Sequencers and DJing

dub KULT – live (instant remixing, layering, fx, freedom)

Production
Dave A – Logic on PC (just what I'm used to)

dub KULT – Logic 8 on OSx (recent version is sooo much better than anything before – not perfect, but getting to be the ultimate fusion of cubase and protools, great tweakability, sound, flexiblity) dub KULT – Live for time stretching, instant loops, inspiration

despite my dirty dance past, im virtually a DJing virgin... only lost my cherry a few weeks back and man did i get the bug... for that one time i only used vinyl but I have a lappy i am gonna get Ableton-ready...

Production

Logic on da Macster

Dave A – Logic on PC (just what I'm used to)

Eh? Hows that possible Dave? didnt think Logic for PC existed... well not for a long time anyway

V8 is the first version of Logic ive used. Couldnt go near Cubase again... i feel like a traitor after all these years- close to 20! but it blows Cubase out of the water... god Steinberg must be losing some serious business to Logic and Live

2 X 1210s
DM 600
Cubase/Ableton/Acid/Soundforge
6 different controllers
Two Studio PCs
3 Laptops
101/202/303/808/909/Juno 6/OB8/Nord Wave/Virus TI/JP-800

Digital DJing (once in a year now) - Acid

Last time in a club I used 1210s and Serrato tho. I still have my Vestax PDX-D3s and Intimidation Blue and a new mixer and Serrato are on the top of my to-buy list when I finally have my flat all sorted.

Production - FL Studio Pro with loads of synth plug-ins and Soundforge for samples.

iain

So if you had to split it into "DJing" and "Live", what goes where?

Or do you only do full-on live/dj mashups with all that gear?

This could be interesting if everyone keeps adding...

cheers,

dave

They are all hooked up to the big mixer desk so it is possible to have everything running at the same time and yeah we do jam with everything on. We've even used music played in a browser as a sound source.

It tends to be just one big practice session, like yesterday we had a lappy running some loops over and over, about four hour in I went over to the Nord and did the bassline and one pad, we kinda call it "living inside" the tracks. We then go back and tidy up. I should point out we have no either side of our studio :)

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Martin Dust <(Address removed)> said:

Martin Dust <(Address removed)> said:

5.5, innit :)

To be honest, the constant updating drives me mental.  I'd still be on Cubase v2 on the Atari, but swapped to Logic on PC because I was trying to work with another guy via email that was using it.

I do love being able to record audio, and the automation on Logic does kick arse, but I do find it a bit brain-heavy to drive.

I mean, I used probably 20% of the power of Cubase 2 on the ST, and I'm using probably about 4% of the features of Logic 5.5 on the PC.  Why in the name of fook I'd need *more* features is beyond me - more features, less intuitive, less music getting done.  That's one of the reasons I'm genuinely interested in how this will pan out...

cheers,

dave

Ok, getting there - I've summarised as below, please let me know if I've misrepresented.  Who else - Ravi?  Parley?  Who else DJs and/or produces?

cheers,

dave

i use more of logic 8 than logic 7 because it's that much more intuitive.

Dj'ing:

Technics 1200s/1210s and (occasionally) CDJ's

Justin

Dj'ing – Preferably CDJ's. My vinyl sounds crap these days and everything I buy is digital

Radio Show – Ableton Live with a midi controller and decks/cdj's plugged into a line via a bog standard 2 channel mixer.

Technics & vinyl for DJing (otherwise it aint DJing ;)

Used to use Logic 6 on Mac OS9 and a bunch of analogue & digital hardware but didn't find it productive at all, especially when trying to record and playback audio – freezes, crashes, screen redraw issues etc. Really want to get on to OS X and Logic 8 just need some funds.

DJ: Traktor 3 + midi controller, or 2 x 1210s, depending on the mood.

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pHile this space deliberately left blank <(Address removed)> said:

DJ: Traktor 3 + midi controller, or 2 x 1210s, depending on the mood.

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Oops bit late here...

DJing, would be Live if I did it :)

Production, now Live all the way. Got shut of Cubase SX, after years of using Cubase 5, I just didn't get on with its successor

Adi

Snap!

DJing – used to be just Vinyl & Technics only but now have a Torq XPonent and recently tried some CDJs, about 10 years after everyone else :)

My DJ-bunker-come-garden-shed is well into the planning stage so could be producing tunes by say 2015? No rush I guess.

DJ