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Push More Buttons Presents: Sunday Digs™ 049

Jungle has been sneaking it's little way back into my feeds and inboxes and I couldn't be happier. Some great tracks by Lost City this week as well as a few Trap tracks by one of my favorite most underrated producers, Houcemate.

As always if you love the free tracks support the artists and pick up some more tunes on Beatport, iTunes, or their webstores.

** All tracks in pack have been released for free by the artists, no copyright infringement is intended and Push More Buttons Sunday Digs™ packs are never for sale. **

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Push More Buttons Presents: Sunday Digs™ 048

A refreshing collection of Trap and Jungle tunes.

As always if you love the free tracks support the artists and pick up some more tunes on Beatport, iTunes, or their webstores.

** All tracks in pack have been released for free by the artists, no copyright infringement is intended and Push More Buttons Sunday Digs™ packs are never for sale. **

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Push More Buttons Presents: Sunday Digs™ 047

Grab bag edition this week. On repeat is Jon Hopkins' remix of "Us" by Nosaj Thing. A refreshing experimental electronic tune. Banks' tune comes in at a close second.

As always if you love the free tracks support the artists and pick up some more tunes on Beatport, iTunes, or their webstores.

** All tracks in pack have been released for free by the artists, no copyright infringement is intended and Push More Buttons Sunday Digs™ packs are never for sale. **

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Push More Buttons Presents: Sunday Digs™ 046

The weather had without a doubt influenced the digs this week. Expect a downtempo ambient vibe. Grab that coffee and enjoy.

As always if you love the free tracks support the artists and pick up some more tunes on Beatport, iTunes, or their webstores.

** All tracks in pack have been released for free by the artists, no copyright infringement is intended and Push More Buttons Sunday Digs™ packs are never for sale. **

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Push More Buttons Presents: Sunday Digs™ 045

Great selection of Trap and Glitch Hop tracks this week. Mononome’s We Forgot To Be has the perfect vibe for this Sunday morning, but The Ninety’s remix of Four Tet’s Ever Never stole the top spot this week.

As always if you love the free tracks support the artists and pick up some more tunes on Beatport, iTunes, or their webstores.

** All tracks in pack have been released for free by the artists, no copyright infringement is intended and Push More Buttons Sunday Digs™ packs are never for sale. **

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Weekend Inspiration 008 - Make More Music... Four Tet Makes A Beat in 10 mins

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Weekend Inspiration 007 - Grab Bag

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Push More Buttons Presents: Sunday Digs™ 044

Hip Hop and Trap this weekend. A great start to 2014.

As always if you love the free tracks support the artists and pick up some more tunes on Beatport, iTunes, or their webstores.

** All tracks in pack have been released for free by the artists, no copyright infringement is intended and Push More Buttons Sunday Digs™ packs are never for sale. **

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Push More Buttons Presents: Sunday Digs™ 043

A nice collection of eclectic digs. Some nice edits as well as a few originals.

As always if you love the free tracks support the artists and pick up some more tunes on Beatport, iTunes, or their webstores.

** All tracks in pack have been released for free by the artists, no copyright infringement is intended and Push More Buttons Sunday Digs™ packs are never for sale. **

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Push More Buttons Presents: Remix Digs™ 001

Set Organization There are 4 pages with an empty slot at the end should you need it to rearrange the set to your liking. I always organize my sets as I do with my cuepoints and ableton projects; each column is one track and each row starting from the top down is a section of that track. The top row generally consist of the starting point of a track, think mellow drones or rim shots. The second and third rows are fillers and build ups. The forth row (closest to the stop button) is the drop. I like to organize my sets this way because no matter how complicated a mix gets I always remember where each section of a song is without having to stare at the scree.

Remix Sets Future I generally don't like to over-think new creative ideas. The same goes for this new tool the blog is now providing. Therefore, I don't have set dates for release or even know how long this series (Remix Digs) will last, what's important is that a new creative venture has begun for the blog. I'm looking forward to new great tunes to chop and screw for ya'll.

Post up any of your sets or remixing goodies on the facebook page or tag your remixes with #pushmorebuttons #remixdigs

Have a safe and Merry Christmas may the gift of creativity, love, and health be with all of you.

- Priscilla

** All Remix Digs are free and contain freely distributed music by the respective producers of each sample, Remix Digs are never for sale **

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Push More Buttons Presents: Sunday Digs™ 042

This week's edition of the digs brings you some great instrumentals by Clams Casino and a collection of hard hitting tunes by Beazy and Mr. Carmack. Grab some egg nog and sit back, relax, and listen to some digs.

