I can only agree.
I've been djing for the last 10 years and the thought of using the RM1x in
harmony with my turntables is appealing. unfortunately the tap button is a
load of toss. rss also do a little beatkeeper/headphone amp that's not too
expensive (at least not in the uk) which would allow you to get an accurate
reading of the bpm of whatever is coming out of the turntables. though i've
played with the new rss mentioned earlier and it's still shite for break
beat monitoring. doing it manually is always so much more satisfying anyway.
haze
At 01:48 PM 11/8/99 -0500, you wrote:
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>On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Tyler Hanel wrote:
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>> 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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