Live PA Workshop and Supporting Information

On Sunday 20April2012 I will be presenting and breaking down my current LivePA rig for a workshop (details and registration).  This workshop will cover the physical and digital aspects fo this idea. I have over $20,000 in gear rotated through this build in the past few years.  Currently I am at a happy plateau of great tone, fun to play, light, versatile, and awesome.

One of the main leaps forward is the use of a FMR Audio RNC compressor that is getting signal from Ableton and side chaining the (all analog) signal.

The all analog signal is a Dave Smith Tetra > Soundcraft Notepad 102 > Aphex 102 Optical Compressor > EHX Memory Boy Delux Delay > RNC

Take a look at the signal flow

Baseline / Typical Routing

Baseline / Typical Routing

Audio Sample with notes in line :

The whole rig – smaller than 2 turntables.

Full Rig - Click for Larger Version

Hallucinations & Piracy in Deep Space

New Track! While working with some new ideas and sample packs this fell together rather quickly as a base line for live performance (platter) and a great source of self-referencing (re)mix material.

I anticipate more to come form this track as well as a kick as live set (platter).

Hallucinations and Piracy in Deep Space

Buffer Shuffled 1 of many

I put this together to support this video,  this is a newer and more complete version.

Enjoy!

Details available at Soundcloud.

Remix Resources

Just keeping a list of remix resources, a focus on free, I will update as I find more. Special thanks to the many friends on Facebook helping out!

http://findremix.com/

http://www.remixcomps.com/

http://www.remixgalaxy.com/

http://www.letsmix.com/

http://8bc.org/ :: 8 bit versions of everything

http://remix.nin.com/ :: The standard Trent is setting should be the same for all

http://www.remixfight.org/

http://www.acapellas4u.co.uk/

http://funkyremixes.com/

http://noiseporn.com/

http://boomboxbeats.net/ :: beats + native files

Scratch Box is Alive

After a year+ of design, testing, buying and selling of gear I finally found the exact balance of control, sound, expression, and fun I was looking for!

This has been trapped in my head for a very long time (decades) and just this last week I got it all under control!

Many people have a sound or melody that rattles around in their head. I have had this particular type of control bouncing up against the walls of my brain for a very long time. This post, video, and product is the beginning of  final refinement of a stand alone buffer / real time vinyl emulator that can be applied to any instrument.

Although far from perfect, this is still the largest leap forward for my musical (control) ideas so far. I look forward to the next accomplishment!