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Logic Pro Tutorial: Level 3 DVD

Level 3 of ASK Video's highly informative and useful Logic Tutorial series goes in deep for the most advanced aspects of Logic. The DVD features over 3 hours of professional instruction from musician and Apple expert Tony Wallace and contains 26 high quality video segments covering everything from Environments, Environment Objects, Rewire, Score Styles, Project Manager, Global Video Track and more. Recommended for those already familiar and want to get the most out of Logic Pro. Must be viewed on a MAC running OS X Version 10.2 or higher with DVD-Rom drive (includes Quicktime 7.x for Mac/PC which is required for viewing).


List of DVD Content:
1. Environment
2. Environment Objects 1
3. Environment Objects 2
4. Environment Objects 3
5. Environment Objects 4
6. Environment Objects 5
7. Environment Objects 6
8. Environment Exchange
9. ReWire
10. Score Window
11. Instrument Sets
12. Score Styles
13. Score Preferences
14. Score Preparation
15. Project Manager 1
16. Project Manager 2
17. Project Manager 3
18. Surround Mixing
19. Global Video Track
20. Video Preferences
21. Synchronization
22. Tempo Interpreter
23. Tempo Operations
24. Control Surfaces
25. Distributed Audio
26. Pro Tools Support
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Bastard Language Tour (D-Styles, Ricci Rucker) DVD

This is like the Endless Summer of scratch videos. It follows D-Styles, Ricci Rucker, Mike Boogie, Toadstyle, and Excess as they "embark on a journey along the US West Coast showcasing a new style of music performed entirely with turntables." And they ain't lying. In addition to the phenomenal performances, the video captures the candid tour moments like city montages and insightful tour van blurbage. It really manages to transcend your typical DJ video, and gets to the gut of their mission. The same filming/editing team behind D-Style's Night At The Knitting Factory also produced this one, and the end product is extraordinary. It's less a video and more like a professional documentary with skilled editing and artistic filming. Bonus footage includes: studio sessions, explanation and performance of "Lally," and a Gunkhole (djs and live drummer) performance. 90 minutes plus. Recommended. This almost makes me want to pick up scratching again (but not quite).
reviewed by the mgmnt

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reviewer recommended / reviewer reccomended / dance - lab recommended

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Battle Sounds Turntablist Festival No.4 VHS

Line-up: QBert, Supa Dave, Trajik, Sugarcuts, Impereal, Excess, IXL, Big Wiz, Marz1, Rukas, Dummy, Rob Swift, plus QBert and Rob Swift jam session, and DXT's special QBert announcement. The sweeping nostalgia of nerdier days will hit you hard with this one.
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Battle Sounds Turntablist Festival No.5 VHS

Featuring Z-Trip trick mixing and blending; Radar pedal sampler skratch track building; 5th Platoon (Roli, Neil Armstrong, Kandi, Daddy Dog) battling each other; Rob Swift, Mista Sinista, and new X-prot'g' Precision; Mr. Dibbs and T-Rock tag team, Mysterio magic routines. Plus a visual demonstration of the Turntablist Transcription Methodology by Rob Swift where he translates the onscreen notation into skratches. Also a excerpt from Hop-Fu, the Carluccio, Excess, and IXL (aka a young Eddie from the Manhattan store!) collaboration of live skratch scoring to the kung fu movie "Prodigal Son." High quality video produced and directed John Carluccio.
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DJ Dusk's Root Down Soundclash (Madlib vs. Cut Chemist) DVD

Years in the making, Mochilla unleashes this most excellent document of Cali's legendary "Root Down Soundclash" nights curated by the late great DJ Dusk. Round 1 in January 2001 featured an incredible showdown between the most prolific stoner Madlib and the one and only Cut Chemist; April 2002 saw People Under The Stairs' Thes One squaring off against Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am (pre-mega-mega-stardom); and in December 2003, 'Lib's brother and fellow Stones Thrower Oh No and Emanon's Exile. Mochilla shot each clash on two cameras and presents both views simultaneously, side-by-side for a unique viewing experience. Check the YouTube clip for a taste, then go ahead and add to cart. Includes a trailer for Mochilla's Brasilintime documentary. 2 hours, 3 minutes running time. Recommended.


reviewed by Van Hammersly

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DJ Flare: Magnifrying Glass DVD

