yeah that was a custom install, and av room for a major cooperation i was doing executive analyst consulting for (cheese title they gave me)…
worked as a senior audio engineer in post-production, manufacturing, advanced manufacturing engineer, and in recording studios as a mixing engineer… sadly all of which always pulled me always pulled me away from pursuing my own interest…
calibrating systems, venues, developing quality process plans, ML model frameworks, Python, R Programming, Matlab, utilizing digital signal processing tools, coordinating various IT teams to solve problems, and designing end user products has all been ways i’ve earned a buck… or a few coins
hope the field is treating you well, and ya find your happy place within it all
Still figuring out exactly how this setup is going to work, but I’ve wanted to spend time with these for a little while and finally got the RYTM back from the Elektron shop. The plan for now is to allow for some using them all together live, but also being able to quickly and easily sequence things from Logic when I need quick drums or synth sounds.
Here is my messy setup atm but its always changing. I got like 4 projects going on right now rofl.
Moved from windows pc to a M2 Mac Mini a few years ago. Its been nice. Waiting on a 3d printed mount for the Mac to install in the back of my modular rack for shows.
late reply so sorry if it’s not relevant anymore lol
plasma is fantastic, it does exactly what it says on the tin, i have no complaints, love mine. i mostly keep both tones juiced or near so, voltage around 1-2oclock to give it a bit more sustain, blend all wet and volume dead center and it sounds like a lighting bolt guitar. fuckin rules
the data corrupter is wild as hell, there’s so much going on that you can get some nice simple crunchy synth tones that are fairly legible and have that weird PLL tracking, or you can make it a completely uncontrolled mess of dissonance and swooping howling screams and gutteral grinding and all sorts of fucked up crunchy pops. i have mine set up to kind of a similar tone as the plasma or a cranked fuzz like the eruptor, but since the PLL is a wild thing with a mind of it’s own it’s got all sorts of strange quirks to how it responds to your picking and how the tracking works, and then if i flip the root switch down it make it do that signature PLL swoop down into the bass with the weird sputtering out that i use in one of my band’s songs. i can recommend it with the caveat that it’s something you get for a bit of chaos and instability, or if you want something that will just make a sound fucking crazy with one stomp lol
First, I realize the speaker placement is far from ideal. I’ll be fixing that, this is a work in progress. I have speaker stands I’ll be using. I also plan on better cord management as a final touch.
FX send goes the inputs of the Replay, Replay outputs to the SP-16 inputs. Master outs of SP-16 on one mixer channel, Replay routed through SP-16 outputs 3-4 on its on mixer channel. Each device gets its own mixer channel.
Replay is used for FX on tracks from the XDJs and sampling loops for live remixing/extended mixes. SP-16 for my own beats or beefing up older tracks that don’t have modern heft (70’s disco etc).
I plan on adding a small sub bass monitor. Nothing fancy, just want a little more low end.
Yea, I would say it is a somewhat atypical setup for DJ tools. Usually if CDJs are mounted like that, it is in a 3-4 CDJ setup and the mounted ones are the “extras” / 3rd and 4th. Or if it is a 2xturntable 2xCDJ setup.
The furniture is a Headliner CDJ stand. It is fully capable of holding even the SP-16, so might be useful for some non-DJ folks.
I don’t know if it’s depressing or not, but most of my gear (it was all MIDI controllers and tablets anyway, nothing too special) just sits in drawers for the most part. I feel like I can do so much with just a laptop that I’ve improved my creative flow simply by not using the tactile stuff (well, unless it’s the DIY dev board variety, since those challenges and limits inspire creativity as well) anymore.
That’s not to say I don’t open this thread late at night when nobody’s around , or deliberately check out the crazy rigs people have elsewhere just because they look so damn cool, but I’m really happy with this extreme minimalism.
I’ll admit I love some MIDI controllers for my mostly ITB setup. Or it’s not so much that I love them, more that I hate using a mouse for almost anything and they provide a great way to interface that doesn’t involve tedious dragging around the screen. I’ve messed with using MIDIMonster to create a MIDI control layer with keyboard inputs but I never got it working exactly like I wanted. Maybe someday I’ll get back to that and shelve the MIDI Controllers, too.
I don’t own a single thing that has a sticker on it. Let the pity party begin
I won’t say I don’t own expensive pieces of equipment, I do. But I own just a couple pieces. I find a minimal hardware setup my sweet spot. I’ve had the giant setups and personally, even after literal months spent getting it all routed and working together, I felt more like a technician than a musician.
I live without stickers. I would put stickers on my PC or laptop, but I couldn’t live with them. That’s just the way I was raised. I don’t even have wallpaper on my walls, just white walls.
I do the same thing. At one point i just had a bunch of stickers and didn’t know what i would ever do with them. So i just decided to cover my laptop. After i got my mac mini last year, I followed the same routine.
, or deliberately check out the crazy rigs people have elsewhere just because they look so damn cool, but I’m really happy with this extreme minimalism.
