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Puck vs. Puck :

Hockey Puck vs. Technics 1200 45 Adaptor Puck vs. iPhone :

A little invention I came up with recently that utilizes unused space on the Technics 1200 as an iPhone mount :

(download)

Equipment List :

  • Hockey Puck x 1
  • Technics 1200 Adaptor x 1
  • Screw x 1
  • Push Pins x 2
  • Velcro

My iPhone Controller for Ableton Live + Serato SL + The Bridge :

Here is my Ableton Live + Serato SL + The Bridge : iPhone Controller. It consolidates all of the commonly used functions within these programs into one convenient interface, controlled wirelessly over a WIFI network via my iPhones. I used TouchOSC (available in the Apple App Store) and Osculator (http://www.osculator.net/) to create this controller.

(download)

Hardware :

  • Apple MacBook Pro
  • Apple iPhone 3G
  • Apple iPhone 4
  • Airport Express Card

Software :

  • TouchOSC
  • TouchOSC Editor
  • Ableton Live 8 + The Bridge
  • Serato SL + Video SL
  • Osculator

Functions :

Page 1 :

  • Open Ableton Live Player View
  • Open Record View
  • Open Video-SL View
  • Open Setup Screen View
  • Arm Drum Rack Track
  • Arm Resample Track
  • Engage Overdub
  • Engage Metronome
  • Switch to Ableton Internal Mode 
  • Play in Ableton Internal Mode
  • Library Scroll Down
  • Library Scroll Up
  • Load Virtual Deck : 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
  • Sync to Virtual Deck : 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
  • Nudge Transport + / -

Page 2 :

  • Open SP 6 View
  • Switch Bank A / B / C / D
  • Trigger SP 6 Sample 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
  • Switch to Relative Mode : Virtual Deck 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
  • Switch to Internal Mode : Virtual Deck 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
  • Autoloop Virtual Deck 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 : 1 / 2 / 4 / 8 / 16 Beats

Page 3 :

  • Open DJ-FX View
  • Ultra FX Dial : FX Unit 1 / 2
  • Enable Ultra FX : FX Unit 1 / 2
  • Switch to Ultra FX : FX Unit 1 / 2
  • Switch to Super FX : FX Unit 1 / 2
  • Super FX Dials : FX Unit 1 : 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3
  • Super FX Dials : FX Unit 2 : 2.1 / 2.2 / 2.3
  • Enable Super FX : FX Unit 1 : 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3
  • Enable Super FX : FX Unit 2 : 2.1 / 2.2 / 2.3
  • FX BPM Multiplier : FX Unit 1 + / -
  • FX BPM Multiplier : FX Unit 2 + / -

Page 4 :

For use with external instruments in a secondary session on a secondary laptop, wirelessly synced and utilizing Serato's Core Audio drivers in Ableton Live. (More details on this soon. It's taking a bit more tweaking.)

  • Arm External Instrument Track
  • Enable Track On/Off
  • Track Volume Fader
  • Enable Track Send 1
  • Looper : Record / Play / Overdub
  • Looper Undo & Clear
  • Looper 2 x Speed & 1/2 x Speed
  • Looper 2 x Length & Half Length
  • Looper Reverse

Page 5 :  

  • Cue Point 1 : Deck 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
  • Switch Deck Pairs 1 & 2 / 3 & 4 
  • Autoloop Deck 1 & 2 x 5
  • Autoloop Deck 3 & 4 x 5

NOTE : 

Though not a requirement, an Aiport Express Card is excellent for broadcasting your own robust and reliable WIFI network where one is not present or unreliable.

I also made a non-destructive version of this interface. This guest version can be used by someone else in realtime, controlling effects and looping during a performance. Library Scrolling, Cue Points, Deck loading, Sync and Nudge options are all removed. This version only contains functions that are safe : DJ-FX, External Instrument Control, Autoloop and Looproll.

I will gladly give my Osculator script, TouchOSC Editor layout and my Serato-SL MIDI Map file away to those who want to use, try out or modify my interface. Just ask. 

I keep the phones though. ;)

 

DJ/Live Rig :

My latest DJ/Live setup :

NOTE : My setup still includes a third deck... it's just not shown here in these pictures. Goodbye fourth deck, it's been fun!... I will miss you!

Hardware :

  • Technics 1200 MK5 x 3
  • Ortofon SL-120 (half Concorde) x 3
  • Rane 68
  • Apple MacBook Pro
  • Apple iPhone 3G
  • Apple iPhone 4
  • Akai LPD 8
  • Novation Launchpad x 2
  • Crane Stand

Software :

  • Ableton Live Suite 8  + Max for Live + The Bridge 
  • Serato SL + Video SL
  • Osculator
  • TouchOSC
    (download)