> >I totally agree, but what I'm saying is that you can have > presence with > >equipment other than turntables. > > > How? It would have to be something that demands some kind of > physicality..... (Great debate by the way.)
I'm talking about effects. The effects I use are old school analogue with lots of physical manipulations possible: knobs, switches, etc., all that can drastically change the sound of whatever is going through it...if you've ever used a space echo, you'll know what I'm talking about. Very very physical device. Every dj that has used my set up has fallen in love with the effects I use; upon the first try, they are all really comfortable tweaking them. The effects are very dj friendly in that you can manipulate the sounds with the same actions as you do on a mixer or on the turntable itself. Using the effects is such a natural progression and compliments the turntable experience because of the spontaneity- if you take away the turntables and replaced them with a different sound source, this spontaneity can still be maintained through the use of the effects. They are analogue, like the turntable and thus all parameters can only be adjusted on the fly...no programming. Whatever signal you put through the effect chain becomes something much deeper than hitting "play" and letting people listen to some predisposed set. Hell, I've done entire ambient sets by routing an A.M. talk radio through this stuff...the result is quite musical and vibrant and you can't get a much more mundane source signal =] But alas, I'm sorta stepping into the realm of live production vs. djing so I'm not sure what this has contributed to the debate (and yes, this is a great one!) GYS
