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And this one is an absolute electronic disco classic, too! The LP version is about 11 minutes, truly epic! And I also continue in 2009 with Mister Italo ... for your love! ;) Have a great year 2009!
Essential & Obscure Underground Italo Disco, Synth Disco, Cosmic Disco, Space Disco and Electro Disco, mainly from 1977 to 1984, plus some of the best contemporary Nu Disco.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Fred Ventura - The years (1984) - live in Mexico 2008
This is an italo hymn! Fred went on tour again this year with the I-F guys and Alden Tyrell. The sound quality of this video is bad, but the energy when the audience joins in singing the chorus is - porco dio - amazing!
Digital Emotion - Humanity (1984)
As the end of the year is coming closer, I tried to find some electro disco classics with the right "message" for 2009. The start is "Humanity" from the Dutch "Digital Emotion", a classic!
Monday, December 29, 2008
The Robot Scientists - Musica da Batticuore 12 - Space & Italo Electro Disco Classics Mixtape
Italo and spacial disco lovers,
12 months, 12 amazing mixtapes from my friends, the robot scientists!
This one sparkels like 50.000 suns, with many electronic disco classics you should not miss! Here are the tracks!
Disco Dream and The Androids - Dream machine Uniwave 1980
Hypnotic Samba - Stop - watch ZYX 1984
Risque - Risque Disco Polydor 1982
Slang - Pinch roller Vedette 1978
Purple Flash - We can make it Ovni 1984
Easy Going - Fear (Medley) Importe 1980
Leader Band - You're my everything (Leader version) Tanga 1984
AGE - Water suite Sensation 1984
S.P.Clan - Get down (A&B) DID 1984
Starlight Boyz - Machine disco Disco Praline 2007
Models - J.R. Robot VBDS 1984
Passengers - Hot leather Uniwave 1980
O.R.S. - Dream machine Ariola 1978
Jeff Newmann - Moon dance (Automotion) Sonoton 1984
Zodiac - Photo finish 1982
Starcluster - Smoke and mirror Aube 2008
The Molecule Monsters - The Molecule Monsters
Quartz - Chaos Marlin 1978
Black Star - Black Star TGO 1978
Black Devil - H-Friend RCA 1978
Ganymed - We like you Bacillus 1979
Download at: http://www.mediafire.com/?yutzdzymy10
Romanelli - Connecting Flight (1982)
This bloke also did some great tracks, this one here is one of his most successful ones. You should try to get his LP, simply great!
Angie Care - Your mind (1984)
This here is one for the complete italo aficionado: it actually is sung by Valerie Dore! An amazing hit that never made it into the charts!
Easy Going - Fear (1980)
Another amazing classic of electronic disco!
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Scotch - Penguin's invasion (Hot version) (1983)
Most people only know "Disco band". Quite a good song but this one is maybe the best of "Scotch". Listen to it and it makes you fly over the dancefloor. You also can find it in the "Musica da Batticuore"-Mix 2 from The Robot Scientists.
Xenon - Galaxy (1983) and Xenon - Symphony (1984)
These two Italo-hymns are really worth to spend some money for... Simply great!!
"Galaxy" is in the mix with a lot of classix in the "Musica da Batticuore"-Mix 1.
"Symphony" you also can find in one of the great mixes from The Robot Scientists: It's in the mix number 8.
"Galaxy" is in the mix with a lot of classix in the "Musica da Batticuore"-Mix 1.
"Symphony" you also can find in one of the great mixes from The Robot Scientists: It's in the mix number 8.
Donna Laser Orchestra - Vega synthauri (1985)
For all who were missing some posts ;-)) Go on and make your own laser show with this very hard to get vinyl.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Barbara Norris - Heavy hitter (1981)
Long lives the space disco sound. This is only the vocal version. Much more better is the dub-mix that's featured on the B-side. Without any vocals. Simply great.
Price for this record is up to 75 dollars.
Price for this record is up to 75 dollars.
Models - J.R. Robot (1984)
This is pure robot-energy. Let it flow into your mind!
You can get this vinyl at discogs for about 200 Euros!
You can get this vinyl at discogs for about 200 Euros!
Starflight - Dance to the beat (1984)
This is also a nice one!! Ultra spacy and very cool vocoder. Btw: always hard to get.
International Music System - "Nonline" (1983)
And this one it a great one for all robot dancers...get on the dancefloor...and B R E A K! :)
The Voyagers - Distant Planet (1984)
My heart is bleeding...such a melancholic tune...you never get it below 100 Euros...beautiful...
Modem - Valerie (1984)
This is the B-Side of the Amin Peck side project Modem....cool electro disco...
Image - Hot stuff (1984)
Pretty decent track, the B-Side is hilarious!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Trilogy - Not love (1982)
I cant help it, I think 40% of all Italians do it better tracks are heavily influenced by the sound of this amazing classic... ;)
Monday, November 17, 2008
Bob Salton - Starknight (1982)
Another italo bomb! Bob Salton! Enjoy!
Electra - Are you automatic? (1983)
Hi there, a great piece of italo electro disco, Electra's track here, featured on The Robot Scientists Musica da Batticuore Mix Nr.6:
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Jacno - Rectangle (1979)
Absoulte synth pop classic from 1979, check Jacno out.
Simonetti / Goblin - Tenebre (1982)
Originally a horror movie soundtrack.
Q - The Voice of Q (1982)
Now here some videos of tracks that are featured on the latest The Robot Scientists mix, amazing stuff you need to know.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
The Robot Scientists - Musica da Batticuore 11 - Cosmic & Italo Electro Disco Classics Mixtape
My friends did it again, a wonderful mixtape of amazing cosmic and italo electro disco tracks from the late 70s and early 80s, you need to have that! Download link below. Love it, pure space sex.
Cristal - La nuit pour nous Crocos 1979
Sensitive - Don't stop Sensation 1985
Nemesy - I wanna dance (Dub) Boot Legs 1984
Milkways - Galactic reaction Barclay 1978
XR 7 - XR 7 Quality Rec 1980
Alden Tyrell - Voyagers end Clone 2006
Edgar Froese - Pinnacles Virgin 1983
Starcluster - Metaluna 5 Aube 2008
Simonetti - Tenebre Cinevox 1982
Q - The voice of Q Philly World Rec 1982
Eurofunk - Manshortage (vocal & instr.) Pantera 1983
Jacno - Rectangle Dorian 1979
Onyx - Octagon Teldec 1983
Loud-E - Hey Mr. DJ OOD 2008
Nightmoves - Trans Dance (Robot rock) GC 1984
Explorer - Enjaw J X Records 1982
Bottin - Fondamente nove Eskimo 2008
Paul Paul - Burn on the flames (instr.) Market 1985
Art de Rosa - Bel Air (instr.) Polydor 1984
Aldo Bergamachine - UVA for the night Radio Cosmos 2008
Romanelli - The Pulse 21 records 1982
Amplified Orchestra - Cosmic fire Amplified 2007
Coco du Jour - Dancin in the darkness (club) Moonglow 1982
Download-link: http://www.mediafire.com/?mknnjmmy0m5
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Crysalis - I never dance (1983)
GREAT 1983!!! This pure Italo-bomb is also from this fabulous year. Who doesn't like this vocal version should search for the vinyl. There is also featured an instrumental version.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Information Society - Running (instrumental) (1984)
Not many words. Just listen and enjoy this veeeeeeeeery nice cosmic-italo track.
Chris & Cosey - Walking through heaven (1984)
Another great Cosmic-Monster!!! Be careful not to get shot by the lasergun.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Paul Paul - Burn on the flames (1985)
hoooooooooooooooo - supercool, one of the best italo tracks ever, exactly inbetween electro disco and italo disco, amazing stuff, this track would have deserved to be ranked high in the charts...
Tantra - The hills of Katmandu (The Patrick Cowley Megamix)
Woow, another cosmic classic! The Patrick Cowley mix rocks better than the original version, a very rare record, timeless grooves!
Sunbelt - Spin It 1984
Yoo, I was in Rome for some days, got back with some new old hits you will like. Nr. 1 is funky electro disco from Canada, Sunbelt!
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Wanexa - The man from colors (1982)
Another ultrarare wonderful classic of Italo Electro Disco, loooove it!
Saturday, October 18, 2008
'Lectric Workers - Robot is systematic (1982)
I'm just listening to this song. The sun is shining and the great vocoder and some obscure elements of this track are making me fly. Great stuff from the year 1982!!
By the way: The Robot Scientists were featuring this track in their "Musica da Batticuore"-Mix number 4.
By the way: The Robot Scientists were featuring this track in their "Musica da Batticuore"-Mix number 4.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Dario Dell'Aere - Eagles in the night (1985)
One of the best growers: when I heard it for the first time, I thought, nice, but why do people pay 250 Euros for a vinyl copy? I still think this price is too high, but I love the song, it is a masterpiece, it has such a great mood, and the girl in the background rocks like hell! Play it to your friends, at least 5 times, then you got it! O-Ho-O-Hoho! :)
Monday, October 13, 2008
Steely Chuck McDonald - Dream (1982)
Ciaooo, I am back with another great, absolutely ignored tune from 1982, Steely Chuck McDonald with his smash hit Dream! Also used by The Robot Scientists on their Musica da Batticuore Mixtape Nr.5.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
N.O.I.A. - Stranger in a strange land (Club mix) (1983)
Belle ragazze, this is another super classic! Have fun!
