http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/04/07/how-to-set-up-in-a-club/ Electronic music news, synthesizers, reviews and more! Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:30:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/04/07/how-to-set-up-in-a-club/#comment-125208 Chinardf Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:06:14 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=6139#comment-125208 It seems very easy to set up club. It seems very easy to set up club.

]]> http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/04/07/how-to-set-up-in-a-club/#comment-125092 amoeba Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:28:35 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=6139#comment-125092 i don't DJ, but do live electronic shit. i try to leave as much "live" as possible (no audio mixdowns, etc) so i end up having a lot of outboard shit to haul around (controllers, rack stuff, ect). setting up outside of the studio and playing thru the full set is by far the best thing i can do. it forces you to make sure you have everything, but you still must account for the (many) unknowns... are you 30 feet from the mixer, but only have 25' cables? amazing the silly stuff that always happens. always carry an "emergency bag" of every adapter X2 you can think of, spares of critical cables, DI box, and always more rig-to-mixer cable than you think you need. but perhaps most importantly, never forget to relax and have fun. and i think a scotch is perfect to have, but 5 scotches is not. i don’t DJ, but do live electronic shit. i try to leave as much “live” as possible (no audio mixdowns, etc) so i end up having a lot of outboard shit to haul around (controllers, rack stuff, ect). setting up outside of the studio and playing thru the full set is by far the best thing i can do. it forces you to make sure you have everything, but you still must account for the (many) unknowns… are you 30 feet from the mixer, but only have 25′ cables? amazing the silly stuff that always happens. always carry an “emergency bag” of every adapter X2 you can think of, spares of critical cables, DI box, and always more rig-to-mixer cable than you think you need. but perhaps most importantly, never forget to relax and have fun. and i think a scotch is perfect to have, but 5 scotches is not.

]]> http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/04/07/how-to-set-up-in-a-club/#comment-125017 synthhead Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:24:16 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=6139#comment-125017 Oliver - that DJ booth looks pretty tight - hope you're not claustrophobic! Oliver - that DJ booth looks pretty tight - hope you’re not claustrophobic!

]]> http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/04/07/how-to-set-up-in-a-club/#comment-124999 Oliver Chesler Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:06:51 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=6139#comment-124999 This post made me laugh because I had the craziest set up situation of my carreer this past weekend. I arrived at a military hanger in East Germany, it was so packed it took me 30 minutes to get to the stage area. When I got there to set up my live stuff there was only the DJ booth and that was completely full with turtables, etc... I had to set up over the equipment being used already. Here are the photos: http://www.thingstocome.com/images/shows/2008/April_5.html This post made me laugh because I had the craziest set up situation of my carreer this past weekend. I arrived at a military hanger in East Germany, it was so packed it took me 30 minutes to get to the stage area. When I got there to set up my live stuff there was only the DJ booth and that was completely full with turtables, etc… I had to set up over the equipment being used already. Here are the photos:
http://www.thingstocome.com/images/shows/2008/April_5.html

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