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TIK TAK TEK @ Velvet Lounge April 11: The Machinist, R. Laplante, HakimG. & Moevalith

We are very happy to present to you for this night two highely talented special guest DJs.
The Machinist an upcoming that no one should miss, always impress with innovative taste and skills.
Rick Laplante is one of the most experienced and technical DJ around, and he's making the trip from Ottawa for us to make this a night to remember.
The Tag Team between Hakim Guelmi & Moevalith will be completely made WITHOUT the use of headphones, using 3 cdjs and an Allen & Heath Xone92. Be there for this new experience in electronic dance music.

LINE-UP:

* The Machinist
www.myspace.com/thisisthemachinist

* Rick Laplante
(Sunrise Afterhours, Ottawa)

* Moevalith (Akarien, Projekt Underdog)
- (Exclusive headphoneless tag team)
*Hakim Guelmi (Projekt Underdog)

Cover:
At the door :12$
Reduced List: 10$

pulling a max graham are we moe + hakim

hehehehehehe

how do u mix without headphones? Put all the songs at the same BPM first in Ableton or something?

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Originally posted by Dj Nacht how do u mix without headphones? Put all the songs at the same BPM first in Ableton or something?

With the correct use of the filter's anything could be done on the Xone!

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Originally posted by Dj Nacht how do u mix without headphones? Put all the songs at the same BPM first in Ableton or something?

No, we'll be using 3 cdj800 and a xone 92. no computer or any beatcounter.
We have developed our ears to be able to beatmatch VERY FAST (under a second) without headphones, without looking at the bpm, without knowing which track will be played.
Come and see it by urself
It will be a tag team, and we didnt prepare the set in advance either

As viktor said with a xone92, anything is possible

and a load of room disto and reverb

To answer Dj Nacht; Xone92, great monitors & plenty of headroom!

The high pass filter as well the resonance knob work wonders, and of course, you need great monitor speakers for such performances

Come hear it for yourself, you keep on talking about how much you love techno, I guarentee you will get alot of it!

-Moevalith (Projekt Underdog::Akarien)

Will be sick, can't wait.

If im done being sick by friday im there! If not friday the next show. Its time to hear what else this is about

this would be a great night for me to relax from a hectic week

we haven't seen you for a while. this would be our pleasure

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Originally posted by Haki We have developed our ears to be able to beatmatch VERY FAST (under a second) without headphones, without looking at the bpm, without knowing which track will be played.

That sounds pretty cool man, seriously!!!

But, seriously tho, I know you're talented and all but I have some questions PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ don't take offense in anything I ask, I don't want another TA rivalry It's just for my knowledge of what exactly you guys are doing. Thank you in advance

1) How are you gonna cue your first beat of the track coming in without being able to hear it? Sure, you can hear it through the monitors but that means the dancefloor can hear it and that really doesn't sound good, from my experience. Not every track starts with a kick, nor does every track start as soon as you press the play button. Sometimes, there's a 5 (or so) second delay before you hear anything.

2) How do you want anyone to believe (I'm not saying you can't do it) that you're not looking at your BPM? It's right there, in your face, telling you that 0.8% = 1 BPM (if you use that system, that is). If you put some duct tape over that spot on the CDJs, I'll believe you JUST KIDDING!!!

The way I see it, you'll bring in your track, it'll be off for like, 3-10 seconds (or however long it takes you to fix it...1 second, in your case , 5000000000000000 seconds in mine ) and then it'll sound great. But, that doesn't make for a perfect mix, no? IMO, if there's any "offness" whatsoever, then the mix is not perfect, it needs work.

I realllllllllllly wanna come see you guys, it's been way too long. And this concept is beyond interesting to me, so for sure I wanna check it out! My only problem is exams I can't fuck around too much unfortunately. I'll try to come but can't promise it. Please take videos (as you guys usually do) so I can see this magic happen somehow

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Originally posted by Haki We have developed our ears to be able to beatmatch VERY FAST (under a second) without headphones, without looking at the bpm, without knowing which track will be played.

A bit presumptuous imo.

The LEDs? Those are the lights, right? Don't they go up when ANY sound comes in; not just the kick?

Hey, where'd your post about the LEDs go??? Double lol...

The LEDs are peak meters.... so even if they lights up at any sound coming from the CDJ, the biggest peak will be the kick.

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Originally posted by Paulr The LEDs are peak meters.... so even if they lights up at any sound coming from the CDJ, the biggest peak will be the kick.

Thanks Paul
thought anyone would know that hehe

that isn't very common knowledge!!!

i bet you half the ppl on TA dont even know that !

mmm...weren't you asking a question

anywho, auto-cue helps a lot too when the track start with a few second of silence. In a lot of situation it manages to set your cue mark at the very beginning of the first beat. But even then, you could always edit out that "pre-roll"

but what happens in the small probability case when the auto cue is not properly positioned?

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Originally posted by Marcus007 but what happens in the small probability case when the auto cue is not properly positioned?

Im guessing he can slowly fast forward the track and watch for a big peak in the LEDS and that should indicate a kick drum.

indeed.

Marcus, don't forget that both these guys are literally mixing GEEKS

hehehehehehe

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Originally posted by Haki thought anyone would know that hehe

Was just asking a question jeez

It seems like a cool gimmick I suppose.


Personally, I have to use the shutter system to cue so that would sound really really fucking dumb on the dancefloor.

What is the extra CDJ for? Are you guys actually going to use it? And how so? Mash-ups or sampling?

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