Rockstar Warehouse Relaunch with New Gear, Improved Shipping and More

Posted: October 14, 2011 10:32AM | Author: R* W

Get that primo Rockstar product - directly from the source - and now with some new high-grade stuff, like the first items from the Grand Theft Auto III 10-Year Anniversary Collection and the new Navy & Gold Edition Rockstar Cap - at the relaunched Rockstar Warehouse online store.

New product today includes:

The Grand Theft Auto III 10-Year Anniversary Collection currently featuring the limited-edition Sideshow Claude Action Figure as announced yesterday. This fully articulated 1:6 scale action figure was created by renowned collectible manufacturer, Sideshow, and is available for pre-order in limited quantities now. You can also order the Grand Theft Auto III 10-Year Anniversary poster set - featuring both the special anniversary edition treatments of the game's original US poster art that introduced GTA's signature cover art aesthetic and also of the European release version montage art. Keep an eye on the Rockstar Newswire for more special items to be announced and added from the Grand Theft Auto III 10-Year Anniversary Collection in the coming weeks.

The brand new Navy & Gold Edition Rockstar Cap as well as the original Navy & White Rockstar Baseball cap which is back in stock by popular demand.

We've also worked with our traffickers to hustle up some improved shipping rates, both for the U.S. and for international customers, with significantly cheaper shipping to the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Japan, Sweden and lots of other territories, now between 15-20% lower on average than our old rates. This is something we're going to be continuing to work on and improve, so rates will get even lower in the coming months as well.

The relaunched Warehouse also features the new Digital Downloads store where you can find a compendium of links to our digital soundtracks, DLC downloads and more, plus enhanced package tracking, Game Series collections, and Social Club member login support so that our best customers can make an easy transaction to get in and out. We've got a lot more in store as well being cooked up in terms of new product, features and shipping so stay tuned.

www.rockstarwarehouse.com
 

• Collectibles
• Downloadable Content
• Downloads
• Games for Windows
• iTunes
• Mac
• Music
• Nintendo
• Nintendo DS
• PC
• PLAYSTATION 3
• Posters
• Pre-Order
• PSP
• Social Club
• Soundtrack
• T-Shirts
• Warehouse
• Xbox 360

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Jay Electronica – Unreleased Beaterator Instrumental

Posted: February 26, 2010 10:05AM | Author: R* Q

Jay Electronica, who’s been blowing up airwaves this year here in New York and worldwide with his breakout Just Blaze-produced anthem, “Exhibit C” – was one of several artists who passed through the Beaterator Lounge a few months back to test out the beatmaking abilities of Beaterator for PSP.

Digging through our files, we came across this unreleased original beat he whipped up that day live on the spot in just a few minutes flat.  Simple, bass-heavy and vocals-ready with a funky electronic cascade to it… check it out:

Previously:
Beaterator: Artists Series Video Part 2, Hands-On with Pete Rock, Buckshot, Twista, Jay Electronica and More
Beaterator Exclusive Preview at VMA Weekend in NYC

• Beaterator
• Music
• PSN
• PSP

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DJ Kiva Delivers BTR8ION: World's First Album Created on Beaterator for PSP

Posted: February 05, 2010 10:36AM | Author: R* S

The crew at Dubspot were among the first to recognize the potential of Beaterator for PSP, working with us to reach out to schools using Beaterator as a music production teaching tool.  They also created some great instructional videos to help the crew come to grips with some of Beaterator's more advanced features.

Just to prove just how powerful and versatile Beaterator is, Dubspot's DJ Kiva has created an entire album using Beaterator - and it's awesome. Set up like an old school mixtape, Kiva uses Beaterator's sequencer, sampler and tools to mix up live instrumentation, spoken word, vocals and samples to create a smooth collection of beats ranging from classic old school hip-hop to head-nodding reggae, deep house, subatomic dubstep basslines and more.

Listen and download BTR8ION at Kiva's Soundcloud account http://soundcloud.com/dj-kiva/btr8ion.

Previously:
Beaterator: Video Tips Series by Dubspot
Teaching Music with Beaterator

• PSP
• Music
• Beaterator

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Beaterator: Video Tips Series by Dubspot

Posted: January 22, 2010 1:27PM | Author: R* Z

The good folks at Dubspot, the premier music school specializing in electronic music production & DJ’ing located right near our home base here in NYC, have been touring schools across the country using Beaterator as a tool to help educate kids on the fundamental aspects of music theory and composition.

Now, on the official Dubspot blog – they’ve gone a step further and put together their own series of very helpful and informative instructional videos taking you through some of the more advanced mixing and music creation features of Beaterator for PSP.  

