Was fiddling around with some tunes pre-gig last night when the master out on my BCD3000 decided to go very very quiet.
Could fix it, got in a flap, as I had 50 minutes before I had to go to the venue. Then saw the VCI-100 that’d been delivered on Monday, and the soundcard I’d bought midweek. I’d decided to avoid playing with it until next week as I had no idea what I was doing with it, but needs must when the devil kicks you in the balls
Rigged everything up, worked out which button did what (vaguely - nothing too clever, but I got the effects and loops working) and tore arse out of the place. VCI was bombproof, loved the touch sensitive platters, soundcard was decent.
awesome i had a similar situation when we got the herc…only had time do do a very basic mapping with it before gig testing it. Well done, I’d much rather have the VCI than the BCD anyday!
Thats awesome cus i used my VCI at a gig last nite for the first time as well.
Ive had a 2 months but just havent had the time to properly bash out a tsi i like.
Spent most of friday daytime with it and used it last nite.
Absolute joy to use.
Me = one happy camper as well.
Glad it worked out for you so i guess the answer to your question is: BRAVE.
My beloved Oxygen 8 died yesterday I’m currently controllerless (and penniless..) I think I’m gna invest in a VCI - although I really like using the club’s mixer (harking back to the good old CDJ days..)
Is it time for me to let go? I’ve never used the internal mixer before… I also want to be taken seriously at venues, so I’m kinda scared of just rocking up with a controller and just plugging in and playing… thoughts?!
you can use one channel on the mixer as your “master” and use a second channel to monitor off (volume down, cue on) or do what i do and use two channels and do all the mixing/EQing off the mixer and just use the controller for cueing/ looping and all that shit.
I just ran my main output from the Firebox into the mixer and used the EQ on the VCI (Traktor) . To be honest it was more responsive that the damn Rane Installation that is in the club.
Doing this meant that i could still have the CD players lined up in case i fucked up with the VCI (i always have a backup).
You can still tweak the mixer EQ but that would mean some heavy EQing going on. I just zereod the mixer EQ.
The EQ on Traktor is good enough i my opinion. Ive got an Xone92 and i struggle to hear the difference.
Yeh.. anything would be better than my shitty mixer! In that case, do you take a couple CDs with you as backup? Probably a good plan!
To be honest, I’m quite tempted to use scratch pro with timecode, and use the VCI for all the midi controls and FX, since I possess an audio 8 with those nifty multicore cables.
Yeah i always have a bunch of cds with me as back up. Never once needed them but at both my regular gigs we have MP3 CDJs so i can take a few hundred mp3s on a couple of cds so if the worst happened i could finish the gig.
Im in the habit of burning of my previous weeks set onto MP3 cd and i just have them lined up ready to go.
I only use the VCI at one gig where theres no room for much else.
Some gigs i use TSP with timecode sometimes its the VCI or just the Fader Fox DX2.
i had a similar situation when we got the herc…only had time do do a very basic mapping with it before gig testing it. Well done, I’d much rather have the VCI than the BCD anyday!
I’m currently controllerless (and penniless..) I think I’m gna invest in a VCI - although I really like using the club’s mixer (harking back to the good old CDJ days..)