As always if you love the free tracks support the artists and pick up some more tunes on Beatport, iTunes, or their webstores.

** All tracks in pack have been released for free by the artists, no copyright infringement is intended and Push More Buttons Sunday Digs™ packs are never for sale. **

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Push More Buttons Presents: Sunday Digs™ 041

A mellow mix of tunes this week. Cee-Roo's "Madiba" will get you in the mood to smile. Enjoy!

As always if you love the free tracks support the artists and pick up some more tunes on Beatport, iTunes, or their webstores.

** All tracks in pack have been released for free by the artists, no copyright infringement is intended and Push More Buttons Sunday Digs™ packs are never for sale. **

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Push More Buttons Presents: Sunday Digs™ 040

This week's edition of the digs is inspired by all of the tasty eclectic foods from Thanksgiving. The digs range from Hip Hop to Ambient Vocals. Enjoy!

As always if you love the free tracks support the artists and pick up some more tunes on Beatport, iTunes, or their webstores.

** All tracks in pack have been released for free by the artists, no copyright infringement is intended and Push More Buttons Sunday Digs™ packs are never for sale. **

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Push More Buttons Presents: Sunday Digs™ 039

This week we have a dusty crate edition of the digs. Grit, dust, noise, and smooth beats to get you through the day.

As always if you love the free tracks support the artists and pick up some more tunes on Beatport, iTunes, or their webstores.

** All tracks in pack have been released for free by the artists, no copyright infringement is intended and Push More Buttons Sunday Digs™ packs are never for sale. **

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Weekend Inspiration 006 - Field Recording

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Push More Buttons Presents: Sunday Digs™ 038

A nice selection of tracks this week. Currently enjoying the Ado track.

As always if you love the free tracks support the artists and pick up some more tunes on Beatport, iTunes, or their webstores.

** All tracks in pack have been released for free by the artists, no copyright infringement is intended and Push More Buttons Sunday Digs™ packs are never for sale. **

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Review: Traktor Kontrol X1 MKII

A few weeks ago Native Instruments released the newly updated Traktor Kontrol X1. The Kontrol X1, dubbed the X1 MKII, boast some great new hardware features. The biggest difference between the MKI and MKII are the LEDs and touchstrip. The old single colored LEDs have been upgraded to new RGB LEDs which help with visual feedback. For example if one of your hotcue's contains a loop, that particular hotcue will now light up green rather than the standard blue. By far the biggest difference is the mid section of the controller which did away with the multiple browse knobs in order to make space for a new touchstrip. 

Buttons

The buttons seem to feel fairly similar. They have a subtle click to them which helps identify that you have actually sent a command, but sensitive enough for some light hotcue juggles/chops. I'm really glad they decided to upgrade the LEDs while keeping the price low. We can all agree that staring less at the computer is a must; the MKII enables you to do so by provide crucial visual feedback.

Knobs

The MKII potentiometers feel much more buttery than the ones on MKI. The new reactive performance behaviors on the knobs are really great. The encoders respond to the touch of your fingers, effectively eliminating the need for a SHIFT + XX command. For example touching the Browse encoder to see the full-sized Browser list. Touching the Loop encoder while holding SHIFT+PLAY lets you see the key of your track. Touching the Loop encoder while holding SYNC lets you see the tempo.

Touchstrip

I'll have to admit that I am not the biggest fan of touchstrips, granted I always thought they had a certain "cool" factor, but in terms of production or DJing I never really had much use for them. At least not practical use. I must say the responsive nature of the MKII touchstrip is very nice. It doesn't feel like you have to swipe too hard, but it also doesn't feel so sensitive that you can accidentally nudge a track while reaching for other controls. The touchstrip can also be hot mapped while performing to control effect and loops. I found this to be a nice addition for mapping effects like the wormhole or the beatmasher to the touchstrip.

Overall

The MKII's new features are worthy of the $199 price tag. Is it worth an upgrade from the MKI? Well that depends, if you are using your X1 with a timecode setup and it's working for you, then I would be inclined to say no. But if you'd like to use the X1 as a standalone or grouped with either the Z1 or use multiple X1's with a DJM-900 then yes. The touchstrip serves as a great nudge and seek control. Overall the MKII was a nice upgrade the MK1.

Head on over to the NI website to pick one up.