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6U rack on top of X stand
2008-07-19 05:16:22
With controller tray extended
2008-07-19 05:20:31
Close up of the front of the rack, with tray closed. Line mixer on top, EX3200 below the tray
2008-07-19 05:27:33
From behind, bird\'s eye view. Kaoss & laprop on top of the rack
2008-07-19 05:30:39
Rear o f the case; from the top (Da capo?) : Kaoss, patch bay, rear of the BCD3000 tray, DSP1424p
2008-07-19 05:35:12
Crowded House: below DSP1424p; power cables, USB hub, USB HD, DI box
2008-07-19 05:38:11
I know what you did last summer: custom cabling between the line mixer and the patch bay, view from being of the rack
2008-07-19 05:40:38
DJ in an X box, on an X stand, Uli style...
Not on the gear list:
* HP TC 1100 tablet/laptop.
* 2 x Noontec 750GB USB HD to hold all my tunes, one in the box, 1 for a backup. Call me Paranoid, take 1
* DI box, to balance BCD3000 non-balanced outputs
* Logitech trackball, makes mousing around easy.
* USB hub, to plug all USB devices in
* M-Audio USB to MIDI adapter, so I can control DSP12424 with software, if I can figure a way to run it on XP :-(
* Sennheiser HD 25-1 headphones
* An iPod, connected directly to the line mixer bypass, for those "Ooops" moments... I leave it playing trough the set, so all I need to do is to press the button... Call me Paranoid, take 2
* The rack itself, an SKB "X" 6U rack with SKB tray
* X stand, QuikLok, hight adjustable
Putting it together took some effort; most of the cabling had to be custom made, because of the space limitations. The goose neck tight and it's switch had to be custom fitted. The BCD3000 tray had to be modified. Lots of Velcro everywhere holds cables and gear on top of the box together.
The setup consists of placing the rack on top of the X stand and securing it with elastic straps, taking the front and rear rack covers off, sticking the laptop, KaossPad and trackball on top and securing it on the Velcro base, pulling the controller tray out, and plugging the USB cables to the laptop, and PA inputs in the patch bay. Attach the goose neck light, headphones, plug in the power outlet and we are done!
Limitations:
* Effects return is mono only; have to use normal input for stereo return.
* DSP1424p software control does not work on XP
* Laptop will need to be upgraded to dual core for Ableton Live use...
* ... and so will the controller surface.
* the "X" stand is fantastic for that crowd interaction/performance feel, as long as you don't have wasted people dancing too close to you... the only way of really securing the whole thing to the ground is to use two bags full of sand placed on the floor legs
* The rack is about 2U too large for any hope of taking it on board the plane, so it has to be checked in. Not something I am found of... I have two inflatable cushions that are placed between the components and inflated, to prevent movements inside the rack, which so far worked fine... until some underpaid luggage handler decide to see what happens when the rack is dropped from the plane to the runway...
Future plans:
* Try to switch to Ableton Live
* Get a large (19") touch screen, replace laptop with 1U mounted PC
I would like to thank my Mum, the Academy, and Uli Behringer, who make it all possible... and if I hear anyone again going on how Behringer gear "has no soul", I'll play a full set of only Kraftwerk for him. After all, they are a German classic too!
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Your feedback is appreciated!
Andrej Falout
DJ in an X box, on an X stand, Uli style... Studio Gear:
Behringer BCD3000
I was trying very hard to find a major fault with this unit... and failed miserably. Would be nice to have few features added, but what is there works as intended.A very solid compromise, and all gear is a compromise of one sort or the other. For Ableton Live, I'll need a completely different approach, but for classic two deck DJing this will do nicely, thank you
Korg Kaoss Pad
I'm a bit surprised how infrequently I'm using this thing lately... very rarely I find that whooosshhes and bzzooommms make sense in my sets. But it used to be a lot of fun as a toy
Native Instruments Traktor 3
Not much to say here... a bit predictable, a bit boring even, after all this years of spinning two decks... Next stop, Ableton Live, probably.... still not convinced that is the best tool for multi track performance?
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Behringer PX1000
Needed to elegantly and flexibly connect everything, as well as to provide easy external inputs and choice of output points when we need to bypass something.
Behringer DSP1424P
This thing is a second stage of sound enhancement/control: dual band compression and limiting. It also does the Exciter, Bass enhancer and stereo image enhancement functions, but I tend to prefer the analogue sound of the EX 3200 for that. Behringer has remote control SW for it, which is great, but it works only on W2K and W95, not XP - which is not so great...
Behringer Eurorack Pro RX1602
This line mixer is used to collect various outputs, from BCD3000, laptop line out, and also various external gear I tend to hook up for more complex sets, such as Roland HandSonic, and my Ableton Live setup. Also provides send feed and return for Kaoss Pad.
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Behringer EX3200
As we all know by now, MP3s tend to sound.... well, underwhelming. This thing restores high frequencies and generates bass that makes a big boom without increasing speakers membrane movement, in a way no EQ can. One can argue that this _IS_ how EQs where supposed to work. Also restores stereo imaging for clubs that actually have stereo PA. It gives me some control over the venue sound that no amount of bad PA tuning can destroy completely. Oh the joy!