Patech's set up

[Coldfuzion]

$600 is a lot of cash to me... I didnt realize that a new laptop cost that much, just to run traktor. I picked up a lightly used $200 4 year old laptop that runs traktor better than some macs on this forum. LoL

How can you make a statement like that? Unless you're comparing it to a 7 year old Mac and even then... you can't make generalized statements like that. Especially if you haven't even met 2% of the forum in real life.

[MrPopinjay]

Well some people have had problems with their macs. I imagine he's comparing the difference between a cheap and well treated machine and an expensive one that has been neglected, bloated and has driver issues :P

But yeah still, 98% of the time the super power mac is better, if not necessary.

[Patech]

Thanks for clearing that up MrPopinjay. I've been on the forums for a while and I can tell you that I I've heard a lot of complaints about Traktor on macs. I'm not saying that Macs aren't good but you can get the same power from a PC at half the cost. Besides, a 7 year old mac wouldn't even be able to run Traktor, but a 7 year old Pc would.

[Patech]

July 2012 I sold off the Vestax VCM 600, Akai MPD32, NI Audio 10 soundcard, Pioneer cdj 200, Ipad2 & dock to get an Allen & Heath Xone 4D. I wanted a 2 Maschine drumpad set up but found out that I needed another laptop. So I sold my Dell d630 and got 2 Dell e6400 laptops and another Maschine.

[Patech]

I decided that a Hybrid set up is best for playing with others so I got rid of 1 Maschine and Picked up a Technics 1200 MK5 and an Ecler Nuo 2.0 mixer to practice scratching.

[djelectroniK]

You're making progress man, nice gear!

[Patech]

I got these CMD controllers when I spun for Behringer at Namm 2013. I made a custom mapping for the LC-1 that I'll share with you guys so you'll have something to work with when they come out. I also installed an Audio Innovative innofader pro into my Ecler Nuo 2.0, rubberized my eq knobs and got another MK5 turntable.

[MrPopinjay]

Oooh, you have CMDs! I'm envious! How are you finding them? What are you using to bring them up to mixer height?

[Patech]

Yeah the CMDs are great! they feel solid, the buttons are hard like the f1 and I like the click. I used 2 beams from a garage workbench from the home improvement store to bring up the height. They were like $1 a piece. They look like this:

[MrPopinjay]

They seem perfect for the job

That innofader logo on your Nuo, is that a sticker?