Monday, October 6, 2008
Black Devil - "H" Friend (1978)
Time is relative. How relative shows this track from 1978, H Friend, produced by Jacky Giordano, engineered by Jean Pierre Gouache. Originally released in 1978 on the album Disco Club, this recording is from a 3-track EP released in 2004. A-W-E-S-O-M-E!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Secession - Touch (1984)
Ciao, this is a great HI-NRG-style synth / electro disco track, especially the first 4 minutes on the vinyl B-side are hilarious. It is one of those tracks everybody likes but noboby knows - and you can still get it therefore at good prices.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Transvolta - Disco Computer (1979)
Ciao, ragazze, this is one of the greatest vocoder tracks ever, enjoy!
Sunday, September 28, 2008
The Robot Scientists - Italo Electro and Cosmic Disco Classics Musica da Batticuore Vol. 10
I'm speechless!! These Robot Scientists are really unstoppable. They actually finished their 10th live vinyl-mix. This one is a bit more influenced by cosmic and late 70s-disco-style. Here's the tracklist and the link where you can download it:
2005 Stars Group - News from future Atoll 1978
BISS - Robot with a rose AVM 1982
Makina Girgir - Siren scam Drehmoment 2008
Lime - On the grid (Dub Mix) Polydor 1984
L.E.B. Harmony - Feeling love Chic 1979
Squadra Blanco - The dream that doesn't stop Holosynthesis 2002
John Carpenter - Halloween I ZYX 1984
Moon Birds - Astro 9 Ibach 1979
Wanexa - The man from colors Discomagic 1982
SSQ - Walkman EMI 1983
Skatebard - Vuelo Radius 2007
Black Devil - One to choose RCA 1978
Transvolta - Disco computer Pinnacle 1979
Arpadys - Monkey star Sirocco 1977
Hot R.S. - Delta queen Vogue 1977
Charisma - Magnifique (instr.) CNR 1979
Odessa - Sketch (Starlight Boyz Rework) Disco Praline 2008
Roland Sebastian Faber - Hommage II Aube 2007
Dinosaur L - Kiss me again (Version) Sire 1978
Secession - Touch (Part 4) Intercord 1984
Binary - The meaning Mission Discs 1984
Electronic System - Cosmos trip Targa 1977
2005 Stars Group - News from future Atoll 1978
Friday, September 26, 2008
Rockets - Future game (1982)
Hi nerds,
this is not really a Italo-song but uuuullllltra-cooooolll!!! No more comments. Look and listen yourself.
this is not really a Italo-song but uuuullllltra-cooooolll!!! No more comments. Look and listen yourself.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Amnesie - Turas (instr.) (1983)
Hi there, another obscure gem, this one here, from Amnesie, produced by Tony Carrasco, the man behind many successful italo disco productions. The Robot Scientists did a more contemporary re-edit of this instrumental version, check it out in the player on their myspace site.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Camomilla - Queen of the night (1985)
Very sexy song! I don't like the voices too much, but the sound is cool!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
English Evenings - Tear You Down (12" version) 1984
Again, no "real" Italo Electro Disco, but an amazing Hi-NRG floorfiller! This track is bursting with energy, chapeau! There is also a very long Disconet remix, but hard to get!
Newcleus - Automan (Dub) (1983)
And now put on your white gloves and have a break, dudes! This is no italo, but great stuff for laser shows - here again, the instrumental is the version to play!
Los Angeles T.F. - Magical body (1983)
Ciaooo, jump out of your chair and have a daaaance!!! AMAZINGLY GROOVY CLASSIC!
Friday, September 12, 2008
Hypnotic Samba - Hypnotic samba (1984)
Another ultrarare and unknown obscure Italo-Classic-record. Check it out and let your mind get hypnotised. If you can get the vinyl don't hesitate. The B-side is also worth to be listend to.
X-Ray Connection - Get ready (1983)
If you're full of energy and don't know how to get rid of it check out this rare High NRG hit from 1983 and you won't stop dancin'.
Klein & M.B.O - Dirty talk (1982)
Amigos, this is another greeeeaat clasico! Supercool electro disco from these guys around Tony Carrasco. Enjoy!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Fake - Frogs in Spain (1984)
Bapbap...bapbapbap...another classic italo disco track, the vocal version is nice, too! They are from Sweden btw. The Robot Scientists opened their first Musica da Batticuore Mix with their "New art" track. Maximum respect!
Monday, September 8, 2008
New Italo Electro Disco Classics mix from the Robot Scientists - Musica da Batticuore 9
Porco dio, my friends, the robot scientists, did it again, maybe better than ever, look at this amazing tracklist! Here is their 9th live vinyl mix of Italo Electro Disco Classics from the early 80s, featuring some of the best NuItalo tracks...enjoy and make friends with them at myspace:
Blue Vision - Visions (instr.) EMI 1984
Fred Ventura - The years ZYX 1985
Dream Disco - Get away Das Drehmoment 2008
Duke Lake - Do you (instr.) Memory 1985
Mirage - Lady Operator Italians do it better 2007
Europe - Unisexappeal (instr.) Tanga 1983
Wet - That's the game (instr.) Bellaphon 1984
Ghecko - Firelight (instr.) Eyes 1984
Image - Hot stuff (instr.) Memory 1984
Tommy Bow - Dance tonight Discomagic 1983
Juno - Sympathy (instr.) Discomagic 1984
Trilogy - Not love (instr.) Il Disc 1982
New Order - Five Eight Six (Peel Session) Strange Fruit 1982
Rude 66 - Break the silence Vynalogica 2006
Elitechnique - Microbot melodies Radius 2006
Lime - Angel eyes (Dub Mix) Polydor 1983
Mark du Mosch - Inner vision Moustache 2006
Time - Shaker shake (Dub) Rush 1983
Digital Emotion - Humanity Break 1984
Phill & Friends Band - This man Rio 1980
The V Project - First hand experience (instr.) Power 1986
Blue Vision - Visions (instr.) EMI 1984
Fred Ventura - The years ZYX 1985
Dream Disco - Get away Das Drehmoment 2008
Duke Lake - Do you (instr.) Memory 1985
Mirage - Lady Operator Italians do it better 2007
Europe - Unisexappeal (instr.) Tanga 1983
Wet - That's the game (instr.) Bellaphon 1984
Ghecko - Firelight (instr.) Eyes 1984
Image - Hot stuff (instr.) Memory 1984
Tommy Bow - Dance tonight Discomagic 1983
Juno - Sympathy (instr.) Discomagic 1984
Trilogy - Not love (instr.) Il Disc 1982
New Order - Five Eight Six (Peel Session) Strange Fruit 1982
Rude 66 - Break the silence Vynalogica 2006
Elitechnique - Microbot melodies Radius 2006
Lime - Angel eyes (Dub Mix) Polydor 1983
Mark du Mosch - Inner vision Moustache 2006
Time - Shaker shake (Dub) Rush 1983
Digital Emotion - Humanity Break 1984
Phill & Friends Band - This man Rio 1980
The V Project - First hand experience (instr.) Power 1986
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Gay Cat Park - I'm a vocoder (1982)
Fucken insane clasico! I lllllllooooovveee itttt!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
The Creatures - Believe in yourself (1983)
These guys were the absolutely coolest (if you look at "being ultra-trashy" equals "being cool" like I do), from L'altro mondo discotheque. Check out this masterpiece and their awesome styling! Futurism rules, mates! ;)
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Sun La Shan - Catch (Dub version) (1982)
Check dis one out, Sun La Shan - Catch - an amazing piece of italo electro disco! The vinyl b-side is the highly sought after Dub version. Some reprints are available, for the vinyl lover.
Monday, September 1, 2008
RIS - Love ' n ' music (1983)
This is another great one, but compared to the vocal version we can listen to here, the instrumental version is much more spacey! Anyway, have fun, this is excellent italo! Also featured on The Robot Scientists "Musica da Batticuore 3" mixtape...
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Stelee up - Waiting for you (1984)
This is also a hard to find item in the world of Italo Disco Music. An awesome and driving to dance sound. Simply great and one of the best tracks ever - especially the instrumental version you can find on the B-Side of the original vinyl.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Amin Peck - Suicidal (instrumental) (1983)
These guys even had a fan club back in 1983! Completely obscure vocals and lyrics...:)
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Charlie - Spacer Woman (1983)
This is another great track which will even be a classic in the 25th century. ;) So get it at ebay or discogs, it won't get cheaper...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Fockewulf 190 - Gitano (1983)
If you leave the politically more than incorrect band name aside: this is another one of my all time Italo Electro Disco faves.
Bodyheat is even better, check it out as well, here.
Bodyheat is even better, check it out as well, here.
Monday, August 25, 2008
The Robot Scientists - Musica da Batticuore 8 - Italo Electro Disco Classics
My men, the Robot Scientists, are back in full effect, with their slo-mo-mix of Italo Electro Disco classics and Nu Italo tracks. Again, this is an awesome selection. Enjoy and keep it forever, Italo cannot get better...
