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On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Tyler Hanel wrote:
> Ok I got inspired by that Richie Hawtin "Decks FX and 909" Mix that just
> came out (I saw him at coachella too. Awesome!) and have been trying to
> integrate my rm1x into my dj sets (I play techno and tech-house) Anybody
> else done it? I'm finding that with the crummy tap tempo (and my poor
> mixing skills ;) ) that it's coming out more like "Decks, FX, RM1X and
> Trainwrecks". Any tips?
I concur that the RM1x's tap "feature" is abysmal at best. Itchie Ritchie
Hawtin claims to sync his 909 to whatever he's spinning manually. I don't
doubt it, but A) he's been DJing since the Reagan administration, so he's
had a lot of practice at it B) the 909's probably a good deal easier to
sync than the RM1x. For us mere mortals/lazy gits, Red Sound systems
makes a number of toys that would come in quite handy. The most obvious
is the Voyager (oh, yeah, RSS products all have unfortunate names derived
from ...Star Trek), which is essentially tabletop beatkeeper with two sets
of RCA inputs (switchable between phono/line, I believe), and a MIDI-out
that shits out MIDI clock. It's just had its OS upgraded, and is
supposedly much better at discerning the BPM of breakbeat-oriented music.
Of course, that' won't be a problem if you spin techno/tech-house. The
damn thing is kind of expensive, but it's the best solution I know of for
syncing MIDI gear to an audio (DJ) source.
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