every song I've ever done!
I've just bought Logic Pro X now and it's actually really very nice (not much love for synth players, but enough to keep me going) :)
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You bet, I would love to make millions for using the same one bar sequence of 8 regular off beat notes on a loop throughout every song I've ever done!
I've just bought Logic Pro X now and it's actually really very nice (not much love for synth players, but enough to keep me going) :)
Who would be jealous of that silly french tit. his music is awful he has started working with pop bands, and for some un-known reason has become the poster boy for electronic music in America.
And He is not even close to being a decent talent in his sub genre of electronic music
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Who would be jealous of that silly french tit. his music is awful he has started working with pop bands, and for some un-known reason has become the poster boy for electronic music in America.
And He is not even close to being a decent talent in his sub genre of electronic music
He is? I thought it was that talentless Skrillex geezer who was America's poster boy?
I'm basing this on info acquired from my son, I'm just not cool enough to know who's cool and who isn't these days. :)
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You bet, I would love to make millions for using the same one bar sequence of 8 regular off beat notes on a loop throughout every song I've ever done!
I've just bought Logic Pro X now and it's actually really very nice (not much love for synth players, but enough to keep me going) :)
Worth the upgrade from Pro 9?
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Worth the upgrade from Pro 9?
I never bothered with 9... But it is a remarkable jump up from 8 (which was something of a waste of money from 7... Both of which cost stupid amounts)... FlexTime and FlexPitch make screwing with Audio much easier... The interface has been much improved too so for £130 it has to be unparalleled in the DAW space... I'm still itching for Reason 7 though :-/
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He is? I thought it was that talentless Skrillex geezer who was America's poster boy?
I'm basing this on info acquired from my son, I'm just not cool enough to know who's cool and who isn't these days. :)
I guess I need to have a son, I have no idea who any of these people? Bands? "artists"? You're talking about even are! Although I've heard the name Skrillex before in Facebook posts, and people on there say he's awful. ;) Now get off my lawn! #shakesfist
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He is? I thought it was that talentless Skrillex geezer who was America's poster boy?
I'm basing this on info acquired from my son, I'm just not cool enough to know who's cool and who isn't these days. :)
skrillex took dubstep from croydon made it sound like robots ****ing and took it back to america.
Do you know in america they call DnB fast dubstep lol
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I never bothered with 9... But it is a remarkable jump up from 8 (which was something of a waste of money from 7... Both of which cost stupid amounts)... FlexTime and FlexPitch make screwing with Audio much easier... The interface has been much improved too so for £130 it has to be unparalleled in the DAW space... I'm still itching for Reason 7 though :-/
I use LP9, FLS10 and Ableton 8. Depending on what mood i'm in.
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skrillex took dubstep from croydon made it sound like robots ****ing and took it back to america.
Do you know in america they call DnB fast dubstep lol
:lool:
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I use LP9, FLS10 and Ableton 8. Depending on what mood i'm in.
i use Fruity loops sig edition 11 :)
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I have Ableton 8 for live work (excuse the pun), I simply could not trust any other piece of software on stage (and I have Apple's MainStage)... But for music production Logic (with Arturia soft synths) and Reason (version 2.5 as is still running on my old Tiger MacBook Pro) are king :)
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Since we are on the subject of audio software what is the best software to edit long interview/podcast audio files on AmigaOS & Mac OS X?
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sorry cant help. I only use PC for audio and was not into audio on the Amiga apart from brief mess around with pro trakcer
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Since we are on the subject of audio software what is the best software to edit long interview/podcast audio files on AmigaOS & Mac OS X?
Adobe Audition or either a Mac or a PC would be very well suited to podcasting... The problem is (like all Adobe software now) it is subscription based... Which puts me right off :-/
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You will all burn in the eternal fires of Hell for truncating the almighty OctaMED Sound Studio for these new, fancy-lad PC/Mac Applications. Then again, you're all Brits, so go figure! :P
Now that the joking is aside, I use Reason and Pro Tools 7. I won't get a mac (unless it's for MorphOS ;P) so I'm stuck using the last PC version.
And yes, Pyro, Bloodline's right. Audition (which used to be Cool Edit Pro) is very well suited to podcasting, but with the new subscription base, I will never migrate past CS6. I buy it once, I get it, end of story. That's my motto.
Oh, and Mike, since you didn't know who he is:
(http://pbs.twimg.com/media/A8wce2BCAAEj0lj.jpg)