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Welcome to ON A LEVEL, a sitdown interview series brought to you by Complex UK, which sees our EIC, Joseph ‘JP’ Patterson, get real with some of the greatest talents of now.In the third episode of ON A LEVEL: Season 2, JP sits down with an old friend, GRMNL—the artist formerly known as Griminal—for his first comeback interview. Having returned to the scene at the tail-end of last year after a decade-long hiatus, GRMNL has been non-stop ever since, firing out a number of impressive freestyles and appearing on sets for the likes of DJ AG and his older brothers, DJs…
Do you typically EQ and compress before using Transient Master, or do you do the opposite? Generally, I apply equalization and compression before the Transient Master. Compression already helps to bring more definition to the transients, so I use Transient Master afterward only to sculpt the sound further and add a final touch. However, if I want to dry out excessive reverb on a sample, as I mentioned earlier, I place the Transient Master as the first plugin in the processing chain, because in this specific case, I’m using it to clean up the sound, not to bring out prominence.…
Sabrina Carpenter’s headlining set at Lollapalooza in Chicago on Sunday boasted a surprise appearance from Earth, Wind & Fire.“Does anyone wanna dance tonight?” the Man’s Best Friend artist asked the crowd before introducing Chicago’s own. “I have this idea. Let’s see how you feel about it. I guess I just thought it would be really, really fun if I could bring out some friends for you guys and we can just let loose, right? We can just groove. So I thought, why not bring out my friends from Chicago?”Fittingly, the Grammy-winning group then joined Carpenter for their 1981 Raise! single…
Doechii revealed her headlining Live From the Swamp Tour during her Lollapalooza set with an unexpected announcement. AllHipHop.com Since 1998, AllHipHop.com has pioneered delivering Hip-Hop news. Get our daily email for exclusive, breaking news, and weekly digests, all curated for the true Hip-Hop enthusiast. Stay connected and informed with the heartbeat of Hip-Hop culture. Subscribe now! Subscribe Doechii closed out her Lollapalooza set in Chicago on Saturday (August 2) by dropping a bombshell—she’s hitting the road this fall for her first-ever headlining trek, the Live From the Swamp Tour, kicking off October 14. The Grammy-winning rapper wrapped her 50-minute performance…
Luxora Audio has released Lox Vocal Preamp and Lux Sub-Bass, a pair of free saturation plugins for Windows and macOS. These are some of the most polished-looking freeware effects I’ve tested recently, with slick interfaces that are right on par with paid plugins. Of course, I don’t mind minimal GUIs either, but these look top-notch. But it’s the sound quality that really caught my ear in this case. Both freebies from Luxora sound very musical, and I absolutely love the color they add to vocals and a couple of bass guitar recordings I used for testing purposes. I suspect Luxora…
Stephen A. Smith addressed Michelle Obama’s reality TV comparison and past political criticism, saying he’s “still salty.” AllHipHop.com Since 1998, AllHipHop.com has pioneered delivering Hip-Hop news. Get our daily email for exclusive, breaking news, and weekly digests, all curated for the true Hip-Hop enthusiast. Stay connected and informed with the heartbeat of Hip-Hop culture. Subscribe now! Subscribe Stephen A. Smith had some words for Barack and Michelle Obama after she compared his ESPN segments to the chaos of reality television and accused the Obamas of “emotional blackmail” over past political disagreements. The former First Lady stirred the pot on her…
Plugin Boutique has announced a “Hidden Gems” promotion on Cherry Audio’s virtual drum machine that accurately recreates the punchy analog sounds of one of the first true classic drum machines, the Roland CompuRhythm CR-78.The CR-78 Drum Machine comes with all 34 factory preset rhythms and “variation/fill-in” patterns from the original.Cherry Audio has done away with the original’s complex beat programming, replaced it with a familiar button-per-step interface, and added an easy-to-use song mode for pattern chaining. CR-78 also includes over 250 additional rhythm and sound presets, including special categories that go far beyond the classic CR-78 tones and patterns.Unlike sample-based…
SKYLIFE has just released a percussion sample set taken from the rare MS 2600 NG synthesizer, a DIY project by Matthias Beeser.The MS 2600 NG Synthesizer Percussion Sample Set contains 66 hand-crafted electronic one-shot drum sounds in Wav format (44.1kHz/24-bit, mono). In addition to the wave files, the original SampleRobot Project available for download so that users can edit and export the samples for their favorite software and hardware samplers. All samples can be used without restrictions.The MS 2600 NG is a synthesizer based on the classic Arp 2600 architecture from the Seventies. It was designed and engineered by Matthias…
Nicki Minaj turned her ongoing grudge against JAY-Z and Roc Nation into a full-blown online brawl with Dez Bryant after the former NFL star was referenced in a recent comment by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. Jones brought up Bryant’s 2015 contract talks—negotiated by Roc Nation—as an example of why he prefers dealing directly with players instead of agents. That mention triggered Bryant, who warned on social media, “JERRY JONES I DONT THINK ITS SMART TO MENTION MY NAME. WE CAN HAVE STORY TIME IF THATS WHAT WE ARE DOING.” Minaj, already locked in a public battle with Roc Nation…
Daddy Yankee shut down El Cartel Records after accusing his ex-wife and her sister of deleting key files and trying to take $100 million AllHipHop.com Since 1998, AllHipHop.com has pioneered delivering Hip-Hop news. Get our daily email for exclusive, breaking news, and weekly digests, all curated for the true Hip-Hop enthusiast. Stay connected and informed with the heartbeat of Hip-Hop culture. Subscribe now! Subscribe Daddy Yankee had to shut down his label El Cartel Records after accusing his ex-wife Mireddys González and her sister of trying to yank $100 million and delete years of receipts from his empire. According to…