Richie Hawtin now using two laptops and a mixer...

roby · Post by **roby** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:27 pm

anyway, there are several reasons why one would prefer using Traktor instead of Live. my main reason is being able to have a huge library of tracks to choose from, being able to choose whenever I want. being able to get them ready to mix almost on the fly is very important. i may have a set list i've been working on for a gig, but when i actually get to the gig and you start to feel the vibe of how the party is going, it's good to be able to reach into your hard drive and pull out something that wasn't planned in the first place, and mix it on the fly. it's that immediacy that makes Traktor my choice for djing. maybe it's the same reason a lot of Traktor user choose it...

drush · Post by **drush** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:15 pm

Jonny B · Post by **Jonny B** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:33 am

Verbal wrote:
drush wrote:one machine is traktor, the other is Live for efx and the occasional loop. mostly efx. and mostly the Lexicon PSP 42, at that. big part of the reason to keep doing this is his very customized ctrl92 a&h mixer is already built to do that & control things in the manner he prefers.

oh and i wouldn't call him a diehard turntable user. the last 2-3 years it's probably fair to say he's been a reluctant turntable user. it's just that he's been around for 17 years or so.
I don't think he uses the ctrl mixer anymore. At least it doesn't look like it in all the videos on YouTube.

And like I mentioned, he only used the 2nd laptop once during the 30-45 minutes I was watching him. I doubt it was for efx or clip triggering.

maybe he was checking his emails?

Olga · Post by **Olga** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:47 am

Richie Hawtin + Music. lol What toilet paper does he use to make his mindless 909 + blip dog shit?

Its like fucking NEXT.

Richie Hawtins wack ass music has about as much funk & soul as a Luftwaffe pilot.

roby · Post by **roby** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:13 pm

Olga wrote:Richie Hawtin + Music. lol What toilet paper does he use to make his mindless 909 + blip dog shit?

Its like fucking NEXT.

Richie Hawtins wack ass music has about as much funk & soul as a Luftwaffe pilot.

lol

anyway, i like it, but let's get back to subject....

Coupe70 · Post by **Coupe70** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:22 pm

laptop #1 - traktor
laptop #2 - outlook

or wait....
perhaps it was

laptop #1 - outlook
laptop #2 - media player and youporn

but you said he used laptop #1 most of the time ?
so youporn must have been on laptop #1...

roby · Post by **roby** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:38 pm

l#1: traktor
l#2: MAME

freshdrumma · Post by **freshdrumma** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:45 pm

laptop 1 # tracktor
laptop 2 # Photo booth to check how he looks great

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:10 am

Olga wrote:Richie Hawtin + Music. lol What toilet paper does he use to make his mindless 909 + blip dog shit?

Its like fucking NEXT.

Richie Hawtins wack ass music has about as much funk & soul as a Luftwaffe pilot.

Do you truly feel that your opinion matters?

Don't like it? Don't listen to it. Babbling on about it like an idiot just makes you look like.......an idiot.

Simo · Post by **Simo** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:48 am

I saw him perform this past Saturday in Los Angeles; I fought my way to the front and had a chance to see him work it for his entire set.

He's running Traktor Scratch on his Macbook Pro and using it to play full tracks. He always had 2 tracks running, sometimes 3 and sometimes 4.

The other Black Macbook ran live and it was essentially used as an EFX unit. He was using FX1 send/return on his Xone 92.

Other equipment included 2 Xone 1D's; One to control Traktor and the other to control the effects on his other laptop.

And just fyi, i've never seen anybody work it so hard. Fucking impressive.....

drush · Post by **drush** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:35 pm

Simo wrote: Other equipment included 2 Xone 1D's; One to control Traktor and the other to control the effects on his other laptop.

this is the 2nd person i've seen do this, first being liebing. i wonder why they aren't using the 3d instead. certainly isn't $. and i doubt it's form factor for traveling. isn't a 92 + two 1Ds the same thing as a 3d?

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:12 pm

drush wrote:
Simo wrote: Other equipment included 2 Xone 1D's; One to control Traktor and the other to control the effects on his other laptop.
this is the 2nd person i've seen do this, first being liebing. i wonder why they aren't using the 3d instead. certainly isn't $. and i doubt it's form factor for traveling. isn't a 92 + two 1Ds the same thing as a 3d?

not at all. The possibilities are quite insane when you have multiple crossfaders going on.

I saw Liebing with Speedy J and they must have had 4 1Ds or even 5 on stage
EDIT: that would be "2Ds"

suburbanbather · Post by **suburbanbather** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:16 pm

Machinate wrote: I saw Liebing with Speedy J and they must have had 4 1Ds or even 5 on stage

Bastard!

drush · Post by **drush** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:17 pm

Machinate wrote:
drush wrote:
Simo wrote: Other equipment included 2 Xone 1D's; One to control Traktor and the other to control the effects on his other laptop.
this is the 2nd person i've seen do this, first being liebing. i wonder why they aren't using the 3d instead. certainly isn't $. and i doubt it's form factor for traveling. isn't a 92 + two 1Ds the same thing as a 3d?
not at all. The possibilities are quite insane when you have multiple crossfaders going on.

I saw Liebing with Speedy J and they must have had 4 1Ds or even 5 on stage

so you're talking about the 2D then. no crossfader (or audio..) on the 1D.

but still i've seen 92 + two 1Ds.. and i don't get it when the 3D exists.

and yeah, i've seen that Collabs set. crazy!

monkey magic · Post by **monkey magic** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:34 pm

beats me wrote:Live and Traktor are 2 totally different programs. With Live you are pretty locked in with what you are going to do with your tracks. Traktor is close traditional DJing with the added ability to jump around tracks and loop. Live can't loop on the fly the way Traktor does. There's other differences but I'm too lazy to list them all.

I still don't know why he'd run Traktor through Live though if that is what he's doing.

you can loop on the fly with live