Mp3jrick
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Tue 18 Oct 11 @ 4:56 pm
This is an awesome add on for powered speakers.Power up another room, deck or patio with volume control as well as st/mono options.
1/4 or xlr options and excellent range.
I have put these on the 20 yard line at each end of a football field and had good solid sound from the video booth atop the bleachers.
To aid in simplicity I cut a power outlet into 2 of the 4 cabinets I have.
Then I dded a snap to each to keep the connections secure on the PS.
The added power outlet powers up the second set when wired side by side.
Sun 24 Apr 11 @ 8:30 am
So the first build was about interchangeability and testing, but we needed to lose some weight.The coffin/mac/icy dock system needed to have a downsize/weight option using the same computer and drive server.
I found the Odyssey flight case in Vegas and along with the wait for the VMS came the wait for the case because it was so new.
So I began with power management mounting a power strip into the case under the slide tray.
The first revision removed the lighted keyboard as it really isn't necessary and caused me to lean over.
In it's place went a Shure SLX 4 wireless system, hard wiring the antennas to the rails.
Next was a powered usb hub and a scan converter giving options for all but hdmi outputs.
This gave me permanent power and usb options for my drive server right in the case.
The more I use this the more I like it.
Over other units I like the jog size, the DJ Dad mapper and the total compactness of the whole set up which takes less than 2 to set up.
In the end, due to the microphone problems, I went back to my tried and tested MAudio FTP for sound along with the Reloop Digital Dj which completed this set up perfectly.
I really like the feel and lay out of this controller, my mic lays to the right.
This one's a keeper unless the 6K blows my mind next week at AC.
Well the 6k did blow my mind and is now the final stop on this tour.
I love how these 2.5" drive enclosures fit between the 6k and case.
Wed 21 Apr 10 @ 4:43 am
This coffin I can carry with one hand, but not far...
It dollies on a hand truck and when it goes to the piano stand, it pivots onto it from a vertical position, so i never lift it.
Its the perfect hight on a standard table and the 19\" mixer really doesn\'t put the decks too far apart unless you are a smaller person with short arms.
This is currently set up with wireless audio, but the only wires that will be exposed are two xlr\'s going to my drive rack plus one svideo when doing video shows.
This will have a right angle power plug when I am done, this feeds a power strip inside.
This is a TT coffin that I used because I wasn\'t going to toss out because I was \"all set\" with vinyl.
I obtained custom right angle usb and audio cables so they fit nicely
I have a Pioneer DJM 3000 19\" but chose the Numark AVM02 because of the video input and effect options it offers.
That Pioneer is for sale cheap and is in new condition.
This is some fine running gear that brings out the best if Virtual Dj.
It is an absolute pleasure to mix video with this.
The Mac version has come a long way as have mappers.
They are working splendidly together for me, kudos to the developers on this one, I know they went all out to make it the way it is.
Better Yet being Mac is fussy about hubs, (kept dropping that express card usb adapter)
It\\\'s a flush mounted 7 port powered usb hub with two up top for easy access
Now we have usb ports with room to spare and simplified connections
So I find being out of view of the screens a bit tough when mixing effects and transitions not knowing what is actually on the screen.
The VDJ monitors are only going to show me what is coming off the software output. So to have an actual video monitor became a bit of a necessity. I used to have a 3 screen monitor that took a dive leaving me with 2 of 3 lcd\'s one of which I gave away...good thing.
So I changed the gender of the video output and made it the right length so I could have it in the right view and voila, the actual output is now on my working area.
Sun 05 Nov 06 @ 1:38 pm
After years of using the best in sound active lighting, I realized how predictable it can get after 2 hours.So it was time to change that and learn how to use DMX lighting control with the computer.
This was done by first buying the Daslight program, but soon changed to a program called Freestyler with the advice and help of two friends who have some experience with it.
The lights used on this crank truss system are 2 ADJ Accuscan 250's, 2 Optima Scan II's, 2 MBT 750 DMX strobes, 1 Martin EFX 500, 4 Weidamark par 64 LED cans. I have other options including a Chauvet Aurora center piece, Chauvet 400W Black light cannon and 2 DMX multi color lazers to change the look when necessary.
Fri 05 May 06 @ 6:37 pm
The objective here was to lighten up and add space with current technology.This box was originally set up with my laptop 3 years ago, and managed to build it all in with minimal weight and height.
Homemade short shelf that allows storage without a full length shelf that fits around the cpu, ($7.00 not $70.00).
The CPU is a Shuttle barebones SN 25P
It has 2000gigs of storage on 4 500 SATA Seagate drives.
Other than the video card, it\'s a pretty basic system.
The sound card is a U46DJ by ESI, that is the best suited card i\'ve seen with mic, phones and
This has since been updated with an M Audio Fast Track Pro which forfeits the inputs as I don\'t currently scratch anyway.
This card also offers a second mic input which can be used singly or as a mic mixer input.
The phone jack is also supported with a mixer knob for pre listening or cueing.
Another feature is the 1/4\" TRS balanced outputs on the back and the available gain for the phones as well as outputs. I give this card a 10 out of 10.
The monitor is a wide screen 15.5\" that supports higher resolutions.
The mount for the monitor was used to mount to the shelf.
Added some 1/4\" jacks to the side of the case to ease the card connections.
http://global.shuttle.com/Product/Barebone/SN25P.asp
The drive mounting is critical due to heat, I have converted the floppy and dvd bracket with a 4 drive cluster spacing them apart.
I use a dvd rw in a seperate external enclosure for ripping etc...
Never use it enough to justify carrying it around everywhere I go.
I have also added a 64cfm electic fan with ducts at the other end.
The floppy doors and dvd door have been removed for better airflow around drives.
This is the current set up with bigger monitor, Fast Track Pro and VGA DA/Splitter.
Upgraded the drives to 1tb and the PS to 450w.
Had a DAC 3 and upgraded to a DN 4500 which I love.
Other than that, its the original build from June 2006.
Thu 12 May 05 @ 3:27 am
