Jam Burglar

Wow, I haven't been on here in a minute! You will always get the credit for the modern-day slipmat as far as I'm concerned.

I scratch more days than not. Good stress relief.

That's pretty much what goo gone does. I heard the writing will wear off the buttons so I'm hitting those with a clear coat. Working good so far. Lacks the refinement of a 1200 but it's far more powerful.

Dope!

Got a new old stock Stanton STR8-150 a while back. Cool turntable but all of the "soft touch" surfaces have turned sticky (all the buttons, the pitch-fader knob, the base, etc.) I've been hitting the buttons with Goo Gone then clear coating to protect the writing on them. Kind of a ridiculous flaw but otherwise a beast of a turntable that tracks better than everything else I have.

I must have been tripping. Pretty sure this is on the second Third Sight's album. Slipping!

Yep, Secular Humanoids. Turntable Scientific from Mr. Dibbs. John Doe, AM Sessions. Mike's early pause tapes were crazy, although they all seemed to have reoccurring parts. They're totally unique though. I'm sure the guys at Beastiemania have them all archived. It's crazy what those guys have. Mike's later tapes, like Rescue 916 and Neckthrust are also dope. Not quite as crazy as those early ones though. Marcus B Gollum's Ring, Matrix Mix. DJ Signify was another one -Mixed Messages and Signifying Breaks. Over the last 5 years or so DJ Ragz has put out a series of food based mixes (Pasta & Wings, Burgers & Sliders, Tacos, etc.) Also one called "Stay Low Keep Firing" that's kind of a hip hop love letter. The beats are all unpublished beats from people he collaborates with and Ragz cutting it up and tons of samples. They're hilarious. Well produced but not shooting for perfection. Pretty sure they're on Bandcamp.

Mr Dibs made dope mixtapes. John Doe. Marcus B. Infamous had a dope one. Mix Master Mike was a beast. The whole game fell off though. I still prefer a mixtape to an LP any day of the week.

Oh wait, you said "well known tunes.". The best I can come up with then would be ISP Klams Uv Death where they do the Original Concept "Knowledge Me" / Masta Ace "Born to Roll" routine. Not sure I'd classify those as "well known tunes". Was never a huge fan of the whole tone thing, even with the C1/midi. When you start busting out London Bridge and Mary Had a Little Lamb it's even worse. The first time 8-Ball didi it, it was cool because of the concept. After that it was corny.

X-Men! https://youtu.be/qibVE3eFefk

Vekked's might be my favorite. Excellent presence; The first minute and a half and the last two minutes are crazy dope; His transitions are flawless. Agree with Deft that it's thought out like a science. 7.8 million views says it all. He just killed it on so many levels. You could try to knock him in a head to head vs Craze or somebody based on the fact that he's not using all vinyl like the cats back in the day but he steps it up significantly by coming up with something you could never do on all vinyl. Two things about this routine that bias me. First, Vekked does the tru-fade/mule scratch at the 47 second mark. I told him about that scratch on Skratchworx back in 2011. I had posted an audio-only file in a battle there and he was smart enough to pick up on the technique and ask me how it was done. I was super amped to see him use it in a battle and then win. Second, he won so many battles in 2015 that he had multiple Rane TTM-57mkii mixers. He sold me one of those mixers and I still use it as my main workhorse today.

I got a regular Pixel 7 (the pro was just too damn big). About 1 week after it arrived the front camera died (black screen). The whole app was bugging out. Went through their nonsense to troubleshoot and they "escalated" my claim but then failed to follow up. I ended up returning it and replacing it, which was dodgy because of my Pixel 4XL trade-in and waiting for the refund before returning. I had to buy a new 7 transfer the data to the new one, then return the old one. Without going into too much detail I had to game their system a bit to make the exchange work. The whole experience soured me on Pixels even though l ended up getting the phone for cheaper than I originally anticipated. My main gripe now is the line in for recording is far quieter than my 4XL. Otherwise it's fine (I hope) All-in-all I feel like each successive Pixel phone has had more issues. Pixel 1 was rock solid for me. The battery died and then I got the 4XL. Unique features on the 4XL but mediocre battery life and it got really glitchy in the last 6 at months of ownership. The 7 has been a really rocky start. The main reason I haven't looked at Samsung is the bloatware. The Pixel operating system is clean. Honestly though, the Pixel 1 was the only one that was totally glitch free.

