<cough> We have two of these Robin, well tacky and not enough nob's but they do the trick - needs new drivers as some things are just a little too slow for our liking. Not sure how long they are going to hold up as well...
23/1/04 12:29 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > i think i'm gonna plump for one of these...nice and cheap too: > > http://www.evolution.co.uk/products/evo_xsession.htm > > i wonder if the mxf8 from the Notron people will be good (eh martin? :) > > i guess the A&H xone 92 (drool) is the ultimate but at £1150 it's way > out of my league! > > > > robin... > > > Martin wrote: >> True, true - I've seen some great stuff done with both - but I think the >> game is about to get hotter - on Wednesday I witnessed one of the best, if >> not only real-time controllers for these packages - I can't say any more, as >> I'm under an NDA but the end of Feb will be very interesting... >> >> >> 23/1/04 11:47 AM Brendan [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >>> Alex Bond wrote: >>> >>> >>>> so maybe digital dj'ing allows someone to think more about >>>> programming than actual mixing (as it's virtually 'automatic') >>>> and I think that has to be a good thing. I think? >>> >>> >>> I'd actually say that digital dj'ing gives DJs the flexibility to choose how >>> much "automation" they want to use - you're not *restricted* to nicely >>> automated beatmatching and so on if you don't want to be. >>> >>> For example, I've been using Ableton heavily for over a year now (having >>> used >>> it on the Offworld Party Time and All Cylinders mixes, as well as playing >>> out >>> with it three or four times) and count myself as a pretty experienced user >>> by >>> now. Recently, however, I played with Final Scratch for the first time, and >>> it >>> was a major eye-opener. >>> >>> It's a different world from Ableton altogether; in the world of Ableton, if >>> you want imprecision in your mixes, you have to actually *build it in* (do >>> very minor adjustments to the warp markers etc to give the impression tracks >>> are drifting subtly in and out of time), which is quite bizarre when you >>> think >>> about it. However, with Final Scatch, there's really no difference from >>> vinyl >>> mixing apart from the fact that you can play tracks that only exist on hard >>> drive as well as tracks that exist on vinyl. >>> >>> So there's space in the world for both Final Scratch and Ableton Live, but >>> the >>> two of them represent completely opposite sides of the whole spectrum of >>> digital mixing. Want to keep the rawness and imprecision of vinyl mixing >>> without having to break your back carrying records around? Use Final >>> Scratch. >>> Want to be able to concentrate more on the arrangement, sound and >>> programming >>> of your mix than on the mechanics of mixing? Use Ableton Live. Ideally? Use >>> a >>> combination of the two as well as real records (that's my approach at >>> least!). >>> >>> All in all, I do think it's a good thing that when a person thinks "I'm >>> going >>> to do a mix" there are a number of approaches he or she can adopt in >>> producing >>> that mix; each of which will play to different strengths that DJ might have, >>> each of which will affect the nature and structure of the mix in interesting >>> ways. Not all digital DJs will automate their beatmixing and concentrate >>> more >>> on structure; maybe the key thing to understand about digital DJing is that >>> it >>> will lead to a whole bunch of people doing a whole range of different >>> things, >>> a lot of which we can't really predict right now. >>> >>> Brendan >>> www.lunarselector.com >>> www.non-stop-djs.com >>> >> >> >> > >
