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On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Nick <ParadoxQuine@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I'm new to the list. I have been into music for ages but never had the >money > to get any equipment so my Evolution MK-461C and a stolen copy of Reason >3 > were my only tools until I got into college and got a job :P Anyways, >now I > use reason 4 (legally) and my same keyboard and I recently bought a Kaoss > Pad. I'd really like to get a setup that would allow me to do the >following > (in the long term order I wish to be able to do them): > > - DJ with bpm syncing for smooth song transitions and do effects using my > kaoss pad, eventually leading to mashup DJing > - I'd like to turn the songs I DJ into new tracks on the fly using >looping > techniques and incorporate some of my own sounds via reason (possibly > rewired to ableton Live if that's a good idea, I'm currently trialing >Live). > - Eventually, I'd like to create completely original > drum'n'bass/breakbeat/electronica music as a live looper (and then come >to > the santa cruz live looping festival, where I first saw looping, and >where > I'm from :) > > I don't have a huge budget right now but I'm working so if there is > something I definitely need to purchase, I can work towards earning it >soon. > I'd like to know what software and hardware you think I should get and >plan > to get in order to achieve those three things, with the eventual >completely > original live composing goal as by far the most important one. I prefer > doing effects via the kaoss pad by far because I enjoy using hardware >more > than software, and so I'm also wondering if it might be a good idea just >to > get a second kaoss pad [thus giving me 8 loops and allowing me to stack > effects]? > > Thanks in advance! > - Quine Ableton Live with Reason 4 ReWired seems to meet all your needs. You may also expand into running looping plug-ins inside Live (SooperLooper, Augustus Loop and the soon to come virtual EDP and Mobius). All those looping plug-ins are different, so you should check them out to find which of them will work best for you. As for control surface hardware you can use anything that sends out MIDI. You also need a good audio interface hardware and I suggest a firewire connected box because you won't need an extra power adapter with the Macs. Firewire has the advantage to USB2 that its streaming capability doesn't flicker while other tasks are maintained on the computer (might be dood when DJ-ing). -- Greetings from Sweden Per Boysen www.boysen.se (Swedish) www.looproom.com (international) www.myspace.com/perboysen www.stockholm-athens.com