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I honestly didn’t see it coming. David Guetta? I figured he would have topped out at number 2 but I guess working with lots of commercial rap/r&b/pop singers will get you more votes. I hope this doesn’t start a bigger trend of more commercial music that we already have in our massively expanding dance music scene. Well congrats to David Guetta and cheers to Armin van Buuren for a great run!

Some notable movers: AVICII (up 33), Swedish House Mafia (up 13), Skrillex (debut at #19!), Arty (up 53), Martin Solveig (up 26), Calvin Harris (up 60), Noisecontrollers (up 55), W&W (up 36), Pete tha Zouk (up 44), Dada Life (up 38), Steve Aoki (debut at #42), Lange (down 29), Joachim Garraud (down 32), Simon Patterson (down 48), Felguk (debut at #87), James Zabiela (down 45), and Marcel Woods (down 32).

The top 100 DJ’s of 2011:

01. David Guetta (up 1)
02. Armin van Buuren (down 1)
03. Tiësto (non-mover)
04. Deadmau5 (non-mover)
05. Above & Beyond (non-mover)
06. Avicii (up 33)
07. Afrojack (up 12)
08. Dash Berlin (up 7 )
09. Markus Schulz (down 1)
10. Swedish House Mafia (up 13)
11. Paul van Dyk (down 5)
12. Axwell (down 2)
13. Gareth Emery (down 6)
14. Fedde Le Grand (up 5)
15. ATB (down 4)
16. Sander van Doorn (down 4)
17. Headhunterz (up 17)
18. Ferry Corsten (down 9)
19. Skrillex (BEST new entry)
20. Laidback Luke (down 3)
21. Infected Mushroom (down 8 )
22. Aly & Fila (down 2)
23. Steve Angello (down 9)
24. Hardwell (new entry)
25. Arty (up 53)
26. Sebastian Ingrosso (down 10)
27. Benny Benassi (down 1)
28. Daft Punk (up 16)
29. Martin Solveig (up 26)
30. Kaskade (up 5)
31. Carl Cox (down 9)
32. Chuckie (up 5)
33. Bob Sinclar (up 5)
34. Calvin Harris (up 60)
35. Noisecontrollers (up 55)
36. W&W (up 36)
37. Pete tha Zouk (up 44)
38. Dada Life (up 38)
39. Angerfist (new entry)
40. D Block & S Te Fan (up 33)
41. Coone (new entry)
42. Steve Aoki (new entry)
43. Cosmic Gate (down 19)
44. Bobina (down 19)
45. Richie Hawtin (down 14)
46. Eric Prydz (down 16)
47. Zatox (new entry)
48. tyDi (up 8 )
49. Orjan Nilsen (new entry)
50. Andy Moor (down 18) (more…)

Electric Zoo festival is now over, and their already in the process of the 2012 festival!. Over the course of three days, there were ton’s of tracks old, new, mashups, edits, and remixes, But over here at USTM HQ we have our Top 5 tracks that just did it for us. Check out our Top 5 Tracks below. Ferry Corsten VS Armin Van Buuren – Brute Brute is a new track from Ferry Corsten & Armin Van Buuren, a

So MixMag did this Poll and I didn’t vote. In fact I didn’t even know this poll existed, but nonetheless here it is.

10. 2Many DJs (Who?)
09. Tony DeVit (A definite Legend)
08. Sasha
07. Paul van Dyk
06. Ricardo Villalobos (Not sure how he snuck in there)
05. Carl Cox (Isn’t he a cage fighter these days)
04. Andy C
03. Sven Vath
02. Richie Hawtin (Should have been #1)
01. Tiesto

via: MixMag

With the success of his State of Trance Podcast and the chart-topping productions he cranked out this year it’s no surprise that Armin took the coveted #1 DJ in World spot yet again. If you’re in LA be sure to catch him this weekend at Monster Massive.

