Damn, no place for me at the bar...

[Earwax69]

Hi, I went to see the place im playing for the first time next week. Small, cozy and a big set of speakers. Great!

BUT there is no place in the DJ boot for my stuff (minimal... a 13inch laptop and a controller.)

Here the pictures:





Should I ask them to make some place or should I manage something? I'll plug my laptop in the middle mixer.

[mikemc]

Turn those CD mixers on their side and lay a bookshelf-type board across them, done.

[crumhorn]

^+1

It doesn't seem very clever having that monitor so close to the decks.

[Earwax69]

But the CDmixers are not same size!! its not gonna work.

I have no idea why that monitor is there... the guy said Hey, there is even a speaker for you!! I was wondering why I would need a mono monitor when there is headphones just aside. Haaaaa japaneses!!

[kb420]

I'd unplug and move both of those cd players and slide the mixer over.

[Tarekith]

Get two pieces of foam and put them on the turntables.

[pulsoc]

I can't tell how much standing room you have. Could you bring a cheap keyboard stand and plank of wood and set up right in front of the mixer?

[Guff Tong]

Crap link but reckon will be just the job for a sturdy surface, capable of sitting securely on top of the cdj's without busting the knobs & sliders off:

http://www.shopthevalley.ca/cgi-bin/sho ... N-001.html

May need to turn the cdj's off though as will of course sufocate anything it rests on.

[The Carpet Cleaner]

just put your laptop and controler on top of CDJ, or turntable. Don't worry for that, no need to stress at all.

[mikemc]

But the CDmixers are not same size!! its not gonna work.

ah, ok, well then, yeh either foam on the turntables or foam/padding/pillows on the CDJs with a bookshelf-type board laid across.

Look, work with it: this is the underground music scene, fer crine out loud, you don't get a brushed aluminum ergonomic techno-altar. lol

[Earwax69]

Thanks for all the replies!!

mmm yeah, a lots of differents ideas and most would work ok. I dont wanna spend money as its a free gig. I will ask the owner if I can move the cdj first. If not, I'll turn them on the side.

I like the beans bag tray idea but its 60$. Perfect for breakfast though!

Thanks!!

[dom]

I have no idea why that monitor is there... the guy said Hey, there is even a speaker for you!! I was wondering why I would need a mono monitor when there is headphones just aside. Haaaaa japaneses!!

japanese or chinese? solved the riddle already?
confucius says: never feed two tracks through one headphone. greatest beatmixing joy shall be achieved by separating the room from the cue.

cheers,
dom