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2 CD set of Trojan Record classics mixed by DJ Spooky. It gets good toward the 2nd disc when he finally stops scratching and fast-mixing and just rinses the tracks out, back-to-back.

Er, I'm w/ compositeone on this one- didn't rock my socks in any major way. Average track, and I've seen/own all those old Shaw Bros flicks for days. Some clever/cute After Effects editing or whateva but no big whoop *shrug*

Hmm well I've just added this brilliant little piece of gear to my rig, in case things ever go south when I'm playing live:

Heh heh, good point. Well it's difficult for me to see a guy with a laptop right in his face and feel that he's disconnected from the crowd. But it also depends on your vibe, your music. I mean I'd WANT a glitchy/super-processed music guy to be way into his screen/software, tweaking parameters and w...

^^^pic from aforementioned party last week- the tablet's just chillin' there in the middle of the rig- no email checking!!!

That's a *nice* machine you got coming your way Machinate! My only concern would be the 12" screen. I have the Toshiba R25 which is 14" and it's still a bit tiny to see stuff when I'm playing. Toshiba's come with some sort of "zoom" utility, but I've never used it. In any case, I...

Good point- thanx for the input.

Anybody using one of those laptop chill pads with any success? The ones with fans look pretty flimsy, the ones that are basically giant heatsinks I'm skeptical of. Any recommendations much appreciated- gotta keep the rig cooler in hot club situations- thanks!

Finally after seeing this cat's name everywhere I'm gonna see DDR play live tonight, in a warehouse, here in Oakland (California). I went to his page and found this funny little bit of praise for Live 4: http://www.triphazard.net/ (go to the LIVE section) "On the left side of the screen are arr...

Very dirty dubby disco track I just whipped up:
http://www.bradelectro.com/mp3s/wimpy/BelovedDub

I'm still working on my live shower set. I'll post a youtube vid when I feel confident enough of my performance.

Does keeping your samples in 3-4 different locations slow things down b/c your hard drive has to seek in different directories all the time? Could this possibly cause little glitches? If you collect all your disperate samples and drop 'em all in the same folder as my live set project, would you noti...

Don't forget tablet PC's- they suffer from the same issues. You know if/when Apple finally makes a tablet all you mac guys will be bitching and moaning about this problem too, heh. In the meantime search for the pen2live app here...

No recommendation we make will solve your problems. Pro-52 and Simpler are some of the lightest out there!

Good to know. Yeah, something fishy's going on here...I hope I can figure it out.

What's your CPU/soundcard Brad? Sounds odd that you can't play that kinda stuff back without problems... IntelCore 2 Duo Processor 1.60GHz running a Layla24 soundcard. My liveset is pretty robust, but it should definitely be able to handle another softsynth or two. Makes me wonder if something funn...