Show Your Setup Part II

Here's the beginnings of my first setup. Essentially took a small portable bar and AV stand I had around, went to a local Home Improvement\Countertop fabricator and bought an $8 scrap of countertop and some L brackets and made this.

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/a...L/DSC_0044.jpg

I attached it at an angle and height that felt perfect to me
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/a...L/DSC_0048.jpg
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/a...L/DSC_0049.jpg

While building the thing this past Saturday I had one side attached and the other resting on the little shelf bracket nubs (so I could play with different angles to see what worked). That side started to fall, and while I caught it my VCI-100 slid off and landed smack dab on the bottom of my toe, squished it like a freaking tomato and I'm still dragging my foot around like Igor. It, of course, was completely unscathed.

Call me DJ NineToes...

With everything I already had my total cost of entry was ~$160 for the VCI-100, $8 for the countertop, and ~$3 for a USB sound card for cueing, pretty slick setup for near nothing.

New to the forums, just joined today.

Here's my current setup. Pretty basic. Hoping to get some gear in the near future to be able to produce my own tracks

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2394/...694abe18_z.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3526/...7a223262_z.jpg

How do you like that laptop stand Nate? I was looking at a similar one the other day but didn't think it was tall enough. I didn't think it would be very stable when extended all the way. Does the base slide under the mixer or clamp to coffin? Thanks.

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Originally Posted by BoomBapDj

How do you like that laptop stand Nate? I was looking at a similar one the other day but didn't think it was tall enough. I didn't think it would be very stable when extended all the way. Does the base slide under the mixer or clamp to coffin? Thanks.

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Its an ok stand. Especially for the money. The height is adjustable. I believe I have it on the highest position and its pretty stable. The base slides under the mixer.

I'm going to be building me a new table for my gear and will probably make a laptop mount on the wall. The stand gets in the way of my mixer so right now I have it off to the side on my desk.

Ditched my MPK49 and hopped on the Ableton train... bought myself a laptop stand and got an APC40, a nanokontrol2, and (not pictured) an x session pro

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/4526/imag0032hj.jpg

right now I've got a nice 4 channel setup with some custom FX racks I've made, I may add more channels with one shots, loops and return tracks with even more fx to choose from... oh the possibilities!

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Originally Posted by SparkDogg

Here's the beginnings of my first setup. Essentially took a small portable bar and AV stand I had around, went to a local Home Improvement\Countertop fabricator and bought an $8 scrap of countertop and some L brackets and made this.

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/a...L/DSC_0044.jpg

I attached it at an angle and height that felt perfect to me
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/a...L/DSC_0048.jpg
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/a...L/DSC_0049.jpg

While building the thing this past Saturday I had one side attached and the other resting on the little shelf bracket nubs (so I could play with different angles to see what worked). That side started to fall, and while I caught it my VCI-100 slid off and landed smack dab on the bottom of my toe, squished it like a freaking tomato and I'm still dragging my foot around like Igor. It, of course, was completely unscathed.

Call me DJ NineToes...

With everything I already had my total cost of entry was ~$160 for the VCI-100, $8 for the countertop, and ~$3 for a USB sound card for cueing, pretty slick setup for near nothing.

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Careful DJing in winter....you will roast ya nuts!

:)

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Originally Posted by sarasin

Careful DJing in winter....you will roast ya nuts!

:)

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"Cuz Nobody Likes roasted Nuts" lmao

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Originally Posted by DJBambii

"Cuz Nobody Likes roasted Nuts" lmao

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Cuz Nobody...can do it...like Mix Master Mix!

:)

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Originally Posted by ectoplasm

Ditched my MPK49 and hopped on the Ableton train... bought myself a laptop stand and got an APC40, a nanokontrol2, and (not pictured) an x session pro

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/4526/imag0032hj.jpg

right now I've got a nice 4 channel setup with some custom FX racks I've made, I may add more channels with one shots, loops and return tracks with even more fx to choose from... oh the possibilities!

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All aboard the Ableton train! :D

Is that case for your APC40? And what stand is that? It looks familiar....

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...x/IMAG0214.jpg