Here is the complete list for 2009:

1. Armin van Buuren (non-mover)
2. Tiesto (non-mover)
3. David Guetta (up 2)
4. Above & Beyond (non-mover)
5. Paul van Dyk (down 2)
6. Deadmau5 (up 5)
7. Ferry Corsten (down 1)
8. Markus Schulz (non-mover)
9. Gareth Emery (up 14)
10. Sander van Doorn (up 3)
(more…)

It’s that time again to vote for your favorite Trance DJ in DJ Mag’s top 100 DJs for 2009. I personally don’t have anything against Trance, in fact I play Trance sometimes, but it would be nice to see a non-Trance DJ win this thing for once. Anyone want to coordinate a DanceMusicBlog top 100 DJ list? Maybe come up with a proprietary algorithm that would take user votes and survey questions and magically come up with a list that took skill, track selection, and all that stuff into account. No? Eh, well it’ll just have to remain my fantasy.

2008 Winner – Armin van Buuren

From DJMag.com
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Just got this bit of info in about DJ Mag’s Top 100 plus 50 making it the Top 150. Go ahead Armin, put your hands in the air!!

01. Armin van Buuren
02. Tiësto
03. Paul van Dyk
04. Above & Beyond
05. David Guetta
06. Ferry Corsten
07. Sasha
08. Markus Schulz
09. John Digweed
10. Infected Mushroom
11. Deadmau5
12. Carl Cox
13. Sander van Doorn
14. Paul Oakenfold
15. Richie Hawtin
16. Hernan Cattaneo
17. James Zabiela
18. Andy Moor
19. Eddie Halliwell
20. Axwell
(more…)

Well to be fair DJ Dan and Christopher Lawrence weren’t caught cheating themselves but they were among several DJs that are now ineligible for the DJ Mag Top 100 List this year due to irregularities in votes cast for them.  Also removed are Israel’s Flash Brother and several Chinese DJs who either paid for votes or used a script to log multiple votes.

When publisher James Robertson went through the votes manually he noticed that the same IP Address was used to log 50 or more votes both for DJ Dan and Christopher Lawrence who are represented by the same marketing company.  Both DJs deny any wrongdoing on their part.

Chinese DJ Tiesmi admitted paying cash for votes. Tiesmi explained that it cost 4000 Yuan (£260) for 100,000 votes and that he had paid a software engineer to create a script to by-pass the security code.  It was noticed that he quickly raced to the No.1 spot within hours of the voting starting.

Tiesmi’s friend Yutise, was also investigated. He explained that it was not him cheating, but his crazed fans who he had no control over.

Christopher Lawrence has since fired his marketing company.

via: DJMag

By now many have forgotten that Adobe Audition was once the great free tool, CoolEdit. I fondly remember the days of CoolEdit and their ability to morph effects from one setting to another (something Soundforge is barely able to do now). It has been interesting to watch Adobe beef up the program and constantly improve it. I look forward to trying out some of these interesting new features.

From the Adobe Website:
Recording, mixing, editing, and mastering — Adobe® Audition® 3 software is the all-in-one toolset for professional audio production.

Use Adobe Audition 3 to:

• Create your own music
• Record and mix a project
• Produce a radio spot
• Clean up audio for a movie
• Compile and edit a soundtrack

Whatever you do with audio, Adobe Audition 3 software helps you sound your best.

Top features in Adobe Audition 3

VSTi virtual instrument support

Enjoy support for a wider range of virtual instruments. Simply add a MIDI host track to your mix, choose an instrument, and then record new audio in the Sequencer.

Improved multitrack editing

Save time and increase accuracy by editing grouped clips together. Auto-crossfade clips in multitrack view to quickly mix files together. Click-and-drag fade handles on multitrack clips and in the Edit View for faster editing.

Enhanced spectral editing

Make a free-form selection in frequency space with the Effects Paintbrush and apply effects in varying degrees to that selection. Smooth over a selected region to automatically repair clicks, pops, and other noises using the Spot Healing Brush.

Top/Tail Views

Need a quick and easy way to tweak the start and end of a loop or other audio file? The new Top/Tail Views allow you to zoom into the beginning and end of a file so you can quickly add precise fades while keeping the whole file in view.

New effects

Adobe Audition 3 includes new effects such as Convolution Reverb, Analog Delay, Mastering tool, Guitar Suite, and Tube-modeled Compressor.

Superior performance

Get superior performance and take advantage of the new multicore processors. The optimized mix engine allows for more tracks and effects on the same machine, offering more variety and faster processing.

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