Muravchix - Tropical warrior Dissident 2008
Thomas Leer - Saving grace Cherry Red 1982
Topo & Roby - Under the ice (instr.) ZYX 1984
M Like Moon - Sunlight (West side) Flarenasch 1984
Xenon - Symphony Xenon 1984
Casionova - Shoreham harbour blues (Ali Renault rmx) Dissident 2008
Unit Black Flight - Masking (F. Falckenhaus Remix) Strange Life Rec 2006
Glass Candy - Lovin' machine (Slow Dub) Troubleman Unlimited 2006
Modem - Your fun Peecker Melody 1983
Panorama - War in love (instr.) Chic 1985
Mikron - Polynesia (instr.) Black Sun 1985
Spanish Crash - Life is now Spago 1984
Decadance - On and on Proto 1983
Pete Shelley - Witness / I don't know (Dub) Arista 1981
Odessa - Polar intrusion Disco Praline 2008
Gaznevada - I.C.love affair ZYX 1983
Fockewulf 190 - Bodyheat Market 1984
Skatebard - Celluloid mirage Radius Records 2007
Pankow - God's Deneuve Kindergarten 1984
Kalson - Pulsar II Das Drehmoment 2008
Mikron's - Visions instr Blow up 1986
Plastic Bertrand - Tout petit la planete Hansa 1979
Muravchix - Tropical warrior Dissident 2008
Thomas Leer - Saving grace Cherry Red 1982
Topo & Roby - Under the ice (instr.) ZYX 1984
M Like Moon - Sunlight (West side) Flarenasch 1984
Xenon - Symphony Xenon 1984
Casionova - Shoreham harbour blues (Ali Renault rmx) Dissident 2008
Unit Black Flight - Masking (F. Falckenhaus Remix) Strange Life Rec 2006
Glass Candy - Lovin' machine (Slow Dub) Troubleman Unlimited 2006
Modem - Your fun Peecker Melody 1983
Panorama - War in love (instr.) Chic 1985
Mikron - Polynesia (instr.) Black Sun 1985
Spanish Crash - Life is now Spago 1984
Decadance - On and on Proto 1983
Pete Shelley - Witness / I don't know (Dub) Arista 1981
Odessa - Polar intrusion Disco Praline 2008
Gaznevada - I.C.love affair ZYX 1983
Fockewulf 190 - Bodyheat Market 1984
Skatebard - Celluloid mirage Radius Records 2007
Pankow - God's Deneuve Kindergarten 1984
Kalson - Pulsar II Das Drehmoment 2008
Mikron's - Visions instr Blow up 1986
Plastic Bertrand - Tout petit la planete Hansa 1979
Dinosaur - Kiss me again (Edit) (1979)
A very unknown cosmic disco track, and maybe one of the grooviest tracks ever - the original version from 1979 lasts more than 13 minutes. Amazing stuff...
Friday, August 22, 2008
Pineapples - Come On Closer (1983)
And this absolute Italo classic will ensure a great weekend for you Italo lovers...come on closer...i love it.
Cellophane - Gimme love (1983)
Great robotic electro disco track. The record's subtitle "Paganini presenta una musica da batticuore" gave name to The Robot Scientists electro disco classics live mix tapes. The vinyl is hard to get and expensive. Spork commented on discogs: "...It's raw, dirty, and it's too bad there aren't more copies floating around out there, because there isn't a party in the world that couldn't benefit from this gem." Word!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
The Droids - The Force (1977)
The Droids are really amazing - ultracool French guys! A wonderful instrumental track. These are parts one and two taken from the album "Star peace" from 1978. The first release of the 12inch was in 1977.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Peter Baumann - Romance 76
This is a classic Cosmic track, very Ambient, very beautiful. His records are still quite affordable, check Discogs:
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Decadance - On and On (1983)
Been away to Italy for a while. Now I am back with this melancholic monster, another classic!
Monday, August 11, 2008
Ben Richardson - Sky Diver
This is a great track I always loved very much, it is impossible to find these days...
Saturday, August 9, 2008
The Robot Scientists - Musica da Batticuore 7
Wooooowww!! These guys are incredible. The robot scientists, masters of compiling and mixing are back again with their heartbreaking mix number 7. It's another masterpiece of live-vinyl-mixing again. It will make your eyes wide open and bright-shining similar to the first time you were falling in love or to your very first kiss.
The Creatures - The other world's robot (Intro) Injection 1982
The Creatures - Dance of the silver girls Injection 1982
Danny Keith - Keep on music (Dub) Break 1985
Heaven 17 - Let me go (instr) Virgin 1982
Planet 84 - The gold rush (instr) Digital Rec 1987
Junior Byron - Dance to the music (dub) Vanguard 1983
Casionova - The visionary Cyber Dance 2008
John Carpenter - The end Part 2 ZYX 1983
Ali Renault - Zombie raffle (Mr.Pauli's Revenge) Cyber Dance 2008
Moments - The station (Instr) Out 1984
Valerie Dore - Get closer (instr) ZYX 1984
Malcom and the Bad Girls - Shoot me (instr) HISS 1984
Donna Laser Orchestra - Vega Synthauri FDT 1984
Koto - Japanese War Game (Club) Memory 1983
Professor Genius - Pegaso (Velez) Disques Sinthomme 2007
Amnesie - Turas (instr) Proto 1983
Stelee Up - Waiting for you (instr) Many 1983
Agebjörn / Shapiro / Rude 66 - Deeper space woman Loeb 2008
Cheaps - Moliendo Cafe (instr) Memory 1983
The Normal - TVOD Mute 1979
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Behind the mask A&M 1980
Klapto - Queen of the night (instr) Polydor 1984
Crazy Gang - Discomatic rodeo Bubble 1983
Knight Action - Single girl instr 1984
Friday, August 8, 2008
Nightmoves - Transdance (UK Club Mix) (1981)
A Chicago/UK house classic from 1981. It is one of the best italo-style house/electro tracks ever made, in my humble opinion. The original vinyl is almost impossible to find or super-expensive, but there is a semi-official reissue for less.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Future State - Future state (1984)
Here is another hard to find and always very expensive item. A reissue is available here - if it's not sold out. Very great track - a hammer!!!
Ghecko - Firelight (1984)
This is another amazing Italo Disco Classic Track. Very hard to find. Here is the vocal version. I like the B-Side the most. It contains the instrumental cut.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Mr. Flagio - Take a chance (1983)
I can remember the minute I heard this track for the first time in my life. My eyes started to shine, my mouth openened wider and wider, then I smiled, my heart started beating with 118 bpm...for me this is the best Italo Disco track. You can still buy the vinyl at "normal" rates at ebay, at Discogs they are a lot more expensive.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Capricorn - I need love (instr.) (1982)
Another milestone in Italo Electro Disco, from 1982! Woooowwww...
Friday, August 1, 2008
Giorgio Moroder - First Hand Experience In Second Hand Love
THE MASTER HIMSELF - this guy from South Tyrol in Italy "invented" the typical Italo Disco sound. This is one of his best tracks, from 1977. There is also a AMAZING remake of it, from The "V" Project.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Atelier Folie - No rhyme, no reason (1983)
Fucken excellent piece of Italo Disco/Wave from 1984
Monday, July 28, 2008
The Robot Scientists - Musica da Batticuore 6
Jo, here are the space rockers "The Robot Scientists" again. They have loads of great records. A new, fabulous mix, again! You can't do anything but groove if this hits your brain cells!
Where the hell get these guys their inspiration from? This is an outstandingly tasteful and catchy mixture of Italo Disco and Electro Disco Classics and some NuItalo releases. GREAT!!!
Here are the tracks:
Intro with Mary
P.L. - Come on and do it ZYX 1983
Giorgio - Evolution Casablanca 1978
Interface - Plastic age instr ZYX 1987
Kirlian Camera - Edges (dub) ZYX 1984
Sharpe & Numan - Change your mind Polydor 1985
Kano - It's a war Metronome 1983
Divine - Native Love USA Remix Break 1982
Avalanche - Travelling (Space) High Fashion 1983
L.A.Party Mix - Short Love Music 1983
Klein & MBO - De-Ja-Vu Atlantic 1983
Lama - Nineteen ninety three Numero Uno 1983
Chris & Cosey - Love cuts Rough Trade 1984
Amin Peck - Suicidal (instr) Best 1983
Sally Shapiro - Find my soul Diskokaine 2006
Teenrock - Spy dance Bobcat 1983
Change - The end WEA 1980
Azoto - Exalt-Exalt Ramshorn 1980
Automat - The rise EMI 1978
Depeche Mode - Big muff (Slow Edit) Mute 1981
Electra - Are you automatic (vocoder/instr) Best records 1983
Elitechnique - Outer space woman (Part 1 & 2) Loeb 2007
Tik & Tok - Cool runnings Survival 1983
Here are three tracks from the mix:
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Rude 66 - The 1000 year storm (2007)
This is a KIIIIILLLLLLEEEEERRR!!!
The Robot Scientists - Musica Da Batticuore 5 - Awesome Underground Italo Disco
The story continues!!! My special friends "The Robot Scientists" did it again. Their Musica da Batticuore Mix number 5 is gonna make you sweat because you can't stop dancin'! It is a fucken hell of a dance tape. Here are these breathtaking tracks:
2005 Stars Group - Space team Atoll 1978
Cerrone - Supernature CBS 1977
Mauno Kalevi - Kirjastolaulu Moustache 2007
Marc du Mosch - Faith Moustache 2007
Starcluster - Dachluke Aube 2008
Has-Beens - Make the world go away Clone 2006
Psychic Interface - Body to body (instr.) JDC 1984
Hot R.S. - The house of the rising sun Vogue 1977
Row Bob - Trouble coming every day (instr.) FDT 1984
Rude 66 - The 1000 year storm Cream 2007
X-Ray Connection - Get ready Break 1983
Jupiter Black - We like Moroder (Divider mix) Clone 2007
Giorgio Moroder - The chase Casablanca 1978
Black Devil - The devil in us (Elitechnique Mix) Loeb 2008
Romina Cohn - The night DJ Gigolos 2001
Los Angeles T.F. - Magical body (Instr.) Il Disc 1983
Steely Chuck McDonald - Dream (instr.) Eyes 1983
Experimental Products - Glowing in the dark Short Circuit 1984
New Order - The Village Factory 1984
Atelier Folie - No rhyme, no reason WEA Italy 1983
2005 Stars Group - Space team Atoll 1978
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Black Devil Disco Club - The Devil in Us (Elitetechnique Mix) - MOOONNNSTTAAAAA!
Wow! Robots love this one! Great remix! Buy it here.
Plastic Bertrand - Tout petit la planete Cosmic Disco Bomb
Check this one out, completely ignored track, but it rocks like hell! Plastic Bertrand's single real hit was the punk rock track "Ca plane pour moi" which was even covered by Sonic Youth once. I don't know so much of his other stuff, but he actually was kind of a "pop" guy, so this is an absoulute highlight!
