Tag / MIDIfighter
Just got my Kontrol S4 back from Daniel, so I got some nice times ahead!
MIDIfighter, designed by workgringo at workgringo.com
I had just the MIDIfighter for a short period, as I was trying to get my new studio in order. But as one might expect I could not just keep it at that.
This is what I am aiming for ultimately ofcourse:
First things first though. I will most probably go and raid the local Ikea to purchase a 4×2 Expedit cabinet, some Capita legs, and some isolating floor panels so that I can finally start building my studio in the attic.
Next to this Daniel(James Dan) and I will be finally setting up a firm basis for RSTRCTDnl. This will become the home stomping ground of our Restricted Sessions, that will also be featured on SimplyRadio’s Simply Electro.
Production-wise 2012 will also be a nice and challenging year. The liquid d&b(Sparkling Tree) project Daniel and I are working on is working to be a promising track. Mastering and EQing will take place this week.
If this works out to be the fine track we think it to become, we will be talking experimental projects that can work out into a musical expedition not yet encountered!
More on all of this as it will develop of course.
Richie Hawtin was attending this year’s NAMM. Next to meeting up with the big boys, he also got in touch with DJTechtools own Ean Golden and the famed MIDIfighter controller:
NAMM is the years premiere event where all the music related manufacturers descend upon Anaheim California to present their newest equipment to the distributors, stores and general public. It’s a mad house with everyone presenting their take on a small number of similar ideas with each company positively sure that their product is the best and that they have a magic crystal ball telling them what the consumer (us) will want next. Most of the time the manufacturers are living in their own dream world, promoting ideas that are either out dated or from a distant parallel universe, but there’s still no shortage of chatter, praise and pure determination to push their latest updates on the attendees hoping to make another sale in order to keep the whole industry plodding forward. Thankfully, in between all the bartering and schmoozing you can find a few dedicated companies, both industry standards and small startups, with inspired ideas that are genuine and will help push the creative use of technology forward.
For the DJ/Performer, NAMM 2011 definitely heralded the year (finally) of the digital controller. With turntables and even CD players finally moving to the side (if not to the back of the booths), the NAMM floor was filled with companies flogging every type of digital DJ/performance controller imaginable. From the ‘First Mix’ controller (http://www.geminidj.com/firstmix) for the next generation DJ, to even Pioneer finally realizing that their CDJ’s were not the answer most people were looking for and finally offering not 1 but 2 controllers each specifically setup for Traktor and Serato respectively. In between the avalanche of controllers there were also various (mostly) unsuccessful attempts to update the DJ Mixer, various plugin developments and some interesting new hardware announcements.
Continued on Richie’s own blog.
Great news for all DJTechtools fans and MIDIfighters across the intarwebz:
DJ Techtools is selling decals. You will be able to choose from ‘DJ TECHTOOLS’, ‘MIDI FIGHTER’ and even the famed ‘PLAY/PAUSE’ logo.
They are available in black and golden, amongst other colors.
Please check this DJTechtools forum thread for more info.
