Comments on: The Lemur- Not your normal Primate!

By: Rciconte

Rciconte — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:06:00 +0000

What layout is being used in the first lemur picture?

By: dj Eric Foxx

dj Eric Foxx — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:28:11 +0000

Hi…
Am from sao paulo brazil.. And basically i purchased a jazzmutant lemur a week ago. Today i got also the dual boot dexter wich is a touchcreen mixer, eq etc etc that i use to control cubase 5 for making tracks. Its fantastic. Basically everywhere i travel, ic an take my jazzmutant leur swich to dexter, a audio interface and my macbook pro and i have a full blown studio anywhere. Its fantastic.

To dj before i had the lemur i used to use a akai mpc 1000 for samples and live playing. Two Allen heath 1d and a computer with traktor pro. Now i am incorporating a korg mini kaos pad, ableton and who knows in the future add wii controllers or iphone to the set up. Basically the most improtant part is the sound. But you are secure you have a good sound, you have a good mixing style and stuff just add gear… Dont be a dammm jukebox… WE HAVE TO BE ENTRETAINERS. Look at good rock concerts or even great jazz players form the 60s and 70s, after 1 hour show the guys are tired, sweeting. They improve they talk to the crowd etc etc. We have to do that behind the dj booth. I like to have a lot of equip cause i think you gotta mov ein the booth do diferent stuff etc etc. You have people who can make theit two turntables light up in fire.. Look at qbert and those kids… Fantastic. Ian is great on the VCI. If you dont have the technic to actually be a samurai on one piece of gear i think it helps to do a bit on piece the other part ona nother pieace etc etc. BUT USE EVERYTHING, its not decoration.
EX DEADMAU5 uses jazzmutant, allen heath 4d, efx 1000, monome or maschine.

EX GUI BORATTO uses jazzmutant, apc40, monome.

EX BROOMBECK uses acess virus synth, jazzmutant, apc 40 and korg mini kaos pad

EX KING ROC uses akai mpc 1000, jazzmutant, korg kaos pad, boss delay pedal and some other stuff…

well all in all we should do our best. not only look at the computer and let the computer dj not us… WE have to be a performer…

we are inventing the future of djing… ITS UP TO US

By: minimal

minimal — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:34:39 +0000

+1 for the knobs/fader camp. Call me a nipple fetishist but I need the tactile feedback.

The Lemur needs to get away from the faders/knobs paradigm & more into x/y pads or something completely new that cannot be achieved with faders/knobs.(The first Borato Youtube: Easier to do this with a fader…)

I saw someone using it in Montreal at the Pre-Mutek Party & was not impressed by his skills at all.(stay nice.) I mean if you’re going to use a $2000 touch screen why are u looking at your computer screen all the time. BTW looking at the screen makes for a really boring ‘performance’, try looking at the crowd every once in a while.

At this point the Lemur seems like geekware. Too expensive to have a broad base & evolve (unlike the vci-100).

Maybe the solution of a knob/fader controler with a small customizable touchscreen is the way to go. Maybe I should just duct tape an Iphone to my VCI 100. LOL

By: Mudo

Mudo — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:40:20 +0000

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[quote comment="19120"][quote comment="19116"]I mean, ok the Lemur layout really looks awesome and it’s cool to see this kind of new technologic. But to me a DJ needs real knobs and faders.[/quote]

I think a DJ needs a mixture of tools, a touchscreen is just one of the tools in that makes up our arsonal. Its not a single tool alone that makes a setup, its the sum of the parts :) If you have enough money to fork out for a lumur i am sure you have enough money to fork out for another controller thats going to give you the haptic feedback where you really need it.[/quote]

Welcome to TOOLTABLISM aka Free Creative Humans Perfomancing.

All are tools for creative people.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:47:39 +0000

Here are a few clips of the Brazilian DJ Gui Boratto using the Lemur along with the M-Audio Evolution Uc33e controller and a Monome controller in Ableton Live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI1uHSrgQIM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux-XGhgRJ1o&feature=related

By: DJ Phaidon

DJ Phaidon — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:42:54 +0000

[quote comment=""]Allen and Heath 4d still seems to more for the money[/quote]
I wouldn’t say more for the money, but on par for the money with the regular mixer capability and soundcard built in. Tons can be done on each, but each has it’s place, basically Tactile Feedback vs. Visual Feedback and the limitations of each.

By: Lemur is tits BUT

Lemur is tits BUT — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:40:51 +0000

Allen and Heath 4d still seems to more for the money

By: DJ TJ

DJ TJ — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:42:21 +0000

Thanks for using my video. As far as mixing is concerned, I use Ableton Live exclusively with my Lemur. I do own Traktor Pro, but, I also do live remixing a la DJ Enferno. THe Lemur works out great for my use. The video was filmed the 3rd day I had my lemur. Very user friendly. There isn’t much scripting going on and most of the templates I used are from other users, just modified. The forums have great info but are usually lurked by users. I have found that the more serious users are very sharing with their templates. In my opinion, the Lemur is a empty palette for DJ and musicians and VJs to make their dream interface. I could use a real Akai MPC but I prefer to use a template made on my lemur. We are talking about control. Lemur has that.