Monday, July 14, 2008
The Robot Scientists - Musica Da Batticuore 4 - Electro Italo Disco Classics
The Robot Scientists kick ass again with their latest Musica da Batticuore Mix Nr. 4 that features a lot of amazing instrumental (Nu)Italo electro disco tracks....get into your spaceship!
Camaro's Gang - Move a little closer (Drive Version) Superradio 1983
Mr. Pauli - Dont want to be you Viewlexx 2006
Roni Griffith - Spys Vanguard 1982
Gesaffelstein - The other OD Records 2008
Chromatics - Nite (instr.) Troubleman Unlimited 2006
Kraftwerk - Spacelab KlingKlang 1978
Klein & M.B.O. - Wonderful instr. Atlantic 1982
Klein & M.B.O. - More dirty talk (Canadian) Ramshorn 1982
Charlie - Spacer woman instr. Mr.Disc 1983
Cellophane - Gimme love (long version) S.P.Q.R. 1983
Sphinx - Collision (remix) System Music 1982
Wish Key - Orient express (instr) Discomagic 1983
Cockroach - Get back (dub) Out 1983
Video Club - Lost time (instr) MCP 1983
Travel Sex - Travel Sexiness Discomagic 1983
The League Unlimited Orchestra - Things that dreams are made of Virgin 1982
Professor Genius - La Grotta Italians do it better 2007
Jamie Principle - Waiting on my angel ZYX 1985
Bizzy & Co - Take a chance instr Quality 1982
Soif de la vie - Goddess of love Uff-Zick 1985
C.M.D.B. - Let's get it together Break 1984
Munich Machine - La nuit blanche Oasis 1978
'Lectric Workers - Robot is systematic Discomagic 1982
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
Kano - Ikeya Seki Italo Electro Disco
Amazing track, check it out. The video is not an original...
Friday, July 11, 2008
The Robot Scientists - Musica Da Batticuore 3 - Electro Italo Disco Classics
Jooo, the Robot Scientists are back, sexier than ever! Here is their 3rd Italo Electro Disco mix, as usual mixed live with VINYL records. Cool pigs. Dig it.
Kraftwerk - Die Stimme der Energie Kling Klang 1975
Casco - Cybernetic love (instr.) House of Music 1983
Sun-La-Chan - Catch (Dub) Superradio 1983
Hananas - From here to eternity (instr.) Zanza 1983
Jo Squillo Eletrix - Avventurieri (Scratch Mix) 20th Secret 1984
Lama - Love is on the rocks Numero Uno 1983
Helen - Witch (instr.) ZYX 1983
Endgames - First-last-for-everything (Dub) Flip 1982
Fockewulf 190 - Gitano F1 Team 1984
1000 Ohm - Love in motion (instr.) ZYX 1985
Hugh Bullen - Alisand Many 1985
Faxe - Time for Changes (instr.) ZYX 1983
Brand Image - Are you loving? (instr.) ZYX 1983
Donna Eyes - God knows (instr.) Il Disc 1983
Lindstrom - I feel space Playhouse 2005
Pineapples - Come on closer (Dub) Best 1983
Conservatives - Loneliness Viewlexx 2007
Mr. Master - A dog in the night (instr.) House of Music 1983
Oppenheimer Analysis - Devil's dancers Home Tapes 1982
Digital Mind - Countdown (instr.) Did Records 1985
Starflight - Dancer BMC 1984
The Immortals - The ultimate warlord (Long version) ZYX 1988
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Helen - Witch (1983)
This scorcher here was produced by Massimo Noe who produced quite a lot of great tracks! "Helen - Witch" is absolutely amazing. Again, you need to get the vinyl to be able to enjoy the instrumental version.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
The Robot Scientists - Musica Da Batticuore 2 - Electro Italo Disco Classics
Here they are again. Another 22 hilarious electro disco monsters from the all-savvy Robot Scientists. This one also features some NuItalo classics from their favorite Label Italians do it better: Chromatics and Glass Candy. Amazing mix...thanks.
N.O.I.A. - Stranger in a strange land (club) Italian 1983
Fad Gadget - Under the flag 1982 Mute
Ruth - Polaroid-Roman-Photo 1982 Born Bad
Chromatics - Glass Slipper 2007 Italians do it better
Amin Peck - Running straight 1983 Peecker Melody
B.W.H. - Livin up 1983 House of Music
Mr.Flagio - Take a chance 1983 ZYX
Margueritas - Margherita 1980 WEA
Glass Candy - I always say yes (Drumm) 2007 Italians do it better
My Mine - Hypnotic tango (instr) 1983 Blow up
Giorgio Moroder - First hand experience 1977 Oasis
Capricorn - I need love (instr) 1983 Delirium
Dharma - Plastic Doll (instr) 1982 System Musis
Amin Peck - Coda 1983 ZYX
Principles of Geometry - A mountain for president (Joakim) 2007 Discograph
I.M.S. - An English 93 1983 Bellaphon
RIS - Love 'n' music 1983 Many
John Carpenter - Klappperschlange (instr) 1983 ZYX
Mount Sims - Restless 2004 DJ Gigolos
Scotch - Penguins Invasion (hot mix) 1983 ZYX
Freak Electrique - Cloud surfer (instr) 2007 Viewlexx
Hipnosis - Bormaz 1983 ZYX
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Dharma - Plastic doll (instrumental) (1982)
Another great classic, again without video, Dharma - Plastic doll!
Saturday, July 5, 2008
The Robot Scientists - Musica Da Batticuore 1 - Mixing Electro Italo Disco Classics
Check out this amazing mix of slow (up t0 114 BPM) italo electro disco.
These guys rock - The Robot Scientists are two ultrafreaks if it comes to Italo Electro Disco. In 1984, 15 years old, they partied hard drinking Blue Curacao while turning the neon girls crazy when spinning their favorite Italo Disco tunes. They had almost 25 years, until today, to complete their Italo Electro disco vinyl record collection. It comprises about 1000 Italo Electro Disco classics...now they come back with mind-blowing mixes of these classics. Enjoy. All tracks are mixed live with two Technics 1210, a Pioneer DJM-300 mixer and Wavelab recording software. Simply brilliant track selection. A must hear!
The Robot Scientists - "Musica Da Batticuore 1":
Fake - New Art ZYX 1984
Telex - Victime de la societe Hansa 1979
Farah - Law of Life instr. Italians 2007
G.A.N.G. - KKK. Recordbreaker 1983
Alphaville - The Nelson Highrise WEA 1984
Gary Numan - Random Castle 1985
Steel Mind - Bad Passion (disco instr.) Delirium 1983
Mito - Unit Missing 1983
Xenon - Galaxy (Theme) Xenon 1983
Glass Candy - The Chameleon instr. Italians 1983
Hovoyds - I don't want to talk about it Crash 1983
Smiles - Magnetic Dance White Dog 1983
Kano - Ikeya-seki WEA 1984
Mirage - Woman instr. Il Disc 1983
Crazy Gang - Every Sunday Flexx 2006
N.O.I.A. - True love (plathonic) ZYX 1984
Doctor's Cat - Feel the drive instr. Il Disc 1983
Pauli vs. Tyrell - Little Clone 2007
D.F. & Pam - Flash into my life instr. Thick 1985
R.E.M. - Computer Communication Xanadu 1983
Nightmoves - Transdance Copilote 2008
Friday, July 4, 2008
Casco - Cybernetic love (1983)
This is just another mind-blowing example of how great Italo disco can be. This is the vocal version. Maybe the best electro disco track ever, apart from Mr. Flagio "Take a chance".
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7toX for Final Cut Pro
77 Comments · Posted by Philip in Apple Pro Apps
So, the cat is out of the bag. Assisted Editing – Greg and I – have announced the immediate availability of our newest tool to translate Final Cut Pro 7 XML into Final Cut Pro X XML.
Yes, it works. It does an amazingly good job of translating Final Cut Pro 7 Projects (Bins and Sequences) into a Final Cut Pro Event. Clips from a FCP 7 project become clips in FCP X, Bins become Keyword Collections and Sequences are translated to Compound Clips, which can be:
- opened directly in a Timeline; a
- added to a new Project as a Compound Clip;
- broken apart to make a FCP X Project.
It is true to say that it's the highest fidelity translation possible; it's simple to use and it's only $9.99 in the Mac App Store.
So what happened between September 22nd – when I wrote all the reasons why we weren't making a 7 to X product – and now when we're releasing one? As I wrote then, I always had the impression someone was working on it: either Automatic Duck or Apple. But it all went quiet. So, if no-one else was working on it, then we sure would like to. We knew from Xto7 for Final Cut Pro that translation was possible. (Turns out it's harder going forward than back.)
So we approached Apple to find out if anyone else was working on it, expressing our interest in making it happen.Unlike almost any other Final Cut Pro X development, converting the XML seemed like a good third party opportunity. It turns out the opportunity was open, and Apple were very happy to work with us because of our understanding of XML. Of course it's Greg Clarke who deeply, deeply understands the FCP 7 xmeml format and had already more experience than almost anyone else with the new FCP X fcpxml format. Apple graciously gave us both their blessing and early access to the 10.0.3 release, so we targeted that for the translation tool.
I've often said, in the last few months, that I would not want to be the person developing a Final Cut Pro 7 to X translation tool. I was telling the truth because I could hear the salty language that came from Greg's work area: there's no sugar coating it, this is the most complex piece of software we've ever written, and yet it's the simplest to use. (Drop FCP 7 XML on app icon. Done.)
