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Originally Posted by Spectrum

So you're studio's gettin set up, ay? When we gonna collaborate?

My first setup

Decks: Numark TT500 x2
Mixer: Vestax VMC-002
Headphones: Sony MDR-Z700 (Possibly ripped version of the MDR-V700, but sound quality was awesome for what they cost me)

^^not bad!!

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Originally Posted by Spectrum

Have just added the Edirol PCR-M30 controller...



Took the manual to work out why a simply keyboard would require/offer so many input/outputs, but I got there in the end.

Has made tweaking the FS1R and Proteus 2000 fun again. The pots/sliders can also control Pro Tools however the latency while under steam is near-unworkable. Not a worry as it I'd never planned to use it that way.

Have a great week, all.

holly molly, wat the hell is all that for spektrum? looks likes the ultra producers setup, very technical looking!

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Originally Posted by Richard Parker

So you're studio's gettin set up, ay? When we gonna collaborate?

Hey mate,

Yeah, was (is still?) a little cramped, though now with the MIDI controller in place, it's all quite workable indeed.

And given we've got some random gig in Mandurah lined up for the end of the year, we best get crackin'!

Do you get weekdays free? Or just evenings/weekends?

Gotta put it off for a couple of weeks while I crack open my friggin' "Macs Just Work®" iBook to replace the hard drive which I really should have done a few months back instead of opting for the false sense of security of a clean install on a bung drive.

Must be honest and say collaborations aren't something I've really been a part of much in the past, though I'm all up for it... what do you find works for you?

In fact, how do any of you guys go about to work on tracks with others?

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Originally Posted by djtoastytraxx

holly molly, wat the hell is all that for spektrum? looks likes the ultra producers setup, very technical looking!

Hahaha... there'd be plenty of other bits'n'pieces one might add to make the "ultra producers setup", I bet. Anyway, there's an ace in every place, having cut out a few other synths/FX a few years back.


To make it simpler, maybe consider it this way...

K5000S synth plug-in
AN1x synth plug-in
FS1R synth plug-in
Proteus 2000 synth plug-in

plus,

MPX500 effects plug-in

plus,

a cheap MIDI keyboard controller.

...all running a small laptop.

I bet even the most humble producer would have at least four soft-synths (plus effects) in their arsenal.

It ain't as technical* as it might seem.

(*It looks a whole lot more dramatic with the controller keyboard appearing as four separate devices in that layout).

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Originally Posted by Spectrum

Do you get weekdays free? Or just evenings/weekends?

Gotta put it off for a couple of weeks while I crack open my friggin' "Macs Just Work®" iBook to replace the hard drive which I really should have done a few months back instead of opting for the false sense of security of a clean install on a bung drive.

Must be honest and say collaborations aren't something I've really been a part of much in the past, though I'm all up for it... what do you find works for you?

If you're not at one of the other two gigs on this Saturday, I'm playing at the Velvet Lounge (Mt Lawley) at 11pm.
And yeh, just finished uni, and for the most part unemployed, so weekends and week days mean little to me
In my limited experience, I'd say there are two ways of collaborating, there's the realtime and the offline (file-share) modes. The latter's more convenient but perhaps less inclined to spontaneous, happy accidents.
(Only just got my iMac's bung hard-drive replaced - just under a year after I got it, free of charge thank christ, the monthly reformats were a pain )

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Originally Posted by Richard Parker

If you're not at one of the other two gigs on this Saturday, I'm playing at the Velvet Lounge (Mt Lawley) at 11pm.

Mount Lawley eh?!! Right in our backyard.

Yep, us (MsJax and myself) weary soldiers will pop along, but not before an afternoon nap. Haven't yet got ourselves to Velvet Lounge (only the Scotto main bar/street).

Looking forward to it.

What are the other 2x gigs BTW?

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Originally Posted by Richard Parker

And yeh, just finished uni, and for the most part unemployed, so weekends and week days mean little to me

Cool. I work retail hours (incl. Sundays) meaning typically a weekday and Sat or Sun off. We'll work something out.

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Originally Posted by Richard Parker

In my limited experience, I'd say there are two ways of collaborating, there's the realtime and the offline (file-share) modes. The latter's more convenient but perhaps less inclined to spontaneous, happy accidents.

Yeah, I've always found that two people crowding around one person's sequencer of choice doesn't yield the most spontaneous of sessions. No drama though.

