Arkaei's Setup

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10-17-2012, 06:48 PM
arkaei

Arkaei's Setup

I played a liveset at VuuV Festival again this year. for those who don't know, this is essentially the mother of all Goa festivals in germany; I've played there two years in a row now, both times in the chillout area (I enjoy listening to Goa but don't really spin it). here's my setup from the chillout tent. we had a nice funktion one PA and a lot of beautiful, relaxed people...

anyway, here's the setup: IBM W701 running Ableton Live (successfully used the 64bit beta), RME Fireface 400, the mighty APC 80, an Access Virus TI desktop, an ipad3 running OmniTR (a remote app for spectrasonics' Omnisphere synth), and a VCI-400 with an IBM T61p running Traktor Scratch Pro for the DJ set I played after the live part. special nerd bonus for using an android phone as a WiFi hub between the ipad and the W701 (they don't play nice otherwise).

http://www.arkaei.com/dl/arkaei_vuuv2012.jpg
10-17-2012, 07:08 PM
fullenglishpint

JUST - TOO - AWESOME

:drool:
10-17-2012, 07:19 PM
arkaei

Quote:

Originally Posted by fullenglishpint

JUST - TOO - AWESOME

:drool:

thank you! so is your setup :) pretty damn nice combination!
10-17-2012, 07:27 PM
fullenglishpint

Thanks :) I think we both have setups that are perfect for what we do, maybe next time you're in the UK we can hook up and you can give me an ableton lesson!
10-18-2012, 01:51 AM
arkaei

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Originally Posted by fullenglishpint

Thanks :) I think we both have setups that are perfect for what we do, maybe next time you're in the UK we can hook up and you can give me an ableton lesson!

each one teach one! :) I may be in birmingham on dec 15th for a gig with a few other IDA champs, it's not confirmed yet (I wish I could drop names, really awesome people on the line up so far but it's all "TBC" at the moment)... when I'm booked to play it's usually really difficult to squeeze in a few extra hours, but I'll try and let you know if that's OK. can we connect via facebook ? my account is here.
10-18-2012, 04:51 AM
tekki

w00t so excellent!

(question was asked through FB)
10-19-2012, 05:50 AM
Destiny

Loving the APC80. It's always a big win when people kinda 'make' their own modded gear.
10-19-2012, 03:29 PM
arkaei

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Originally Posted by Destiny

Loving the APC80. It's always a big win when people kinda 'make' their own modded gear.

thank you :) the next cosmetic mod I make will be called the TTWWEEAAKKEERR... or maybe TWIN TWEAKS. yeah, that sounds cool.
10-19-2012, 07:02 PM
botstein

Sweet! How do you like Omnisphere for live use? I've been thinking about picking it up.
10-20-2012, 02:19 AM
arkaei

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Originally Posted by botstein

Sweet! How do you like Omnisphere for live use? I've been thinking about picking it up.

judging from your signature we have a lot in common setup-wise, so I think you may like it ;) in my opinion omnisphere is excellent for live, but there's no way around omniTR unless you want to just fire off presets (in which case you can just freeze the tracks). also, if you're playing longer sets you will either have to reload stuff (omnisphere has multitibral presets with up to 8 stereo channels) or just use multiple instances. in either case, I highly recommend SSDs in your stage laptop. but don't underestimate it just because it's primarily a sample-based synth; it has insane capabilities in terms of regular synthesis and WILL take a load out of your CPU when you go crazy with modulations and fx. but it has never ever crashed on me, not even since I've gone with the ableton 64bit beta.
10-24-2012, 08:32 PM
dfinch805

It's a 40 and a 20 right? How are you holding them together? Looks awesome :D
10-25-2012, 02:34 AM
arkaei

Quote:

Originally Posted by dfinch805

It's a 40 and a 20 right? How are you holding them together? Looks awesome :D

you open them up (as in: disassemble completely), remove the side panels, cut off protruding plastic, connect the units on the inside with bolts. on the outside, you attach a steel plate to the bottom. rock solid build, and due to combination mode it works like one big APC by default :)
10-25-2012, 05:02 AM
Destiny

Quote:

Originally Posted by dfinch805

It's a 40 and a 20 right? How are you holding them together? Looks awesome :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lD1rL-ions
10-25-2012, 10:56 AM
arkaei

I was hoping never to see this video again, ever. I was feeling like shit when we shot it (was actually sick), so I wasn't really concentrated and sputed ridiculous stuff all the way through. but hey, if you mute the sound you can see every step :)
10-26-2012, 09:17 PM
Jester

Nominated .. (Psy Bias)

http://forum.djtechtools.com/showthread.php?t=60404
10-27-2012, 01:07 PM
Destiny

Totally worth the nomination!
10-27-2012, 05:02 PM
arkaei

thank you guys! :)
11-07-2012, 04:53 PM
arkaei

chargin' mah laz0r...

http://www.arkaei.com/dl/arkaei_battlestation.jpg

I'm in the middle of moving, just set up part of my gear in the new apt...

access virus TI desktop
akai MPC reinaissance
ibm w701
rme fireface 400
akai max49
electrix tweaker
ipad3 + lemur
apc80
electrix tweaker
11-07-2012, 05:22 PM
DarioJ

Nominated for the Gear thread, again... lol. Looks right at home :)
11-07-2012, 05:34 PM
Otacon

Wow great setup
11-07-2012, 08:23 PM
Ryan Ruel

Nice. Like the apc deal.
11-07-2012, 08:58 PM
Rukks

How are you liking the tweaker/what are you using it for?