Along the way I learnt a whole lot more about Final Cut Pro 7 as I translated the video functionality from app to app. (Greg then translated that into computer code.) There are things in FCP 7 I never knew existed. There was at least one missed app opportunity! I also learnt that, indeed, these were two very different applications, with different data structures and two very different design mindsets. Translating from one to the other is difficult, in part because the new app was designed without thought for backward compatibility, which is entirely reasonable. Focusing on backward compatibility would bind the new app with legacy thinking.
I'm very proud of what Greg and I have achieved because the finished result is so much better than we ever thought it could be. I knew we could make a useful translation – definitely better than "cuts only" – but how high we could make the fidelity between the two versions, I just didn't know. There are some things lost in translation, as a perfect translation isn't possible between two very different languages. (Imagine translating Spanish into Mandarin, when you natively speak English and you'll get an idea.)
You can find a full list of how the translation works at the Assisted Editing site, but some highlights for me are:
- Automatically converting PICT files to high resolution TIFF files because FCP X does not support PICT files.
- The idea of using the Timeline Index's To-do markers to report any substitution from the original FCP 7 Project.
- Using Compound Clips for Sequences creates an Event structure that is very similar to FCP 7's Project. Each "Sequence" becomes a Compound Clip in the FCP X Event, grouped in a Keyword collection "FCP 7 Sequences".
- Using Roles to report the original track numbers: this is metadata and I would not allow it to be lost.
- Translating, as best as possible, the intention of the track usage in FCP 7 into the Magnetic Timeline required some intelligent interpretation of the original track structure into a FCP X context.
- That we do not lose any log notes, even though they don't map well to Final Cut Pro X's data structures. They're all there in the Notes field and searchable in FCP X.
- We fully support translation of multi-cam projects from FCP 7 to FCP X.
There's a lot of other great stuff that it does: audio and video filter substitutions; transition substitutions; all Motion Tab settings are translated, and so on. About the only caveat is that the media must be online throughout the export, translation and import to Final Cut Pro X process.
If you're moving from Final Cut Pro 7 to Final Cut Pro X then 7toX for Final Cut Pro is going to be your new best friend. Even if you're just feeling your way, 7toX for Final Cut Pro will also work with the free trial version of Final Cut Pro X so you can check out how closely translated your Project will be before upgrading.
Oh, and why is it so much cheaper than Xto7 for Final Cut Pro? Because we wanted to make buying it an easy decision while balancing out the enormous amount of effort that went into it (seriously, it's dominated the last 6 months of our lives).
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Graeme Herwig · January 31, 2012 at 6:04 am
this is great work – Thanks Phil & Greg!
now just waiting for the 10.0.3 update to appear in the uk app store
Harry Creemers · January 31, 2012 at 6:23 am
A milestone and you guys made it happen!
Andreas Schmidt · January 31, 2012 at 6:31 am
Hooray! Thanks for making it happen and thanks for keeping the price at this very attractive level. Simply a must buy. I already bought it. One doesn't need to think about it.
Adam OIas · January 31, 2012 at 6:35 am
Great news Phillip & Greg! It couldn't have come from a nicer couple of guys!
David Roth Weiss · January 31, 2012 at 6:38 am
Looks good Phil. Congrats!!!
Dave Bittner · January 31, 2012 at 6:48 am
Congratulations, gents! This is good news, indeed. Now excuse me while I go help spread the word about this important development.
Snow R. Shai · January 31, 2012 at 6:53 am
Phil & Greg,
Thank you for your great effort in bringing this forward.
It is truly, highly appreciated.
It does make you wonder, if it is in fact, possible to make a good translation, why didn't Apple do it in the first place, skipping quite a big fiasco…
I'll keep wondering… in the meantime, I have some software to buy.
Thank you.
Gary Adcock · January 31, 2012 at 7:07 am
Thanks to both of you, but Greg remind me to HUG you next time I see you!
Gerry Fraiberg · January 31, 2012 at 7:18 am
Congratulations on this achievement, and thank you for providing this important link in the post production chain.
Dawar · January 31, 2012 at 7:28 am
This seems to be a very clever job :
Tracks into Roles, Sequences into Compound clips in Event…
Thanks and Bravo
Brian Klein · January 31, 2012 at 7:58 am
I can't wait to try it out. Thank you for your efforts! You guys are rockstars!
Wayne Avanson · January 31, 2012 at 8:02 am
I just tried it but got an error message I don't understand.
The Document "Sequence Crumplepop Event.fcpxml" could not be opened. Value for attribute version of fcpxml is different from default "1.0"
Could you point me to where I went wrong? please? pretty please. I sent the xml from tcp 7 using the default setting
Thanks guys
Greg · January 31, 2012 at 8:32 am
The 1.0 version means that you're using 10.0.1 or 10.0.2. The translator requires 10.0.3 and its new 1.1 version of the XML spec.
Wayne Avanson · January 31, 2012 at 8:17 am
On its way.
AndrewK · January 31, 2012 at 8:57 am
Congrats on stepping up and doing what no one else wanted to do, Philip and Greg! I'm sure it will pay off in spades as there are a lot of people that want the ability to take their 7 project and open it up in X.
Even if it's not perfect, which no one should expect it to be, it's a lot better than recutting it from scratch.
Jeff Handy · January 31, 2012 at 9:45 am
You guys continue to impress. We might finally jump on FCPX with this arrow in the quiver.
Markus · January 31, 2012 at 10:10 am
WOW!!! And best of all – $9.99!!!!! You guys are amazing!
Chris Wilby · January 31, 2012 at 10:17 am
Well done; and I'll buy it just for the hell of it!
Andreas Schmidt · January 31, 2012 at 11:47 am
Fantastic Job! I just brought over my first project from FCP 6 ( I know – not officially supported ) and it worked great.
ROBERT MCCLELLAN · January 31, 2012 at 11:48 am
Still chugging along on FCP 6.0.6, any chance 7toX will work for me?
David Hodge · February 2, 2012 at 1:43 am
My problem exactly. Apple told me I could not purchase an upgrade to 7 from 6 at this point. Only purchase X and that's it. Buying the X version I've been put off of solely for the fact that I cannot use my existing projects on X from version 6. I hope this will be put out soon with a high level of efficiency and accuracy.
Marcus R. Moore · January 31, 2012 at 11:48 am
Some might complain that this functionality is parsed out, and who knows, maybe Apple will buy IA out and fold 7toX into 10.1. But I think keeping FCPX itself relatively lean and nimble might be part of Apple's plan to keep updates more frequent, and focus more on core functionality improvements.
So many tasks are project specific, that it makes sense to leave them to 3rd parties who can work in building them out for those who need them. But if you don't need them, you're not paying for them- and as Philip suggests, Apple can stay focused on the bigger picture.
Lindebrings Laurent · January 31, 2012 at 12:30 pm
Bravo, Guys it's amazing.
And now,
what do you think about a
X2OMF now ?
Brian202020 · January 31, 2012 at 8:22 pm
Automatic Duck has something that'll work, and it's free.
Pro Export FCP 5.0
Michael Petros · January 31, 2012 at 12:35 pm
Bravo! Great work, Philip and Greg!
Charlie · January 31, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Every time I try it I get a "There was a Problem converting this XML" error. Unfortunately, this is a highly NDA'd project so I can't send the xml file. Any idea what this could be?
John A. Mozzer · January 31, 2012 at 9:40 pm
Philip, how about offering another app for $10.00, a plug in for Final Cut Express, so that Final Cut Express projects can be saved as XML, and then those projects can be converted with 7toX for FCP X?
Pete · February 1, 2012 at 4:38 am
I cannot convert just the most simply timelines to FCPX!!!
Every time I want to translate I get this error "There was a problem converting this XML". I've tried exporting from FCP7 to XML version 1-5 but no luck. My timeline contains no Motion projects or freeze frames.
What's going on there?
P.S.: I can run the translation from Premiere Pro CS5.5 sequences exported to XML and then exported through FCP7 again in version 4.
Pete · February 1, 2012 at 5:08 am
I figured it out!
Obviously the app has a problem with CCIR aspect ratios and DV or something. changed my simple timeline from 16:9 DV to 1080p DSLR footage. And it works now. BUT, what to do with my DV-timelines
Gregory Ikens · February 1, 2012 at 5:03 am
Buy this now. Why are you still reading this? Seriously, buy this now…
Exceeds all expectations. Easy and intuitive to use. Many thanks.
Leo Hans · February 1, 2012 at 7:04 am
Amazing job!
I have a little test done at my blog (in spanish).
Francois · February 1, 2012 at 8:49 am
Thanks a lot for the tool.
However I was not able too make it work with projects including DV (Pal) footage.
Is it supported ?
Thanks again,
aldocotugno · February 1, 2012 at 10:26 am
I also get the message:The document "…….. Event.fcpxml" could not be opened. Value for attribute version of fcpxml is different from default "1.0"
maybe I need the new version 10.0.3 ?
Andy · February 2, 2012 at 4:09 am
I have a problematic XML file I believe.
I have emailed to the address you provided above.
Hopefully you can help.
Gary McFeat · February 3, 2012 at 5:42 am
Well done guys – you rock!
Keep up the great work!
Fritz Kohle · February 4, 2012 at 8:23 am
Hi there
first of all great job with this release. Am testing it on a documentary we are editing in FCP7. 7toX does a good job in exporting the xml for video but some audio files get lost. Well – they show up on the time line, and when opened in the finder a short cut points to the original file, yet the files won't play in the FCPX timeline.
We tried exporting and importing all video and audio tracks separately, time consuming as you can imagine. Its a 60 minute project. Many of the audio files are not linked to the video – they were recorded separately.
What are your recommendations?
Fritz Kohle · February 4, 2012 at 8:25 am
I should add that the project was shot in HD, H.264 codec using a Canon at 25fps.
