Woah, bit more impressive than my one or two EPs/albums per fortnight. :pQuote:
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Woah, bit more impressive than my one or two EPs/albums per fortnight. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by blackie
a whole heap of netsky and aphrodite
and some other misc stuff
a weeks worth of DL's :P
got tickets to Amon Tobins gig at the opera house in june =]
planning on slapping together a mix tomorrow, because i havent done one in a little while.
Heres something to listen to.....
Edit: Just listened to your set blackie, I'm impressed! And I just knew you'd have some Chrispy in there somewhere, haha. :) I particularly liked the bit at 7:40, very cool. Keep it up mate!Quote:
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thanks man
cant go past chrispy, some of the original stuff that got me into it all
I told you that your stuff was good ^_^
yeah its getting there
just need more practice
Datsik - Mechano. I always end up coming back to this track...His best track by far imo. Wish he played it at Stereosonic last year!
new datsik album is pretty good, called vitamin D
im hoping new album means he comes out here again soon :P
I have my ticket for Amon Tobin! Yes!! The Sydney show was sold out before I could scrounge the dosh together so I'm going to the Melbourne show instead. Hey, it works out better for me (not as well for my Canberra friends :p).
ALSO, thanks to Dell's awesome 24hr 30% off monitors sale I just bought a 24" Dell Ultrasharp monitor to throw into my music room/studio/thing. Just need my new keyboard and mouse to arrive and I'll be ready to get back into messing around with Ableton. :)
What's everyone been listening to this week? I've been enjoying some more chilled out stuff so far, loving this little EP by bandcamp artist Andrea at the moment!
T2000 by metrik
seeing him play on friday :D
aaaaand i won free tix for tonight
winner
and a new mix
yes
How was Metrik bruv?Quote:
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I went to the Perth show of Clark's Iradelphic tour last night and it was a bit underwhelming to be honest. I love this guys stuff but the live show just didn't do it for me. Was praying he'd play Ted, Gob Coitus or Indigo Optimus after the encore but alas, it wasn't to be (we got treated to some random noise instead). Definitely not the experience of seeing Clark live that I had envisioned. :(
My discovery of the week is UK Brainfeeder artist, Lapalux. Will be seeing him next month too along with oOoOO. Good times ahead! :D
http://soundcloud.com/lapalux/lapalu...-youre-gone-ep
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...FrontCover.jpg
went off man
guy played 1.5hrs of all upbeat stuff
T2000 came on, lost it, and ended up on the floor XD
Haha, glorious!Quote:
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I love that moment when your favourite track gets played and the hyper-ness that ensues as a result. :D
Have had this song on loop all morning today. Such a beautiful track, would love to hear it live.
cant get this song out of my head, or off my playlist lol
Earthquake - Nosia Remix
Funniest interview I've seen in a while. Salem FTW. :D
My shiny new Dell monitor arrived which pretty much completes my music room. :D Last piece of the puzzle is an AKAI LPD8 which I'll probably get as a reward when I complete my CCNA. :cool:
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/u.../tobysetup.jpg
looks awesome
wish i had space like this
Cheers Blackie, I'm really happy with the setup. :) The key thing to remember here is this: When you're looking for a new place to live, choose your words very wisely. ;) For example, I said (to my gf): "All I want is one room to use as my music/Transformers room, you can do whatever you like with the rest." This will put you in the good books, and chances are you will get to do what you like with some of the other rooms anyway (lounge and study in my case). :pQuote:
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Can't stop listening to this amazing mix thanks to the equally amazing Bondax, give it a listen chaps!
actually set the str8 150's up last night and cleared the dust out of the old hard house wrekids... how embarrassing:o:p they were the the days:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Doubledealer
been screwing around with massive a bit too.
nice job!Quote:
Originally Posted by blackie
on both .
Sweet narlies...Quote:
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cheers mate
heres a new one because i was bored again this arvo
stuffed up once or twice like usual XD
new
ps dd, i need some new speakers for my setup, atm im using 2 crappy computer speakers, recommend me some? :P
Awesome, will be giving the new mix a listen later tonight mate.Quote:
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re: the speakers - I did a load of research a while back and imo for the price you won't get much better than the ones I use. This is exactly what I got from the same buyer (who's also in Melbourne so +1 for you) - 2 X JBL LSR2325P @ $220ea. Amazing, AMAZING monitors which are great for music listening AND production. You can even get a JBL device for them which will tune them to the room they're in, and an additional sub (which I still need to buy!).
You'll also need an audio interface (essentially an external soundcard) to connect the monitors/speakers to your PC/laptop and some nice balanced TRS to TRS cables.