There’s 8 vids in total in the series ranging from mastering effects like Reverb, Delay, and Filter – to more advanced features like Loop Slicing and Sampling Live Instruments – and even the finer points of using the Synth Editor to create what they call a “Dubstep Wobble” (as featured in our most recent Beaterator Breakdowns installment).

Check out http://blog.dubspot.com/beaterator/tips.html to see the full set of clips – and also check out some episodes from their nationwide schools tour here.

• Video
• Beaterator
• Music
• PSN
• PSP

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Winner Announced in the Beaterator and MySpace Records Challenge: "Night Courtship" by Leeni

Posted: January 08, 2010 2:59PM | Author: R* Q

We're proud to announce the winner of the Beaterator and MySpace Records Challenge, a competition in conjunction with IGN and MySpace that offered select artists and bands on MySpace Music the opportunity to win $5,000 by creating a track using the song-crafting tools provided in Beaterator for PSP.

The winning song is "Night Courtship" by Leeni. You can listen to the track below, and check out more of her music on her official MySpace page.

We'd also like to put forth a few outstanding honorable mentions we also enjoyed. 

"My Corazon" by SuperROOT 

"Sixshooter" by The Rouge

• Beaterator
• Contest
• Events
• Music
• PSN
• PSP

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Beaterator Breakdown: The Power of the Synth Editor

Posted: January 06, 2010 8:35AM | Author: R* S

Behind Beaterator for PSP’s easy-to-use interface are some pretty powerful music creation tools.  In previous Beaterator Breakdowns, we’ve looked at the Loop Slicer and how to create complex drum sounds using Trigger Velocity.  Today (and thanks to Adriaan on the suggestion), we’re going to get deep into the heart of Beaterator and show you the potential that lies within the Synth Editor.  From here, you can create your own rumbling subsonic basslines, cool sounds to use in the melody crafter, and if you’re a bit of a synth ninja, you can even make your own original drum sounds.

For non-musicians like us, the Synth Editor may appear a little intimidating at first: rows of knobs affecting every possible parameter.  But to easily get right into experimenting with what the Synth Editor can do, start with the knobs at the top left. That’s where you choose perameters for what kind of sound wave you’re going to be working with - with options of a "sine wave" (a smooth sound) and a "sawtooth" (a rougher, buzzier style sound).

From there, you can choose a range of effects and filters to alter the character, pitch and tone of the sound.  Small differences in each parameter can have huge effects on the sound itself, so make sure to experiment as much as possible.  Really, that's the best way for a novice beatmaker to truly strike gold with the Synth Editor - load up a sound that you like to start with, and then just experiment away with the various knobs and settings and you'll likely wind up with a serendipitous original creation to use in your mixes and songs.  If you want to get really advanced, you can shift the parameters over time, and record your movements to create amazingly diverse sounds.

To give an example of just what's possible, below is a video from our friends at the Dubspot music education center demo'ing how to create a classic wobbly Bassline with the Synth Editor:

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Look out for more breakdowns of Beaterator production techniques, from simple shortcuts to more advanced ways to supe up your songs.  In the meantime, if you have a production tip of your own to offer or are looking for advice on an area of Beaterator PSP you’d like us to breakdown in a future installment here, give us a shout via comments below or shoot us an e-mail.

Also look out for tips for the recently released iPhone & iPod touch version of Beaterator soon.

Previously: 
Beaterator Breakdown: Getting the Most out of Trigger Velocity
Teaching Music with Beaterator

• PSP
• PSN
• Music
• Game Tips
• Beaterator

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The Ballad of Gay Tony and Chinatown Wars Win at the Spike TV Video Game Awards

Posted: December 17, 2009 5:51PM | Author: R* Q

This past weekend at the Spike TV Video Games Awards, the Grand Theft Auto franchise walked away with two honors.  Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars was named the Best Handheld Game of 2009 and Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony was chosen as the Best Downloadable Content for 2009.

Thanks to all our fans that took part in the voting.

• Chinatown Wars
• Episodes From Liberty City
• Grand Theft Auto
• Nintendo DS
• PSN
• PSP
• The Ballad of Gay Tony
• Xbox 360
• Xbox LIVE

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Beaterator User-Created Jams: Remixing via the Social Club and Some First iPhone Tracks

Posted: December 15, 2009 11:02AM | Author: R* Z

Over the past week, the Beaterator Community at the Rockstar Social Club has seen a slew of new user audio creations already streaming in from the iPhone version of Beaterator just released last Monday…

Here are some choice works we've been bumping...

• Beaterator
• iPhone
• iPod touch
• Music
• PSN
• PSP
• Social Club

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