first :D really awesome moustache :D hell yes!

Niice) Let’s see what’s in Obama’s bag!

where could i get a pair of those noise cancelling earplugs?

I assume thats a 15″ Mbp :)

[quote comment=""]I assume thats a 15″ Mbp :)[/quote]
That’s def not a 15″.

What brand are those ear plugs? I think I need some of those before I go def…

Love that new feature. And you even started it with one of my favorite artists! Who did the intro animation? It’s awesome.

[quote comment=""][quote comment=""]I assume thats a 15″ Mbp :)[/quote]
That’s def not a 15″.

What brand are those ear plugs? I think I need some of those before I go def…[/quote]
[quote comment="22712"]where could i get a pair of those noise cancelling earplugs?[/quote]

Those are attenuators rather than earplugs. Earplugs absorb the frequencies before they reach your ear drum. Attenuators will allow the frequencies to pass but will limit the amount of dB getting in so you can hear everything correctly, but just ‘turned down’

You can get them at any audiologists, the dudes that make hearing aids as Jesse says.

I dont get this
Car visor booklet with Serato and white noise cds

what is this for?

What’s a mustache doing in his bag any way?

very nice and entertaining article! hope to see more of those.

earplugs for sure anybody knows where i can get good ones?

Ah man, love MSTRKRFT. Seen them twice at a small venue in my home town. Was like 5 ft away from the DJ booth both times :D

The first time i saw them they had a laptop with a customised keyboard for DJ’ing. Was very cool. Not sure if they had it the second time. There was so much smoke in the club you couldnt see people 10 inches in front of you.

Great video too, i look forward to more world class DJ’s revealing all.

Nice ear plugs! Custom made? I WANT! I have a massive trouble with ear plugs fitting into my ears just right… maybe do a feature on how to obtain generic comfortable and well performing plugs for your ears vs custom made?

You can even get those earplugs from some of the pro audio warehouses besides any audiologist every touring roadie and tech uses them. I love mine they are worth every penny.

The ones from the audiologist that cost around 200.00 bucks are custom molded to the shape of your ear canals, perfect fit very comfortable for long wearing.

Love the Crown royal… I always have a bottle of Yeager and some red bull on ice in my bag

I think I will grow out a mustache like that.

Ean

I think a great article would some information on ear plugs. I my self lost hearing from my right ear mixing with headphone. For the past 2 years I’ve been letting traktor sync my tracks so I could save my hearing for the sweet nothing the lady whisper in my ear. “Aye Papi!”

f ‘in great article! LOVE MSTRKRFT! I’ve seen them (him) like maybe 4 times already in Puerto Rico and it was awesome :D. That bag needs a guardian dog or something since it even has $1000 dollars cash in it kinda like prize money or something :O

And yeah Jesse’s stache is epic but I’ve seen Ean’s stache getting that epic too. Italian Spiderman Epic!

nice! hope to see more of those!!!

Awwww No Traktor?? I own both but i really much prefer using traktor these days

what is a solid state hard drive?

[quote comment=""]what is a solid state hard drive?[/quote]

A hard drive that has no moving parts, therefore is smaller, wont break after 2 years of use and is alot faster to load files.

They’re more expensive and usually have less capacity but are far far far far far far far more superior to regular hard drives.

Anyways as for solid state disks aka SSD. There is quite a huge gap in performance. The “cheap” (still way more expensive than classic hard disks) ones are not really “fast” in many cases compared to a traditional hard disks. They do however all deal much better with bring thrown around. At this point they are very highly priced options even on luxury laptops not only because they offer less size for a much higher price. I expect that towards the end of next year luxury laptops will increasingly start shipping with SSD’s by default, especially in the compact segment where the lower power consumption of the top models also make a difference.

Another thing to note is that both Windows 7 and Snow Leopard supposedly have some internal changes inside to makwe them more efficient with SSDs. Remember that OS’s in the past did a lot of work to reduce random access to hard drives. This is no longer necessary with SSD’s .. actually SSD’s work hard to fragment data as much as possible when writing in order to not “ware out” so quickly. I am sure further tweaks will make SSDs even better in the future.