Fritz Kohle · February 4, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Dear Philip
thanks for responding so quickly. Here is some more info:
some audio is 44.1 khz, some 48 khz.
video is 1920 X 1080 H.264
I've emailed the xml accordingly.
Andy Prendergast · February 6, 2012 at 7:01 am
I am UK based and so use PAL. As a result, I think, I had no luck using 7toX but quickly googled enough to find that you had listened to feedback, discovered a problem with PAL, and 44khz sound and had already uploaded a mend to i apps. That this is not yet available is very poor on Apple's behalf. you are supporting their product; they are not supporting you. I have complained about other i-apps and the problems remain unresolved months later with Apple continuing to take its cut from a faulty product in the interim.
Any was my gist is- Good for you; Shame on them!
Of course I was disappointed when 7toX did not work straight off, but your product is cheap, you are keen for it to work and I have some hope that some of the misery of the apple side of 7toX will eventually be reduced by your tool.
Bruce Wittman - Eagle Video Productions - Raleigh NC · February 7, 2012 at 8:58 am
Thanks so much for all your hard work. The price is incredible compared to the need that it fills! Apple should get down on their knees and thank you for saving a huge crowd of potential FCP X customers who did not want to cross over without conversion ability from FCP 7. Keep up the great work!
Mike Schrengohst · February 9, 2012 at 2:01 pm
I am playing with the Trial Ver of FCP X…..
I bought this App to try out the FCP 7 to FCP X
I did a test edit in FCP 7 -exported an XML
It did open in FCP X but with problems….
The original project was a 720 24p DVCPRO project.
In FCP X the clips in the sequence looked zoomed in….
I have to resize them 67% – almost like FCP X is reading them as 1080p?
What is weird – I have the raw clips before the edit….
and those are the proper size???
The clips in the sequence will not accept transitions.
I see that the clips were copied and I looked at those
and it is the full clip.
At present using this App to bring a FCP 7 project to FCP X – just does not work.
It would be faster to re-edit. FCP X needs to add some basics back in.
Like just adding feather to crop??? Drop Shadows? Hello???
I did find some 3rd party effects to accomplish this – but jeesh??
Vincent · March 1, 2012 at 7:43 am
Good afternoon,
I'm a FCP X user and teacher and I'd like to thank you for both of your application : 7toX and Xto7.
I'm just wondering if you plan to make others applications like XtoEDL or XtoCutList for exporting and EDL or a Cut List for cinema purpose ?
Well, we never know…
Vincent Coste

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Naomi Mehmet & Partners is taking the lead in introducing the highest international legal standards to Northern Cyprus. Our team of English and Turkish speaking North Cyprus based lawyers, advocates and solicitors offers a large number of practice areas of law including Conveyancing, Property and Construction, Corporate and Commercial Law, Banking and Finance, Family Law, Divorce and Matrimonial Proceedings, Wills, Estates and Probate, Dispute Resolution and Litigation services and Applications to the Immovable Property Commission (IPC).


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We've added a new homeschool art curriculum to our school day from ArtAchieve! The kids have been working through the lessons in the Entire Level I bundle. This has been a fun review for everyone in this house.
What is ArtAchieve?ArtAchieve is an art curriculum that teaches art but also crosses over to other subject areas like geography, cultures, science, and more. The author, John Hofland, homeschooled his children as well. There are five different levels and each level has multiple lessons. Each lesson is presented with both a video and a power point presentation. The lessons include a warm-up, supplies list, list of rules, detailed step-by-step instructions, and suggestions for cross-curricular subjects. Level I is for about grade 1 through adults.
How does it work?Most of the lessons in level I only require paper and markers. Our favorite lesson included oil pastels and watercolors! The lessons are presented in both power point presentation as well as video. Each lesson comes with a warm-up to print out as well as a drawing reference page to print out. It is also suggested to listen to music in order to concentrate on the art. The list of rule are to help the kids feel confident in their own art and are great to go over before each project.
How did we use it?I looked through the power point presentations, but decided upon using the videos with the kids. It held their attention and had more in it than the power point so I knew it was a better choice. I hooked our laptop up to our TV and let the kids have fun with the lessons. I didn't watch them too much but did pause the video on occasion to let them take their time on their projects. We didn't do the lessons in order and instead I let them pick the lesson they felt like doing that day. We did one lesson a week because it did take a decent amount of time, but the kids would have loved to have done it every day.
What did we think?The kids enjoyed the videos. The kids also LOVE art projects so I knew they would enjoy these projects. The videos are a little over 30 minutes and with the pauses to work on their projects, it took them about 45 minutes to do their projects. They had no problem paying attention for that long. It was easy for me because I didn't have to actively teach. I had all the supplies on hand so it wasn't a stretch for me to get this curriculum going.
The kids made dragonflies! They decided they wanted their dragonflies in space.


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Religion and Politics. The two topics you're supposed to avoid, right? Because everyone feels so strongly about them, because no opinion on either of those topics is lightly held. So don't talk about it! People will take offense!
We should talk about the things that matter. You – me – we all should talk about the things we're passionate about, whether that's religion and politics or underwater basket weaving or cooking or fashion or international relations or cars or computer coding. Whatever it is you LOVE, that is what I want to talk to you about, what I want to hear your opinions on. The things we care about are the things that make us interesting.
I can talk for HOURS on the merits of traveling with your children. Or on schools and education and how a good school can change your whole life. Or about home decorating and why I believe it matters that your surroundings are both beautiful and functional. Or food and why it's so important to eat real food and cook real food and teach your children to do that. Or why it's absolutely vital that kids have chores.
And I can talk for days about politics, government, the role of a free press, why our institutions matter. And about religion and it's many blessings and curses and why I'm not religious even though I believe in God and how I try to teach my children to figure that out for themselves.
Those are the discussions I want to have. That's what connects us, what builds relationships, what makes life interesting. That's the good stuff.
So tell me what you love, what you're passionate about. Teach me why I should care about that thing, teach me something new, give me your opinion. I'm all ears.


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The Artemide Tolomeo Mega Terra floor lamp with its graceful arms and the cone-shaped lampshade became an absolute classic of contemporary design. It is a member of the multiple award-winning Tolomeo family from Artemide. This light also received, for instance, the renowned Red Dot Award for its well-proportioned design. The lampshade of the parchment version is made of a translucent and bright parchment paper that is stabilised with the aid of synthetic film; the lampshade is available with a diameter of 32 cm, 36 cm or 42 cm. Moreover, the Tolomeo Mega floor lamp made of fine aluminium can be obtained with a satin shade. The original model of the Tolomeo series, the Tolomeo Tavolo from Artemide, was first introduced to the public at the "Euroluce" light trade fair in Milan in 1987 and it instantly turned out to be a great success. This was additionally confirmed two years later when its creators Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina were awarded the coveted Compasso d'Oro award.
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In the manufacturing industry, the three components that determine success are production cost, quality and speed. While each of these components is an important factor in its own right, in order to achieve the highest degree of success, manufacturers must fully commit themselves to each of these components. Cost, quality, and speed simply cannot be compromised.
The Metalworking Group recognizes the importance of these key components. We have built each one into the core of our fabrication process as well as our general business strategy. At every level of our business, we strive to meet – and exceed – our client's needs for cost, quality, and speed.
Since our inception, The Metalworking Group has worked tirelessly to become the trusted metal fabricator in Cincinnati, Southwest Ohio, and the greater tri-state area. Over the years, our efforts to establish ourselves as the most skillful, knowledgeable and high-quality metal fabricator has helped us also achieve success in Canada and Western Europe, in addition to becoming a nationally recognized manufacturer throughout the United States.
While we always invite businesses to experience the quality of our services firsthand, a brief look at our history can also attest to our leadership in the manufacturing industry.
The Metalworking Group began in 1982 with the acquisition of Techni-Fab Metal Products, a manufacturer of sheet metal components, weldments and UL listed electrical enclosures as well as other fabrications.
In the following year, as well as over the course of the next two decades, we expanded our capabilities quickly with a number of other key acquisitions. Our group acquired Murrer Tool and Die, a manufacturer of stamping, dies, fixtures, and CNC machined parts, in 1983; Opitz Metal Products, a manufacturer of production stampings, in 1986; American Metal Finishes, a manufacturer of custom metal polishing, finishing, and buffing, in 1989; Aerospace Precision Metalworking, a manufacturer of CNC machined and stamped parts for aerospace, in 1990; Auto Sun Products, Inc., a manufacturer of metal stampings, in 1991; and Parker Metal Stampings, a manufacturer of metal stamping, 1994.
2002 marked our most recent addition with the acquisition of Precision Profile which is renowned for laser cutting and sheet metal fabricating.
The acquisition of these companies over time not only speaks to The Metalworking Group's long, deep-rooted history of custom metal fabrication, laser cutting, and sheet metal stamping, but also our ability to attract the highest quality of specialists in our industry.
Today, we are able to provide solutions for complex manufacturing challenges. Our ability to lead the manufacturing industry is due largely in part to both our highly specialized capabilities – namely, metal fabricated, machined, stamped and welded components and assemblies – as well as our ability to offer full-service engineering and project management.
We have nearly 150,000 square feet of manufacturing space occupied with the latest technologies, including laser cutting machines, CNC press brakes, robotic welders, and CNC turret punch presses that can handle any volume of metal assemblies or components. Our extensive manufacturing space also permits us to utilize our selection of machinery including the new Finn Power Shear Genius and Ytterbium Fiber Optic Laser System. These top-of-the-line technologies allow us to eliminate a production tradeoff by tendering precision and speed while often reducing cycle times significantly.
Together, all of these elements let us stand above the rest in one of the world's most competitive industries and allows us to achieve our goal of helping you achieve yours.