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Originally Posted by Richard Parker

(Only just got my iMac's bung hard-drive replaced - just under a year after I got it, free of charge thank christ, the monthly reformats were a pain )

Can you believe it, the only two Mac users in the entire world with hardware troubles finding themselves on a random internet forum. Who'd have thought?

units as built.... no tilt control, no height adjustment. couldn't be fucked working that shit out... just get the drawing right and there's no need to adjust anything



i forgot how time consuming drilling stainless was



all done

wow i like it man, nice work on the bench.. did u only build the stands for the cdjs? i would get confused having a 2 different cdjs tho :p

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Originally Posted by Spectrum

What are the other 2x gigs BTW?

Eternity at Heat (tech) and earlier there's some DnB on at iVinyl.

lol at us being the only Mac users with hardware issues. I'm just glad I didn't get one of the farked iMacs with the noisy fans and the periodic shut downs :O

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Originally Posted by Dj DeKay

wow i like it man, nice work on the bench.. did u only build the stands for the cdjs? i would get confused having a 2 different cdjs tho :p

i didn't build any of it... the CDJ stands i could make, the desk is another matter entirely i can weld stainless resonably well, but that desk is way over my level of skill.

I'm luckly enough to have at my desposal a stainless workshop with welders and fitters.... so when it's not busy, they work on my desk... when we get an order they do that. hell, they're paid to be there whether they're standing around scratching their nuts or working... may as well make them work.

the desk has ~30-40 hours of labour in it.... the CDJ stands 2-3 probably... now most welders would be charged out at $50/hr... that's one expensive table (it cost me $200 for the metal )

Very nice,

Your all complete like now.

Bracko, that setup is fantastic!

I felt compelled to comment on it, lol.

Damn Bracko, thats one awesome setup man!!!

lol love the socks in the ports but what do you wear to work

holly crap what are you a drug dealer.........

woops the pants off my home made "unparallel" wood table. pitty i spend all my money on music i could have one of those

wowaweewaah! .. well i guess i better start putting some cash aside for a proper L shaped desk..

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Originally Posted by Cheap Therapy

lol love the socks in the ports but what do you wear to work

nah, they're soft packing foam, much like the stuff dell wrap their emergency server HDD deliveries

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holly crap what are you a drug dealer.........

err.... no

the table cost me the materials and 2 cases of beer. so all up, $280.

the gear has been over about 4 years of buying.... and 4 years of being very, very poor

thanks for the kind comments guys :blush: it's taken fucking ages to get ir right.... previous to getting the table, I've been using my study desk and bending over.... yay to back pain after 20min

Wikkid Bracks!!

my setup

bracko whered you get that yellow "human traffic" poster with the arrow, its great!!

hey bracko which one would you recommend out of the denon and the vestax or arnt you willing to reveal your secrets??

donnie, not telling .... no not really, I'm not that much of a tool....

I got mine at the uni poster sales that go around all the uni's in sydney... UTS UNSW USyd etc etc.... i've also got a wallace and grommit one with TRANCE

TT, denon hands down... i bought the vestax unit due to the tascam controller unit you see on the right hand deck and it being very, very cheap

Mmm, that table + stand setup is sweet! It sure makes me feel lame with my custom rack setup planned to be made out of mild steel and arc welded :blush:
That said, the drum trigger pads I'm machining right now are done to pretty fine tolerances and should end up looking good too (milled perspex chassis), so that'll be my thing to brag about.

you know whatd be pimp, get ur table influences from hot4s foolyseek cars show quality soundsystem pics...

im thinking thick clear persepx with neons! rofl

lol .. a clear perspex table with neons underneath it.. that would be ok for 5 seconds, then it would get anoying ..

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Originally Posted by pat_insilico

finally got myself a decent set up

..Yamaha HS80Ms + HS10 SUB
)

pwah how they sound? im concidering these - just got to get the cash first, where abouts did u get them from?

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Originally Posted by Donnie Darko

you know whatd be pimp, get ur table influences from hot4s foolyseek cars show quality soundsystem pics...

im thinking thick clear persepx with neons! rofl

I'm not sure if that was aimed at me, but I was originally going to put small lights under the speaker benches so i could play with the lights out easily maybe black lights would be better :offchops:

get out the amyl....

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Originally Posted by Richard Parker

I'm playing at the Velvet Lounge (Mt Lawley) at 11pm.

Just got home...

Top work there, mate!

As I said to you just before, really love the tinkly, delayed, arp-ish melodies, and the groove/feel created through them. Plenty of energy from you up there too. Who ever said "checking your emails" was boring to watch! Too funny that the MS-2000 acts as a MIDI controller only! Good crowd there too.

