Mixperiments
Another evening with some time in the lab. This photo is the DJ rig. I have tried to keep it lean and as mean as possible. That’s a MacBook Pro 13 with Ableton, which acts as the host to Deckadance. The controllers are the Hercules DJ Console RMX and the Traktor Kontrol X1. Audio comes from the RMX although in a live situation I could see myself using either the apogee duet or audio 2 dj interface.
I am using the default / supported mapping of the RMX and using custom controls on the X1. The X1 actually controls both Deckadance and Ableton. It’s really only day 2 with the RMX and I must say that I am very happy with it thus far. It’s really nice that it has so many buttons and the good folks and image line did a solid implementation and mapping for deckadance.
The RMX is dedicated to controlling Deckadance, while the X1 is split between DD and Ableton. I am still experimenting with effects routing and controller mappings. In ableton I am mainly using the tarekith effects racks – which are amazing.
What I would love is to figure out if I can output each deck to a separate channel in ableton, thus giving me the ability to apply ableton effects per deck vs the entire mix. That would be really sweet.
Let me end this post by saying it’s been a very long time since I have had this much fun. So many toys and so much to explore!
I will also say that I am sort of jonesing to get back to producing. It’s been a bit since I have pulled together some original material. Ahh and I have new production toys to explore – just not enough time to do everything…
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