More details here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive

Want earplugs? Go visit an Audiologist. Apart from fitting Granny with an aid, their other major task is to hook up musicians with all kinds of hearing devices. To a DJ or anyone working at a club or venue, the Audiologist is your friend. Drop the $200 and do it.

If you’re interested in solid-state hard drives, they are currently available in smaller sizes and for a much higher price per GB. For example, if you get a new MacBook Pro from the Apple Store, you can have it built with a 128 GB or 256 GB SSD hard drive for an extra $200-400 for the 128 or for $650-850 for the 256 GB. The add-on prices go slightly down if you’re buying a higher-end MBP.

Here’s a link to some internal and external SSDs:
http://eshop.macsales.com/search/SSD

And if you want to buy some professional musician’s earplugs, it’s something you need to get fitted for, so this link can help you find a place to go almost anywhere you are in the world:
http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/erme-wtb.aspx

What bag is he using?

100% agree with Jesse on that. Your ears are your #1 tool friends; protect them.

Ean, I love the idea behind this article. What about a companion segment talking about their customized gear / mappings / effects? I would definitely be interested in learning more about how touring DJs are reacting / adapting to the emergence of controllerism. Regardless, great article idea and I can’t wait to read more!

-djeklypse

Thanks for the link Markkus
http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/erme-wtb.aspx

A great alternative to the $200 ear thingy is this http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er20.aspx
the only problem is you can’t wear them while dj’ing cause they stick out of your ear a little but do a decent job of reducing the volume evenly… & for only $20.
Hope this helps.

hey guys.

can anyone tell me the name of the first song (kind of: one two three four five…stuff)

thx

Daniel, that’s D.A.N.C.E. by Justice, i’m guessing the MSTRKFT remix. surprised if that’s the first you’ve heard it, heh.

earplugs
I have MusicSafe Pro Natural Sound Ear Plugs. Not bad and cheeeeap.
http://earplugstore.stores.yahoo.net/nasopl.html

Ean, great piece here! Hopefully we’ll see inside more DJ bags in future!

Glad to see others here find ear protection a priority. For now, I just keep a bulk box from Home Depot near my kit at home and toss a couple of new pairs in my kit when I go out. Nice and cheap, but I’d prefer a clear pair to the fluorescent colours. I like to keep an extra pair handy to pass along if someone asks about mine (and I’ve had several beers bought for me that way!)

Ean, that was an awesome piece. Except now you just left us hungry for more. You should do a piece on your DJ bag.

Also, what was the thousand dollars for?

[quote comment=""]hey guys.

can anyone tell me the name of the first song (kind of: one two three four five…stuff)

thx[/quote]

D.A.N.C.E. from Justice.Think it´s a remix?Eans remix?

Two things

1) earplugs are great.
2) got to love the return of the brazilian girls going on in the background!

diggin the dj interviews on techtools, nice one!

[quote comment="22757"]Two things

1) earplugs are great.
2) got to love the return of the brazilian girls going on in the background![/quote]
[quote comment=""]diggin the dj interviews on techtools, nice one![/quote]

Brazillian Girls killed it, along with MSTRKRFT, Dan Deacon, and MGMT. But, Brazilian Girls where by far my favorite performance of the event.

IDK if the earplugs would do the trick… “It’s All Gone Pete Tong!”

[quote comment=""][quote comment=""]IDK if the earplugs would do the trick… “It’s All Gone Pete Tong!”[/quote]
[quote comment="22755"][quote comment=""]hey guys.

can anyone tell me the name of the first song (kind of: one two three four five…stuff)

thx[/quote]

D.A.N.C.E. from Justice.Think it´s a remix?Eans remix?[/quote][/quote]
opps my bad menat to put “Justice D.A.N.C.E. Mstrkrft Remix”

Video –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36GoJluHXlY

Love it.
Want more!