I love the Rane TTM-56 for its flexibility, sound quality and build quality. Faders are good for scratching and it's got a great etc loop, all sorts of fader options (curve, reverse, channel swapping, etc.). It also has pans. Tough to get one for $100 but expecting anything decent for $100 is tough.

It's basically DVS on a iPhone or iPad. D-Styles says its really accurate, to the point where it's indistinguishable from vinyl as far as the timing/latency.

Ahhh shit. Well deserved brother.

Finally got Return to Dark Tower last week and it's awesome.

That mono to stereo thing is dope! Very useful for mono pedals. The Rane 56 is my favorite too because I like the wet/dry control. Not really needed for the looper though (if you put 50% dry through the loop you get 50% volume to the looper). I've also got a Rane 57mkii and it's the same as the 56 except (1) no wet/dry, just 100% wet, which is fine for a looper; and (2) RCA jacks instead of 1/4" connections, which I think is stupid. Where I really like the wet/dry is reverb and delay. Nicer pedals seem to be less of a problem for me but my Boss pedals always sounded worse if I used their internal wet/dry controls. I could use the wet/dry slider on the mixer at like 80% dry and you'd get clear sound with a touch of reverb/echo.

Not sure I'm understanding (not familiar with the 909), but I ALWAYS hook up my looper in the send/return loop of my mixers. I use Rane mixers. If I have other effects I'll put them before the looper in the chain (maybe that's obvious). If there's a wet/dry on the looper then you have to set to 100% wet. The flexibility you get from using the effects loop is dope because you can choose which channel goes through the loop. For example, sometimes I want a record playing on table 1 that's not feeding to the looper and I want the record on table 2 to be fed to the looper. The effects loop makes that easy. More control. Anyway, props. Loopers are a great live tool and a good way to try out ideas on the fly. Like the Controller 1, it's one of those things where I don't understand why more DJs don't take advantage.

I really liked your integration of the MPC into DJ sets. I started fooling around with a Behringer 808 clone, tying that into my looper. Pretty fun.

Also, what's up with all these dance music guys caring about SP1200s? I figured the only people interested in them would be hip hop producers.

Yep. I had been hearing through the grape vine that various people who bought 2400s were having issues with them. Then I watched a review (below) that seemed to confirm they have a ways to go with it. I have the same issues with a lot of modern gear. It seems like they launch the product with all sorts of bugs and issues and then hope to be able to make it work right at some point in the future. That seems crazy to me. The worst is when you buy something, it works, then they update it and it stops working right. Then again, maybe they'll get it all worked out and it will be dope.

Haha, nice! The funny thing is I'll still probably make more half-assed "scratch music" that doesn't need any drum machine at all. Honestly, I wish I could make beats on a computer but for some reason I've never been able to do it right. I tried for years and just couldn't get results that satisfied me. Especially drums. I like these old stand-alone units where you can play with knobs and sliders. More fun.

It's still only 20 second total. Apparently the original system was designed to accommodate up to 20 seconds of sampling time but the memory was so expensive back in the day that they limited it to 10 seconds (4 blocks of 2.5 seconds). The re-make basically unlocks the full potential of the original system. It's still 2.5 seconds per block, but there are now 8 blocks. So you still have to record at 45 RPM and then pitch down in most cases. You just get twice the over-all sampling time.

I popped on it. I've been wanting one for a long time but as the prices climbed I had pretty much written it off. I was pretty psyched about the Isla 2400, but when that started to get mixed reviews I paused on that. I don't do well with wide-open, complicated workflow. In fact, limitations and simplicity seem to help me be more creative, which leads me back to real SP-1200. Meanwhile, broken SP-1200s are selling on eBay for $4,000. 🙄 Rossum starts selling refurbed and upgraded SP-1200s for $7,500. 🙄Getting the reissue is somehow, compared to the other options, a good "deal". I would have liked to wait around to see if the delivered units are everything they've been promising but I had visions of these selling out and then going super-crazy on the secondary market. I figure I can sell it if I don't like it. It also looks like once this run is done Rossum may develop a true, updated sampler with a lot more modern features.

https://shop.rossum-electro.com/products/sp-1200 Lots of debate on the price of course and comparisons to the Isla 2400.