Providing the best cost, the best quality, and the best speed is at the core of our business – but they're not what motivate us to provide the best. Our work is motivated by your work. We pride ourselves as the manufacturer that is invested in your success.
Between the software, equipment, and highly skilled workers, our entire metal fabricating process is optimized for you. This saves both us, and you, money and time while also allowing us to deliver on our promises of accuracy, quality, and punctuality. This same effectiveness has even helped us to achieve ISO Certification (9001). We look forward to how our growing expertise, and consequent achievements, of The Metalworking Group will attract more businesses and more talent in order to better serve our clients.
No matter what your business requires, we can handle it. We're excited to prove that to you. Explore our website to learn more about The Metalworking Group and don't hesitate to contact us if you have questions or would like to discuss the specifics of your future project. We appreciate your interest and hope to add your project to our history of success!
Metal fabrication is a pretty broad term when it comes to what we do here at Metalworking Group. What we mean is that you could be in need of something other than just standard sheet metal fabrication. We realized that every business has its own particular needs when it comes to metal, and that it would be best to put it all under one roof. We've managed to do this through the acquisition of metal fabricating companies, talented professionals and certifications.
Regardless of the metal product you need, we can handle everything from start to finish. Metal is everywhere, and we've manufactured parts for everything from medical devices, to compressors and even military vehicles. Parts can be small or large, and we've worked across that spectrum to. If you're unsure if we can work on your specific project, just ask! (Comment below, or contact us)
Some of the parts we offer include CNC Machined Parts, robotic weldments and metal stampings. We work with each client to identify and design the ideal product, and deliver a finished, assembled product with liquid painting or powder coatings when applicable.
Having been in business since 1982, we pride ourselves on service and quality, and we continue to build upon that. In 2013 we became ISO certified, and we plan on maintaining the most current certifications. Many of our professionals are certified in their craft as well. For example, our welding staff has several AWS certifications. Certifications paired with lean manufacturing techniques allow us to control costs in a way that benefits both parties.
If you need a metal part, Metalworking Group can design and fabricate it in a cost-effective, time-sensitive manner. Our goal is to be successful, while making your business as successful as possible too. We look forward to the opportunity of working with you in the future!
Production Welding jobs draw questions. Do we need to perform MIG or TIG Welding? What is the material that we'll need to weld? Is the object going to be small, or very large? Our professionals will discuss each and every aspect of your Welding project to create an end product that is exactly what you've envisioned. At the Metalworking Group, we've done this time and time again.
Part of our success in production welding is due to the robotic welding cells, large welding turntables, and pedestal cranes that allow us manage parts of any size. Our technicians skill combined with this equipment makes for a high quality end result.
To be a welding technician and be in the welding and manufacturing industry requires skill and experience, but the question is how do we measure this? We believe this is exhibited through our years in the industry, and the several welding certifications we've accumulated through that time, including AWS B and D certifications. With hundreds of weld specifications, WPS, and PQR's on file, Metalworking Group is probably already certified to meet your requirements. If not, we will work with you and your internal team to achieve the necessary certifications to make your project a success.
What kind of welding challenges have you run into in the past, or even one you're currently dealing with? Leave a comment on this post, or get in touch with us through our website so that we can discuss this! It's quite possible that one of our 60+ certified welding technicians can find a solution. We look forward to hearing from you!
Also known as Computer Numerical Control, CNC Machining allows a computer to manage tools movements from coded data. High tech stuff right? It is indeed, and it offers a wealth of benefits that directly affect the success of our business, and our customers. We're sure you're wondering, how is that?
As you would expect, the coded data for the machines is very specific. It allows our team of experts to make the necessary changes to the speed and feed rates to achieve certain features and finishes for all types of materials. Our 4-axis vertical CNC Machining Centers in particular don't even require us to reposition the parts during its cycle! We also have a unique capability where we can run several machines at the same time. The result of all of this is an increase in output at a lower cost. To top things off, cycle times are reduced as well. With the Metalworking Group you're going to get a top of the line product at the best price. From steel, to aluminum, to brass as well as various types of stainless steel, we can do this for almost any material you throw at us.
At The Metalworking Group, we get it. If you're going to work with someone, will it improve your company? We've kept that in mind from the get go. If we're leaving you with any questions, they may be answered here on our CNC Machining page. If not, we would be happy to answer your question! Contact us through the form or information listed on this page. We hope we can help your business reach its goals!
We know that metal fabrication must meet quality standards while staying on schedule. Whether you're in the United States, Canada, or Western Europe, the Metalworking Group delivers just that.
In the U.S alone we have over 100,000 square feet of manufacturing space. This permits us to utilize our selection of machinery including the new Finn Power Shear Genius, and develop systems to meet your specific needs. Within this space we've utilized some of the latest technology available like the new Ytterbium Fiber Optic Laser System to assist in reaching your goals. This technology eliminates a production tradeoff by tendering precision and speed. We often reduce cycle times significantly. From laser cutting machines, CNC presses and brakes, we can tackle nearly any low or high volume project. Interested in seeing all of our equipment? Take a look, here!
For needs like welding, stamping, castings and extrusions, or other items in the realm of metal fabrication, we can accommodate. Our Global connections allow us to provide effective, quality, low cost manufacturing solutions.
Regardless of your manufacturing need, no matter where or what it may be, it's likely that we can help. Learn more about us on our website, where you can find our contact information as well.
The Metalworking Group is currently installing an exciting piece of technology! During the month of November, Mazak Optonics is setting up our new Ytterbium Fiber Optic Laser system for processing sheet metal. The new laser dramatically lowers operating costs with blazing cutting speed that conventional lasers cannot approach.
Ytterbium is quite a mouthful and it is a word that definitely does not garner any recognition, unless you are a chemistry geek and learning the Periodic Table. Ytterbium is listed on the Periodic Table with the symbol Yb. The element was discovered in 1878 by Swiss chemist Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac. For some reason, de Marignac was trying to reduce the rare earth substance, "erbia", into more finite components. How do people think of doing this stuff!
Ytterbium is used as a dopant in stainless steel to improve strength, to produce gamma rays, and also as an active laser media. We are most interested in the laser application, of course.
The laser wave length produced by Yb allows the laser energy to be delivered by a fiber optic cable. This eliminates all the perishable and expensive mirrors in conventional lasers. The Yb laser consumes 1/3 the electric. The laser beam wave length allows it to cut stainless steel, copper, and aluminum dramatically better than other lasers. And, most importantly, it is fast! It can process 2-3 times faster than regular lasers, or even more, depending on the application.
We are excited to bring this fantastic technology to our customers! Pictured below is the Yb laser resonator portion of the machine. It is 20% the size of the old technology, and that yellow fiber optic cord on top is all that is needed to deliver the 4000 watts of laser power.
MIG or TIG - Which Process Is Right for Your Business?
In order to gain a competitive edge in the manufacturing and industrial industries, one must choose production companies that can provide the best welding services. In addition to services, there are many different welding techniques that can be used to manufacture products. Even though some techniques can speed up productivity rates in the manufacturing industry, quality is the ultimate goal. Here are some reasons why one should consider using MIG welding and TIG welding techniques for their products.
The Advantages of Metal Gas Arc Welding
The Metal Inert Gas welding process has several advantages that can help your business to increase productivity. This process uses a consumable wire and electrode to weld. Gas metal arc welding produces faster results, that is why it is one of the most commonly used welding processes in the world. It is used in everything from hobbies, shipbuilding, repairs, construction projects, and fabrications. Here are some additional factors that make the metal gas arc welding process a more desirable one for many businesses:
· Gas shielding offers protection to the arc and significantly reduces the loss of alloys. Very minimal waste and splatter is produced.
· Highly versatile technique that can be used on various alloys and metals.
· Process can be semi and fully automated, depending on production needs.
· The MIG welding process is easier and cheaper to use.
The Advantages of TIG Welding
The Tungsten Inert Gas welding process is also known as the gas tungsten arc welding technique. It is most commonly used on steel, certain types of aluminum, gold, bronze, and brass metals. This process uses inert gases and tungsten metals to weld two pieces of metal together. Here are several reasons why businesses can benefit from the tungsten inert gas welding process:
· Precise control with temperature regulation creates cleaner and higher quality welds.
· No smoke, fumes, splatter, and less alloy waste.
· AAlthough these two welding techniques are similar, they have their own set of advantages. Contact a welding manufacturer to learn more on how these processes can take your business to the next level.
The Metalworking Group is currently installing a flexible sheet metal processing system. The work is nearly complete and the picture below shows the current status of the progress. The Finn Power Shear Genius is no ordinary turret punch press. This system offers features and capabilities well beyond a regular machine tool.
This equipment has four major components that need to be installed on-site. The first is the turret punch press. This machine tool will punch and form metal to demanding specifications. The next major part of the system is a programmable right angle shear. This is integrated with the turret punch press to allow the sheet metal fabrication process to incorporate the efficiencies of shearing the finished components quicker and more accurately. The quality of the parts produced allows easier fit-up for downstream production welding operations.
The hydraulic ram on the turret punch press is capable of up-forming to maximize the ability to produce feature intensive products. The right angle shear has programmable blade clearances in order to cut a wide range of metal thicknesses.
The final two components are an automated sheet loader and the Siemens CNC machine control. Taken as an overall system, this layout eliminates wasteful l handling, improves throughput, and increases the quality of the parts.
This installation increases the technological investments for metal fabrication at MWG. Also coming this summer is a robotic welding cell capable of working within a 20-foot diameter. The Metalworking Group is committed to offering our customers the most efficient and highest quality custom metal fabrication, laser cutting, and CNC machining options currently available. We understand that investing in productive and efficient sheet metal fabrication and production welding capabilities will enable our customers to receive cost effective and high quality solutions for their production needs.