Big ups to Markkus for completing the article by giving us access. I really appreciate his research. It’s one thing to put a dope vid out, but to follow through is even better.

Good job Markkus and Ean.

Yeah I’m wondering about the “white noise CDs” as wel… wtf?

great feature. ask some more questions next time.

Yo MSTRKRFT!? Whats in your DJ bag… other than a bottle of Crown Royal….

Mstrkrft has fists bigger than Chunk Norris.

I love Mstrkrft remixes and porn staches.
Here we get a peek into Jeese’s equipment by an DJ TechTools interview.
- Pioneer headphones
- Macbook with all the ram in the world.. with solid state drive
…

Great segment! What I find really great about this segment was to see something I never thought of like the ear plugs. Maybe that would of solved some of the loss of hearing I have experience over the years. I too am curious about the white noise cd. I understand why one would carry a cd with a tone on it but white noise? Do you play that in the background of a track to dirty up the sound perhaps? My guess would be to give that digital sound a more vinyl like feel.

+1 for identifying that gear bag please

Bump on more info about the ear plugs and white noise

The white noise CDs are to counteract the various listening devices international spies plant in DJ booths… MSTRKRFT has been passing military secrets on to a network of spies in between mixes. Where do you think he got the $1000 in cash?

another +1 for the earplugs and ssd.

My guess is that the white noise is used to create sweeps.

I think I need to get some of those musicians’ earplugs myself, before my hearing really gets damaged. It’s probably already been hurt; I need to stop it before it gets any worse!

Great article/video. Can’t wait to see many more in the series. Who knows…just when you think you have thought of everything to bring to your sets, someone else has something new to throw in. Although I didn’t see anything new/different in this video, I hope future vids will have a surprise or three. Thanks Ean.

really cool idea for videos. i can’t wait to see more

They use a lot of white noise in their mixes and songs. So it helps with transitions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkEP-TjmlpU

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This article is awesome.

Would like some more info on the white noise cds though too :D

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oh and also,

Metric are playing in the background – so good live.

Cool! I’d love to see more of this.
On the white noise thing, it could also be used for soundchecking / system calibration, but I doubt guys at their levels do that themselves.

I think the most important question is: What IS that DJ bag?

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Also, what was the thousand dollars for?[/quote]
Likely for cabs, emergencies, etc.

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[quote comment="22712"]where could i get a pair of those noise cancelling earplugs?[/quote]

He just said, where you get hearing aids made. So any ear doctor, takes like 5 minutes to mold your ear then they ship the mold off them get them in like a week. Pretty pricey if you tend to lose things!

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Guy Looks like a young John Bonham!

Any one got any ideas on what bag that is???

Headliner Backpack me thinks……

[quote comment="22712"]where could i get a pair of those noise cancelling earplugs?[/quote]
Hey, I live in Germany. Mine are called “PARTY PLUGS” they’re really good and cost about 15 $.

They’re like these ones:

http://www.sonicshop.de/De/Plugs/MusicSafe-3.asp

+1 to know the brand of the backpack…

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I think this is the backpack (or at least similar to it)

http://www.planetdj.com/i–STASHPACK

nevermind, this is it

http://www.storedj.com.au/products/product.php?id=1151

…yeah!!! masterkraftz !!! he look like ledzeppelins drummer john bonham !!! awesome !!!

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Hi Ean, totally off-topic, but which hand-held field recorder are you using? I’d like to get a good yet inexpensive one for found-sounds.

[quote post="2784"]Nice ear plugs! Custom made? I WANT! I have a massive trouble with ear plugs fitting into my ears just right… maybe do a feature on how to obtain generic comfortable and well performing plugs for your ears vs custom made?[/quote]

If you’re looking for “attenuators” check the links below.

1.crazy custom, free molding kit, no audiologist necessary – http://earplugstore.stores.yahoo.net/er915and25pr.html

2. Generic filter plugs with different DB level drops.
http://earplugstore.stores.yahoo.net/alnasoearpl.html

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