For the cables I always go with Pro Audio LA <-- those ones I've linked are the exact ones I'm using (2 X for speakers, 2 X for MicroKorg keyboard). You can even choose what colour you want as they're custom made! :cool:
In terms of audio interfaces the sky (and budget) is the limit. After much research I went with the Focusrite Saffire Pro24 FireWire Audio Interface (bought from ebay also) which does everything I could ever want and more. You will definitely need a good firewire card in your PC or laptop to support this however, I use the Focusrite recommended (and very cheap) STARTECH PCI1394_4T 4-PORT FIREWIRE PCI CARD in my desktop PC and SIIG SIFWEC2P 2-Port FireWire-400 ExpressCard/34 Expansion Card in my Lenovo ThinkPad laptop. Also note that it's important for your firewire cable to be 2m or less in length for optimal performance.
A lot of it obviously comes down to budget and stuff though. I'm in the process of upgrading the sound setup in my PC gaming/2nd music listening room atm. I'm using that cheap (but awesome) DAC (this one) I linked a while back and intend to get some Audioengine A2's for the speakers. All comes back to how much you want to spend :p Will prob end up buying a better switching power supply for that Topping DAC too...It keeps going
Candy time...
Better version of my audio interface:
http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/shop_i...-dsp-large.jpg
http://www.dv247.com/assets/news/dv247/JBL-LSR2300.jpg
Danger art n stuff...Just because he's awesome and I'm obsessed :cool:
http://montrealstateofmind.com/wp-co.../01/danger.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XchmbXDmEe...258398a454.jpg
http://www.robotevix.com/images/danger.jpg
http://uhohdisco.com/blog/wp-content...6/danger21.jpg
http://whatnaut.files.wordpress.com/...0071.jpg?w=510
looks like i need to start saving then :(
plus no firewire means ill be using USB, silly macbook not having firewire
You probably wouldn't want to use it even if it did. As long as your laptop has an ExpressCard/34 expansion slot you'll be fine to use something like the firewire card I mentioned. Plus you get an extra glowing blue light, can't beat that (check the thing coming out the right of my laptop). ;)Quote:
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macs dont do expansion >_>
Dafuq? USB it is then I guess. :pQuote:
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Just discovered this Salem remix of Britney Spears' Til the World Ends...So goddamn good! Off to see oOoOO and Lapalux in a little bit. :D
new update for traktor came through today :D
i know what im going to be doing tomorrow
Driving your traktor around the bass farm? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by blackie
all around the bass farm :P
hey Blackie. i was thinking about getting into it a bit more, but i'm not sure whether to update the cdj's or get something like traktor or serato and use the old decks..
with your traktor do you use decks with time-coded vinyl or do you have a midi-controller of some sort.
im using a traktor kontrol s2, ie this
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget....ktors2top3.jpg
Its a dedicated midi controller
if i had my time again, and a fair bit more money id prob have opted for CDJ's with timecoded cds and get myself a small effects unit or similar (ie a NI X1 or even the new F1) only because CDJ's are the industry standard and if i ever end up playing in a club chances are ill have to use them
but the midi controller does have its advantages, such as being able to remap the whole thing to how i like it (or in my case use someone elses maps because im lazy) and change things such as what the jog wheels do (mine can do both scratching/searching and also control effects) which is a nice touch
and mine takes up sfa space :P
hmmmm. i didn't think bout time cd's. but your right if you are ever gonna play anywhere thats most likely what your going to be behind..
well, i'll need to buy 1 cdj then and traktor. thinking about it , traktor should work on cdj's and vinyl yeah? it's just the time code vinyl and or time code cd's i'll have to buy as extras....
actually.. this might be a stupid question.. you have all your tracks on the lappy. the lappy is plugged into the mixer, are you still going to use both decks and the mixer as per normal or is the laptop now the mixer. cause you can only plug your laptop into 1 channel. and if so, if i didn't have one of those s2's is all the mixing/fading/eq done via the mouse?
to use the timecode CD's you need something such as the traktor audio 2. it interprets the sounds from the CDJ's/timecode cd's and makes it work with traktor.
yeah all my tracks are on my laptop, laptop is connected to the S2 by a usb cable and the s2 is connected to my speakers. the s2 is a midi controller, so what it actually does is control the traktor program, so you can either use the s2 or your mouse if you really wana lol
its not an actual mixer as the only line in is a mic input, all input is via USB via laptop.
if any of that makes sense XD
Also you perth people should go see dirtyphonics
they rocked melb last time they were here, i missed it, but im not missing it this time.
the night is run by a group that i scored some free tix off for one of theyre melbourne shows, look up loaded dice on fb if your interested
tttttripple post
this was my night
noone wanted to go listen to dub and weather was balls so stayed home and put together an hour set
apart from a few stuffups with the play button im very very happy with this one