John Cage turns 100 in 2012, and all manner of events are underway for a worldwide celebration. Check out this aspect of johncage.org for breaking news about events in the works - music, poetry, theater, happenings, visual art exhibitions, publications, and more -- and for an ever-expanding calendar of events, to which you're invited to contribute.
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This post provides an inside look at the process of creating a loop-based performance using Traktor Kontrol.
Additional equipment used includes:
Traktor Kontrol S4
Traktor Scratch Pro 2
Shure Beta 58 (mic)
BOSS GT10b Bass FX processor (vocal bass effect)
BOSS SYB5 Bass synthesizer pedal
BOSS RC50 Loop station
VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. See "About VirtualBox" for an introduction.
Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Solaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), Solaris and OpenSolaris, OS/2, and OpenBSD.
Mark up websites, graphics, and photos, or start brainstorming on a blank canvas. Browse the web with your friends or make that conference call more productive than ever. No plug-ins, downloads, or firewall voodoo - it's all here, ready to go when you are. Browser-agnostic, user-friendly.
Currently free for educational use