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Ski at the Amsterdam Dance Event 18th-20th October

Ski will be hosting 4 EMC based seminars at this year's Amsterdam Dance Event. They will take place at Cafe COX as part of the Akai Professional and Numark Playground. The dates are 18/19/20th October (Thursday to Saturday).

Hope to see you there!

UPDATE: Here's my schedule and topics for the seminars..

Thursday 18th
2-3pm : SBTRKT - Wildfire

Friday 19th
2-3pm : Mr Fingers - Can U Feel It

Saturday 20th
1:15-1:45pm : Mr Fingers - Can U Feel It (Revisit)
6-7pm : Justice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends

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By skioakenfull at 10 October, 2012 - 01:29

NI Maschine 1.8 Software Update (pt 2) Time Stretching a Vocal Acapella

Maschine 1.8 Update (pt 2) Time Stretching a Vocal Acapella

Ahead of the imminent release of the new range of Akai MPC hardware, Native Instruments have introduced MK2 of their hugely popular Maschine, and also updated the associated software to 1.8. It boasts many new useful features that not only exploit the colourful second incarnation of their Rhythm Machine, but breathe new life into MK1.

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 10 October, 2012 - 01:16.

NI Maschine 1.8 Software Update (pt 1) - Time Stretching a Conga Loop

Maschine 1.8 Update (pt 1) - Time Stretching a Conga Loop

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 10 October, 2012 - 01:09.

EMC Tutorial #6 - Deconstructing Orbital's 'Chime'

Ableton Tutorial - Deconstructing Orbital 'Chime' - EMC (pt6)

This is the sixth in a series of tutorials from Ski Oakenfull covering a variety of aspects of electronic music composition. Point Blank want you to get involved in this series, so if you can think of well known track for Ski to deconstruct musically in the next tutorial then hit us up on twitter with:

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 10 October, 2012 - 01:01.

Friday Forum Live! - Working with an Acapella in Ableton - 7th September 2012

Friday Forum Live! 7th Sept - 1pm (BST)

This was my second Point Blank Friday Forum Live! session in which I demonstrated how to get an Acapella in time, and then start writing some chords to go underneath it. It is a taster of the Electronic Music Composition course that I have recently developed.

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 10 October, 2012 - 00:54.

Daft Punk's 'Around The World' Bass Line Article in DJ Mag Weekly 120

The Ableton Daft Punk's 'Around The World' Bass Line Tutorial video I made for Point Blank Online College was published recently in the DJ Mag Free online edition.

You can check it out here: https://www.djmag.com/djweekly/. It's DJ Weekly 120.

I'm also attaching the offline version for you to download. You'll find the attachment underneath the picture..

Attachment	Size
DJ120.zip	12 MB

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By skioakenfull at 10 October, 2012 - 00:45

Japanese Found Sound Article in DJ Mag Weekly 114

The Ableton Japanese Found Sound Article Tutorial video I made for Point Blank Online College was published recently in the DJ Mag Free online edition.

You can check it out here: https://www.djmag.com/djweekly/. It's DJ Weekly 114.

I'm also attaching the offline version for you to download. You'll find the attachment underneath the picture..

Attachment	Size
DJW114.zip	12.41 MB

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By skioakenfull at 10 October, 2012 - 00:39

Seminar at BPM Birmingham Saturday 6th October

Ski will be delivering an EMC based seminar for Point Blank at the BPM DJ and Electronic music event in Birmingham on Saturday 6th October. He'll also be at the Point Blank stall all day jamming with DJ Ben Bristow.. Hope to see you there!

BPM is the world's largest event dedicated to DJing and electronic music production. Visitors include DJs, producers, performers, promoters, venue owners/managers, equipment retailers/installers, record label representatives, students and many others who simply have an interest in DJing or electronic music.

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By skioakenfull at 13 September, 2012 - 00:18

EMC Tutorial #5 - Bassline in Daft Punk's 'Around the World'

Ableton Tutorial - Bassline in Daft Punk's 'Around the World' - EMC (pt.5)

This is the fifth in a series of tutorials from Ski Oakenfull covering a variety of aspects of electronic music composition. Point Blank want you to get involved in this series, so if you can think of well known track for Ski to deconstruct musically in the next tutorial then hit us up on twitter with:

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Submitted by skioakenfull on 31 August, 2012 - 13:54.