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16/01/2007
Producer "Timbaland" in unauthorised SID usage allegations
As has been reported on the forum last october, the track "Do It" on Nelly Furtado's album "Loose" appears to contain complete parts of the SID tune "Acid Jazz" by Glenn Rune Gallefoss (GRG). "Do It" has been produced by the famous hip-hop producer Timbaland. Whether or not Nelly Furtado or the label were aware of the potential problems of this apparent borrowing is unclear.
GRG's tune has been released in 2002, and is itself a sanctioned cover version of the tune "Acidjazzed Evening" by Tempest (Janne Suni), which won the Assembly music competition in 2000.
The original composer and remixer state that neither the record company nor the Producer approached them for permission, leading to an upsurge in media interest in the story, helped in no small way by the Composer himself. Timbaland, being on tour, cannot yet be reached for comment, though one of his staff has hinted publicly on digg.com that when he comes back from tour he might join the discussion. Join the discussion at our messageboard.
GRG's tune has been released in 2002, and is itself a sanctioned cover version of the tune "Acidjazzed Evening" by Tempest (Janne Suni), which won the Assembly music competition in 2000.
The original composer and remixer state that neither the record company nor the Producer approached them for permission, leading to an upsurge in media interest in the story, helped in no small way by the Composer himself. Timbaland, being on tour, cannot yet be reached for comment, though one of his staff has hinted publicly on digg.com that when he comes back from tour he might join the discussion. Join the discussion at our messageboard.
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Recommend09/01/2007
C64Audio.com CD tracks now on Remix64
From today on, a third category to Remix64's existing C64 and Amiga categories has been added: Tracks available at:
Consequentially, you will now be able to vote, shout for, and review remixes that have been published there in the past and future. So fire up your CDs and start voting, a great opportunity to give something back to the arrangers and composers.
Oh, and if you have arranged some of the tunes yourself, you will also be able to publish background information for them at "MyRemix64 -> Edit tune infos"
Consequentially, you will now be able to vote, shout for, and review remixes that have been published there in the past and future. So fire up your CDs and start voting, a great opportunity to give something back to the arrangers and composers.
Oh, and if you have arranged some of the tunes yourself, you will also be able to publish background information for them at "MyRemix64 -> Edit tune infos"
07/01/2007
ROTY voting is closed!
There you go. The voting for the ROTY Awards 2006 is now closed. We're currently counting the votes and preparing the ROTY Awards Show that will be aired at 20:00 CET on Sunday, 21st of January 2006 on SLAY Radio.
The show will be hosted by the fresh and upcoming DJs of the Double Dutch Friday shows. The main hosts will be Erwin 'Tron' Beekveld and Marcel Donné and to an 80% certainty, a third host, namely Reyn Ouwehand, will also join. Expect this show to give you some hours worth of pure aural pleasure when the Dutchies gives you a rundown of what has happened remixwise in the year of 2006 when it comes to contributions from remix.kwed.org, c64audio.com, amigaremix.com and of course remix64.com.
We thank you all for your votes and for helping us out to make these ROTY Awards the biggest so far.
Now, set your alarm clocks to 19:55 CET on the 21st of Jan and be prepared for the Dutch flooding your airwaves with the best and greatest remixes of 2006 in the great C64 and Amiga community we have going on here.
The show will be hosted by the fresh and upcoming DJs of the Double Dutch Friday shows. The main hosts will be Erwin 'Tron' Beekveld and Marcel Donné and to an 80% certainty, a third host, namely Reyn Ouwehand, will also join. Expect this show to give you some hours worth of pure aural pleasure when the Dutchies gives you a rundown of what has happened remixwise in the year of 2006 when it comes to contributions from remix.kwed.org, c64audio.com, amigaremix.com and of course remix64.com.
We thank you all for your votes and for helping us out to make these ROTY Awards the biggest so far.
Now, set your alarm clocks to 19:55 CET on the 21st of Jan and be prepared for the Dutch flooding your airwaves with the best and greatest remixes of 2006 in the great C64 and Amiga community we have going on here.