Think it would ever work as a midi mixer?
11-08-2012, 12:47 AM
Jester

Hi arkaei, one setup thread per member please, i went ahead and merged your threads. Cheers,J

p.s i have $10 on you winning our competition so you better win mate :)
11-08-2012, 04:55 AM
arkaei

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jester

Hi arkaei, one setup thread per member please, i went ahead and merged your threads.

oh! sorry. and thanks :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jester

p.s i have $10 on you winning our competition so you better win mate :)

I'll try to step up the game this week-end - still waiting for one unit to arrive... and then I may have to stitch together a panorama shot of it all. it's gonna be a pain, but a feature on DJTT is certainly worth the trouble. not to mention your 10$!
11-08-2012, 05:29 AM
arkaei

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rukks

How are you liking the tweaker/what are you using it for?

to unleash the bassacre, of course:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQmMJDzZEOU

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rukks

Think it would ever work as a midi mixer?

I think it can work as a MIDI mixer. in fact, the default traktor mapping it ships with is essentially a "daily bread" 2 channel mixer layout that works well considering its purpose (but of course I've made my own, like most of us would), and the ableton remote script consists of two parts - one of which is a dynamic 2 channel mixer that you can move around a liveset. for a big set structure with dozens of tracks, the tweaker is clearly too small, but if you use it as a simple trigger box for a bunch of oneshots and loops to enrich your DJ set it's pretty close to perfection (I say "pretty close" because there's no such thing as a "perfect" controller).

I've played quite a few gigs using just the tweaker since getting the prototype and it was definitely cool on its own, but in the setup I'm building now both tweakers will end up as add-on units. I really like the fact that it has physical MIDI I/O besides USB, there are a number of applications for that (and it's not as constrained as maschine where you have to choose between USB OR MIDI in controller mode, you can actually use both in one template). syncing different programs is obvious, but then there's the PDX3000 which can essentially be turned into a Controller One this way...
11-09-2012, 03:20 PM
fullenglishpint

Quote:

Originally Posted by arkaei

I'll try to step up the game this week-end - still waiting for one unit to arrive... and then I may have to stitch together a panorama shot of it all. it's gonna be a pain, but a feature on DJTT is certainly worth the trouble. not to mention your 10$!

Nominations close tomorrow so not much time left!
11-09-2012, 05:27 PM
arkaei

Quote:

Originally Posted by fullenglishpint

Nominations close tomorrow so not much time left!

okay... then it's a good thing that I just finished setting up, I guess :D

in the words of Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time: dinner is served, bitches.

http://www.arkaei.com/dl/arkaei_lab.jpg

equipment L>R: 2x Technics SL1210 mk5 + Ecler Nuo4 + Sennheiser HD25 + Vestax PDX3000 mk2 (S120) + Electrix Tweaker + NI Z2 with DJTT Chroma Caps + Electrix Tweaker + Moog Etherwave+ CV Theremin + Korg Monotron Duo + Korg Monotron + Sennheiser HD25 + Ecler Evo5 (in flightcase) + Access Virus TI + MPC Reinaissance + IBM W701 + Akai MAX49 + iPad3/Lemur + APC80.

here's a closeup of the twin tweakz2:

http://www.arkaei.com/dl/arkaei_twin_tweakz2.jpg
11-09-2012, 07:25 PM
fullenglishpint

Holy hell in a hand basket, I am so coming over to your place. I'll bring beer.
11-09-2012, 07:31 PM
arkaei

Quote:

Originally Posted by fullenglishpint

Holy hell in a hand basket, I am so coming over to your place. I'll bring beer.

you are most welcome :) bed & breakfast provided, especially in exchange for beer.
11-10-2012, 05:37 AM
Ed Paris

and let me add something: RAY IS THE FUCKIN GOD OF COFFEE! you won´t be disapointed
11-10-2012, 09:38 AM
tekki

I'm not worthy.... :scared:
11-12-2012, 06:20 PM
Diskobeep

don't know what to say... but this is soooo impressive! :001_tt1:
10-01-2015, 10:04 AM
Axel Dark Key

Love it dude!:w00t:
10-09-2015, 09:51 AM
Dystinct

Holy hell! I know this thread is old but that controller looks amazing. Anyone have more info on it? Was it popular?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFh4sODXDFw