It's good to see that some things never change. Flare is still pumping out those hard electro funk beats that dj's love to use for masochistic 45min skratch sessions trying to reach skratch nirvana like q-bert, and d-styles. This time he's released a dvd so that you don't have to zone out on your mixwell poster but on images of hot girls, psychedelic imagery, and sped up roadtrip footage. pop this in your player, and don't think..... "feeeeeeeel."
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DMC: 2009 Battle For World Supremacy + Team Finals DVD

two world battles on one DVD

It's twofer! This DVD contains both the DMC World DJ Battle For Supremacy 2009 AND the DMC World DJ Team Championship Final! Once again the world's greatest turnablists meet for the title of world's supreme DJ. It's an international affair with 18 DJs from around the globe flexing skills to see who's best. Contestants this time around include Switch (UK), Credit (Denmark), Shota (JPN), Erick Jay (Brazil), Rasp (UK), Supreme (USA), Jam Masta(Phillipines), and more. For the Team Finals, 9 teams from around the globe fight for the title. Includes routines from Kireek (JPN), Trauma Team (FR), Bionic Stylus Crew (UK), Battlestar (USA), Mexican Soul (MEX), Cla Leste (Brazil), Simple But Funk (Italy), and more. Bonus features include interviews with Mr. Thing, Yoda, and Shiftee, plus showcases by I-Dee on the Numark NS7 and Jehst, Micall Parknsun and Jazz T.
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DMC: 2009 US Finals DVD

US DJs duke it out for the title

The country's top DJs bring their A-game once again to New York City (Santos Play House to be exact) for the national DMC Finals. The winner got to represent the USA for the World Finals in London and walked away with a Rane TTM-57 so you can bet the competition was fierce! Check the ill sets from Shiftee, Mista B, Lodus, Concept, Q-Base, Fascinate, Shmeez, As-One, and Tyhandswell. Hosted by Kool DJ Red Alert and Lord Finesse with showcases by Precision and I-Dee.
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Gunkhole: Live In Bologna DVD

I remember seeing Gunkhole perform back in '04 in the Bay and being blown away by their psychedelic, free jazz scratch fusion styles. The innovative dream team of D-Styles, Ricci Rucker, Mike Boo on the cut plus drums provided by Giovani Taylor is just too ill - this is progressive scratch music at its best, and to top it off - it's all improvised! The footage on this DVD is actually from their live set in Bologna, Italy in 2005 in which they recruited the help of Alesandro Meroli on stand up bass and Nicola Negrini on baritone sax and flute to really flesh-out the sound. If you just heard the sounds with the screen off, you might think it was some experimental prog record from the 70's - lots of super dubbed out synths and keys, jazzy freeform breaks, and plenty of psychedelic sound manipulation. But the visuals truly take the experience over the top with tons of random tripped-out clips mixed over their live 60+ minute jam footage. I would suggest being in an altered state while watching. Also includes bonus scratch session footage from shows In France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and UK. Recommended.
reviewed by snackmaster

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QBert: Live In Australia & Asia DVD

Qbert is a little older now, settling into his skin like a jazz master. This is the first Turntable TV since he's gone into hiding in Hawaii, and he's emerged as a more skilled musician. Gone are the "areyouberrytight" jokes as QBert seems to have taken his role as diplomat of scratch even more seriously. And it shows in this video, as Qbert amazes stadiums full of people with that trademark intensity and unbelievable new skills. This documentary follows Q as he introduces his higher level of scratching to cities in Australia and Asia. It reminds of when I was first getting so hyped about this shit, watching those kids go crazy at the shows. Q totes only his QFO (turntable with a mixer built-in), giving this a real guy on a mission feeling. Approximately one hour.
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Tableturns 4th Anniversary VHS

A Great Day in Turntablism says it all. Invited DJs perform in groups (and sometimes individually) according to styles. Funky Slow: Dstyles, Relm, Precyse, Babu. Technical Power: Qbert, Melo-D, Mike Boogie, Radar. Crazy style: Klever, Infamous, Tony Vegas, Prime Cuts. Jugglers: Roli Rho, Total Eclipse, Roc Raida, Ptrix. Next School: Dopey, Spictacular, Supa Dave, Pump. A true piece of turntablism history! 90 minutes.
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Turntable TV Deluxe DVD

It's been years since the last Turntable TV, but Q-bert, Yogafrog, and Skratchy Seal are still up to their wacky scratch antics. In the latest installment of the TTV saga, witness DJ Q-bert visit the UK for DMC 2005 and chill with DJ Yeah (youngest scratch DJ), the secret origin of Skratchy Seal, Beat Boxing + Floor Squeaking with Trihedral, funky-ass tutting from Bionic Man and Pharcyde, the making of the QFO, and of course... LOTS of freestyle scratch sessions with Q and his homies from around the globe (like Misaya + Kouji of Japan, Vajra, Rafik, and Tyra). Features tons of extras too - most notably a bunch of old school TTV clips from the Thud Rumble vaults.

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