Will call you over the next fortnight. Again, gotta sort out this hard drive of mine or risk tapping our fingers to the infamous OS X spinning rainbow lollypop cursor thingie...

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Cheers.

Phil

crikey... wha???

part of my studio

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Originally Posted by Jude May

part of my studio

Hahaha.. what a playground!

And good to see the AN1x getting pole position too.

Indeed another Vestax user










whoops nearly forgot this one...



There's more but I gotta get some stands and some more bench space.

sprite rechange and melbourne bitter, or is it a Draughty

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Originally Posted by Jude May

part of my studio

I seem to remember little breast stress ball thingy's on your speakers when i was in canberra jude :p

got a new phone and revelling in this whole camera in a phone technology caper

taking photos of the studio really makes me wonder why i am not ditching univercity and locking into music full time. oh well .. .

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Originally Posted by Spectrum

Hahaha.. what a playground!

And good to see the AN1x getting pole position too.

Yeah... when did you get the AN1x? Don't recall seeing it in your previous studio pics.

I think the most important parts of Jude's studio are being overlooked - the empty cans of energy drink (but no bong)

does studio gear like smoke ?

an1x is my baby, had her for almost 4 years now and i heart her. her name is Ann

the stress chest is still around, tho i think my girl has one of them at the moment, she stole my heart and my boobs

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Originally Posted by Spectrum

Just got home...

Top work there, mate!

Haha, glad you liked it... Good luck with the drive champ, i'll speak to you soon!

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Originally Posted by Lukey

got a new phone and revelling in this whole camera in a phone technology caper

taking photos of the studio really makes me wonder why i am not ditching univercity and locking into music full time. oh well .. .

You so have a studio set up in your kitchen...
Don't ditch uni, just prolong it. Worked for me, although my lecturers all hate me.
Met your housemate Brendan last nite, we had a good gander

no our kitchen is in our studio..
helps when you need to eat,
actually our lounge is in the studio as well.
helps when you need to sleep

i wont ditch uni, no way. i figured out today that music writing ability seems to increase in proportion to how much homework is needed to be done.

glad you met b. it is truely an experience

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Originally Posted by Lukey

i wont ditch uni, no way. i figured out today that music writing ability seems to increase in proportion to how much homework is needed to be done.

Hit the nail on the head with that one.
Yeh, he seems like a champ, sadly neither of us managed to catch the other's set...

how was minimal exposure.. ave a good set..?

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Originally Posted by Jude May

an1x is my baby, had her for almost 4 years now and i heart her. her name is Ann

Geez... i haven't even named mine yet. She must be feeling rejected You using AN1xEdit? I do... it's a beautiful thing for freeware. Did you ever get MESA going with your S2000?

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Originally Posted by Lukey

how was minimal exposure.. ave a good set..?

Was good. Didn't stuff up half as much as last time.

I lost people in the 20 minutes of ambience that I threw in during the middle (although two people came up to me and said they loved that bit). But almost made up for it with the 10 mins of banging techno I busted out at the end.

Was still only 50min long - no matter how much new material I write I can still never create a cohesive journey that's long enough, but it's given me something to work on.

I'll upload it to the techno forum shortly.

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Originally Posted by jester_fu

Geez... i haven't even named mine yet. She must be feeling rejected You using AN1xEdit? I do... it's a beautiful thing for freeware. Did you ever get MESA going with your S2000?

MESA was a no go. so i sample things 1 at a time into the s2k then play that one bit and record it into the computer for "that" sound


what is this AN1x edit you speak of?

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Originally Posted by Richard Parker

Was good. Didn't stuff up half as much as last time.

I lost people in the 20 minutes of ambience that I threw in during the middle (although two people came up to me and said they loved that bit). But almost made up for it with the 10 mins of banging techno I busted out at the end.

Was still only 50min long - no matter how much new material I write I can still never create a cohesive journey that's long enough, but it's given me something to work on.

I'll upload it to the techno forum shortly.

45 minutes is the perfect amount of time for a live set I reckon. short and sweet. if people love it, it'll leave them wanting more. if people hate it, they don't have to wait too long before the next person comes on. and for the artist, it means u don't have to stress about being able to come up with too much new material. intro takes up 3-5 minutes, then u got 40 minutes to mix it up between old and new material. also long enough to create a groove that builds and intensifies as the set progresses...