05/01/2007
WinUAE 1.3.4 Released
Release 1.3.4 of WinUAE (The Ubiquitous Amiga Emulator for Windows) has just been released. It's mainly a bugfix release, but with some improvements as well. UAE is arguably the best Amiga emulator for many systems, WinUAE being the Windows version. If you miss playing with your female friend (in the computer sense, of course!), download this!Full update list:
Bugs fixed:
- Improved bsdsocket emulation stability
- Winuaeclipboard crash fix
- Windows Vista compatibility problems fixed
- Filesystem flag handling on FAT volumes
- Page Down-key Input panel remapping works properly
- Sound system improved
- ECS Denise/AGA borderblank feature works properly
- Dualcore/SMP random freezes properly fixed
New features:
- Improved emulation of AGA sprites outside display window
- uaeserial.device introduced. Multi-port serial device, unit numbers are directly mapped to PC serial ports (unit 0 = COM0, 1 = COM1 etc..)
- Improved serial port detection, virtual devices also supported
- Improved Catweasel MK3/4 support without Windows driver installed (requires TVicPort, http://www.entechtaiwan.com/dev/port/index.shtm)
- Improved debugger features
- Sound system is not anymore reinitialized when losing/gaining focus
- 1M (1024KB) ROM image support
- Sound volume configuration setting also sets AHI audio volume (previously was Paula audio only)
- Custom chipset interrupt timing improved
04/01/2007
ROTY voting final spurt
Don't forget to vote for Remixer Of The Year 2006 (and subsequent categories) now, the time is almost up! 
19/12/2006
Charts 2.0
The charts selection / filtering section has been redone to be more streamlined and comprehensible. Members can log in and directly compare their own ratings with the public opinion.
19/12/2006
'On the Edge' author interviewed
Episode 157 of the Linux Link TechShow (a weekly radio style show about GNU/Linux and Technology in general) includes a 90-minute chat with Brian Bagnall, author of "On the Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore". Brian even mentions the SID remixing scene.
18/12/2006
New submission system on AmigaRemix.com
Finally, the long-awaited release of the new submission system on AmigaRemix.com is a reality.
The system has been totally rewritten from scratch and should make it easier for both the submitting arranger as well as the spankin' new jury which will judge the entries as they are submitted.
The aim of it all is to get things going on the Amiga-side of the scene and since there are a lot of potent remixers out there, the future is bright and we're looking forward to a new generation of Amiga remixes coming along.
So, if you're a remixer, go ahead and submit your remixes to the site and if you're a listener, look forward to hear some nice stuff in the future.
The system has been totally rewritten from scratch and should make it easier for both the submitting arranger as well as the spankin' new jury which will judge the entries as they are submitted.
The aim of it all is to get things going on the Amiga-side of the scene and since there are a lot of potent remixers out there, the future is bright and we're looking forward to a new generation of Amiga remixes coming along.
So, if you're a remixer, go ahead and submit your remixes to the site and if you're a listener, look forward to hear some nice stuff in the future.
18/12/2006
MindCandy Vol. 2: Amiga Demos
The long awaited sequel to the MindCandy PC demos DVD has been released, containing 30 of the best Amiga demos. The demos have been recorded and optimised scene-by-scene from various original Amiga machines to preserve optimum image quality.
You can choose of 3 audio tracks, one containing the original Amiga sound, another one a remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack, and finally an audio commentary by either demo authors or the MindCandy editors for interesting background.
(spotted by Dr. Future)
You can choose of 3 audio tracks, one containing the original Amiga sound, another one a remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack, and finally an audio commentary by either demo authors or the MindCandy editors for interesting background.
(spotted by Dr. Future)
15/12/2006
New site feature: Tunes you missed
Want an overview of c64 and Amiga remixes you have missed, or forgot to leave a vote for? Then this feature is for you. Accessible for registered Remix64 members through the charts page, or by clicking the links below.