The Metalworking Group just made an additional investment in robotic welding. We added a robotic weld cell produced by Motoman in Dayton, Ohio. The new robotic welding cell will be installed in our Fairfield facility during the month of July. This cell is equipped with a robotic arm capable of reaching over 10 feet in a production setting. This allows MWG to produce large fabrications in the most productive and efficient manner possible. The cell is also equipped with dual tailstock positioners in order to handle and rotate large fabrications. This allows welding access to 360 degrees of position. The power supply is manufactured by Miller and is set up for high production MIG welding.
MWG currently has an additional 5 robotic welders and this new capability furthers our automation in production welding. We are consistently investing in our metal fabrication facilities and we also look forward to the installation of our new Finn Power Shear Genius in the month of July. The Motoman Robot and the Finn Power equipment will allow The Metalworking Group to continue to expand in the sheet metal fabrication and production welding market.
MWG is excited to add this capability, but it is worth noting that all the modern equipment in the world will not be efficient unless the engineers and operators are trained professionals. We have that at MWG. Our consistent commitment to our customers is demonstrated on a daily basis. If you have needs for sheet metal fabrication, CNC machining, powder coating or just about any type of production project, including assembly, take a look at the capabilities of The Metalworking Group. We are an ISO certified manufacturer located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Below is a schematic diagram of our new robotic welding cell:
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FOODIES and Beatles fans are in for a treat at a special event in the county next month.
The Courtyard is joining forces with supper club outlet A Rule Of Tum for a night of food, film and music nostalgia at Lyde Court on Wednesday September 17.
There will be a screening of re-released A Hard Day's Night (U), a film that follows Brit supergroup of the sixties, The Beatles, on a typical day.
It offers a glimpse into the life of one of music's most iconic groups with many of their greatest hits performed along the way.
Alongside the special screening of the 1964 re-release, acclaimed Hereford based catering outfit A Rule of Tum have provided a special three-course menu for film-goers to enjoy.
The event starts at Lyde Court at 7.30pm and tickets for the film and the meal cost £45.
To book tickets, call The Courtyard's box office on 01432 340555 or visit courtyard.org.uk


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Mon 11 Apr 2011
This Week in Links: Narnia, LOL's, and (Inadvertant) Internet Sabotage
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An eclectic collection of news and views from the past week on faith, language, and literature, as well as other topics of interest.
It looks like a new Narnia film is waiting in the wings. Walden Media president Micheal Flaherty says The Magician's Nephew is the preferred choice for a fourth film in an interview with Christianity Today.
This one's a little late, but the March edition of The Lutheran Witness contains an article on Natural Law from a Lutheran perspective. Our civil engagement, writes Korey D. Maas, must appeal to the law as written on the hearts of men rather than to the Scriptures per se. You can read it in "Natural Law, Lutheranism and the Public Good."
BBC News Magazine reports on the latest additions to the Oxford English Dictionary include "LOL" and "OMG," to the shock of language prescriptivists and general unsurprise of descriptivists everywhere. As OED editor Graeme Diamond explains, the purpose of the dictionary is to record words as they are used; not to prescribe which words should be used: "The word is common, widespread, and people understand it." And so it makes it in.
Jessa Crispin has a thoughtful take on the glut of bad books published these days. A selection: "The difference is that now whatever you can scribble on paper or type on your computer, you might as well publish as a book. What was once fantasy — becoming a published writer — now can be reality. Sorta. You and your book have to face that din and most likely will get lost in it." It's all in an article entitled "A Sea of Words" over at The Smart Set.
Self-described churchgoing nonbeliever Martin Rees has won the Templeton prize. The million pound prize is awarded annually to an individual who, according to the official website, "has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life's spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works." The Guardian has a good story on Reese's award, with links to an interview and the text of his acceptance speech.
And finally in other news, it was revealed this past Wednesday that a 75 year-old Georgian woman disabled internet access to all of of Armenia back in March. But this isn't a case of high-tech electronic terrorism. The elderly woman was simply scavenging for copper when she accidentally cut though a very important fiber optic cable. Read all about it at The Guardian.


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Each year from September 1st to December 31st, Publix Super Markets, Hormel® and Cure 81® partner to donate hams to those in need through the Ham's for Hunger program. This year on January 10th Second Harvest Food Bank received a wonderful and much-needed donation of 500 fresh Hormel Hams.
Thanks to our network of 550 partner agencies, these hams were able to be rapidly distributed into our Central Florida community. Publix & Hormel also partnered up in the Gainesville area to donate 500 fresh Hormel Hams to Bread of the Mighty Food Bank, extending their generous gift throughout Florida.
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- ScienceDaily: "Extra Gene Drove Instant Leap in Human Brain Evolution"
Two studies just published in Cell reveal the way a uniquely human genetic nuance probably helps the human brain develop the efficient interconnections needed to support its complex functions. The studies propose an evolutionary history of that gene, which is a modified duplicate of a neighboring gene. They believe the gene is a randomly mutated, truncated duplicate that transformed our ape-like ancestor's brain into human form.
Franck Polleux and Evan Eichler led two research teams examining a human gene called SRGAP2. They say the gene has "been duplicated twice during the course of human evolution, first about 3.5 million years ago and then again about 2.5 million years ago." Happily for the evolutionary model, the latter just happens to be about time evolutionists believe human ancestors diverged from Australopithecine ancestors.
The duplicate gene actually has some differences and is also incomplete. That incomplete copy inhibits expression of it counterpart. The researchers believe the incomplete version evolved from the full version and was helpful in hominid brain evolution. In mice, SRGAP2 accelerates the migration of neurons during brain development. Inhibition of the gene causes mouse neurons to grow knobby extensions and interconnect more freely. Polleux and Eichler believe these spiky knobs help neurons to interconnect more efficiently.
The researchers suggest this and similar "human-specific gene duplicates" helped ape-like ancestors leap to more efficient brain function and scamper up the evolutionary intellectual tree, leaving their cousins in the dust.
"We may have been looking at the wrong types of mutations to explain human and great ape differences," Eichler explains. "These episodic and large duplication events could have allowed for radical—potentially earth-shattering—changes in brain development and brain function."
Gene duplication can occur, but the presence of genes in duplicate or variant form does not prove they resulted from random mutation.
Gene duplication can occur, but the presence of genes in duplicate or variant form does not prove they resulted from random mutation. The similarity of molecular structure in such a partial duplicate would make it ideally suited for its regulatory role by making it recognizable by the loci affected by the primary form of the gene. Nothing about the existence of such an important duplicate demonstrates its evolutionary or random origin in deep time.
Furthermore, the time when the duplications are supposed to have occurred derive from molecular clock estimates. Molecular clock estimates are based on the unverifiable constancy of mutation rates and some statistical fallacies by which molecular clocks are calibrated. And the supposed fossil proof of Homo evolution from ape-like ancestors is dated in accord with the same assumptions used to calibrate molecular clocks. Since these hypothetical evolutionary events are dated according to the same assumptions and are mutually dependent, their agreement is an expected result of circular reasoning. The agreement of the dates therefore gives only the illusion of reliability and confirmation.
Many people don't realize how much bias is built into these numbers. Molecular geneticist and creationist Dr. Georgia Purdom says, "People need to understand that many assumptions by the scientists, like human evolution from an ape-like ancestor, have a direct effect on how the scientists compare the genomes. They compare them in a way that will achieve the conclusion they have already determined is true—that humans and apes share common ancestry. It's truly a case of circular reasoning!"
If the animal model here is accurately demonstrating the function of the partial gene duplicate, this discovery could be genuinely useful in understanding neurological abnormalities characterized by "bad connections" between neurons. Such conditions include autism, epilepsy and schizophrenia. But the role of this gene in human brain development has nothing to do with presumptive evolutionary history. The neuronal connections and the genetic functions exist in the present and do not demonstrate anything about their own history through deep time. Our only reliable information about human origins is the eyewitness account in Genesis telling us He created Adam and Eve in his own image distinct from the animals by His own perfect design.
Further Reading
- News to Note, March 17, 2012
- Greater Than 98% Chimp/Human DNA Similarity? Not Any More.
- If Human and Chimp DNA Are So Similar, Why Are There So Many Physical and Mental Differences Between Them?
- Chimp Genome Sequence Very Different from Man
- Did Humans Really Evolve from Apelike Creatures?
- New Science Can't Save an Old Farce
- News to Note, June 18, 2011
- News to Note, December 31, 2011: Year in Review
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|Question 1: The mythological figure of Tiresias, who figures in the Oedipus cycle as well as the ________, could be called a sequential hermaphrodite, having been changed from a man to a woman and back by the gods.
|Question 2: The 1990 Michael Crichton science fiction novel, ________, and its 1993 film adaptation featured dinosaurs exhibiting a sequential hermaphrodite transformation as a key plot point.
|Question 3: In the novel and manga adaption of the Ring (Ringu), ________ is told to be a hermaphrodite; that is, she has no uterus, but she identifies as female and has testes along with breasts.
|Question 4: The populations are generally changing sex at a smaller size, due to ________.
|Question 5: Most life forms on the fictional planet ________ are hermaphrodites.
|Question 6: Hermaphrodite was used to describe any person incompatible with the biological gender binary, but has recently been replaced by ________ in medicine.
|Question 7: Ursula K. Le Guin's novel, ________, featured a planet inhabited by humans whose ancestors had modified themselves to be sequential hermaphrodites.
|Question 8: Sequential hermaphroditism is common in fish (particularly teleost fish), many ________ (such as the common slipper shell), and some flowering plants.
|Question 9: [3] Usually, ________ does not occur; in humans it cannot occur.
|Question 10: Baron Ashura, one of the Dr. Hell's henchmen in ________ series, is a hermaphrodite.