I’ve been laid up in the house for the last two weeks due to some medical reasons, so I finally got around to getting all my gear organized close to how I want it.
And thats a PC not a Mac btw, despite what the sticker might suggest
…and I guess I would like a midi fighter pro as well, but I just paid the price for Ableton Suite, so…
Not in the photo: HC1500 projector which I have hooked up to a laptop running winamp, set to line in, which projects milkdrop all over the walls when I’m in the mood.
At the moment, I’ve reached a point where I can’t really think of anything I would like to add to the mix (thank god).
Other than being a bit confused about mapping the 49SL MKII to control VSTs in maschine, its all running perfectly.
I can get the MK2 to do the basic keyboard duties with Maschines VSTs, but I’m still on the hunt to get its operation cleaner.
Love the 3700s. Great running stand alone, a few quirks to work out when using them with Traktor, but nothing major, and once you have them dialed in they work Traktor like a charm.
Using the decks and the mixer is certainly a standing scenario, and when in Ableton the APC 40 gets relocated above the PC keyboard, unless I’m running traktor and ableton together into traktor.
The 3700s are in hybrid mode. Using midi, and the time code signal. Though when setup away from home and without a laptop they work great with just mp3s on a thumb drive.
Would you say that the 3700 would be a good platform to learn/emulate Vinyl? If or when I pick one of these up, I would not want to use midi/time code, but rather use it natively to learn not to use a laptop (while using an x1 for 2 other channels). Would you recommend these or anything else?
I think if you want to emulate the feel of using Vinyl, the 3700s are as close as you can get. I did hear some complaints about sticker drift with the 3700s when they first came out, but I havnt really noticed an issue…keep in mind I don’t scratch much and don’t have the fine tuned sense that a pro scratcher does. That said I have had a few more scratch oriented friends toy around with them and they have all been impressed (note: they did use them in timecode mode).
To be completely honest I’ve been a long time vinyl lover and I’ve always had a record player in my house in one form or another, so the aesthetic was a pretty big turn on for me.
The only real downside with the 3700s, is the simple fact that if you use someone else’s gear you’ll likely be playing on something else.
