Comments on: Gear Check: Inside a Traveling VJ Bag, on the Way to Coachella

By: momo the monster

momo the monster — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:16:35 +0000

I'll be in the Sahara tent – looking forward to seeing you!

By: Miguex

Miguex — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:03:13 +0000

Hey Surya, what tent will you be in?
I'm going to be there on sunday, I'll come and say hello!

I wish they would let me in with my real camera so I can snap some photos, but they only allow point and shoot.

see you there

By: Andrew Benson

Andrew Benson — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:21:42 +0000

I'll be supplying visuals for M.I.A. on Saturday. Probably driving out there on Friday evening and leaving Sunday morning sometime. I'll see if I can get away for a minute and introduce myself. So much good music, I wish I had more time to hang out and watch it!

By: momo the monster

momo the monster — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:57:10 +0000

@digilove - yes, the Akai MPK49 has endless rotaries. @Sin-R8 - I've got a Gator ATA case of some sort - I couldn't identify it on their site. It's bigger than the 49-Key keyboard case, and came with foam for a bunch of Mics (which I ripped out). Re:Audio interface, it's been ever-changing. I've got an E-MU 0404 USB at home, but I like to leave it hooked up. I've used an eMagic 2|6 for a while, but that just died on me. I just dug my old Edirol UA-1X out of Chiral's closet, and I've been using that for now. Also, I've dropped the VDMX->Soundflower->Live for now, because I get much better response by running Audio from Live and Video separately from VDMX, and just use MIDI to keep things in sync. @Andrew Benson - awesome! Where/with whom are you playing? We'll be there Wed-Mon in the Sahara tent, so come on by.

By: Andrew Benson

Andrew Benson — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:17:46 +0000

I'm working on my gear list for Coachella as well today, so it was nice to see someone else out there doing the same. My rig is pretty simple:
- Canopus ADVC-110 for live cams input
- BNC adapters
- Bunch of cables (RCA,USB,DVI-VGA,firewire)
- LaCie 250GB hard drive
- MiniDV camera
- NanoKontrol (perfect nomad gear)
- MacBook Pro running Jitter
See you there maybe!

By: Sin-R8

Sin-R8 — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:38:55 +0000

Got another one: Momo, if you AV mix what's your audio interface? I know you send VDMX audio through Live (via Soundflower?), but are you using the headphone jack?

By: Sin-R8

Sin-R8 — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:34:36 +0000

Momo, what specific case did you use? I travel with a similar setup (MPD24 instead of Monome/Nano). Did you mod a synth case? Side note, of all my stuff the Uberstand gets the most questions…

By: digilove

digilove — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:50:58 +0000

sorry for offbeat question, is this atari mpk have endless rotary knob or not?

By: grigori

grigori — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:27:57 +0000

Good write up.

In last 3 years especially, my flight travel has increased tons, so it was important for me to keep things as minimal as possible also. Atm I manage to pack EVERYTHING into one back pack and aluminium suitcase. It also means that I can be quickly in and out from the gigs in time for those afterparties

By: marc

marc — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:54:05 +0000

yay, my monome cover design is internet famous!
(thanks for the plug momo.)
i love seeing breakdowns like this of what people use live.
it should be a regular feature of CDMo + CDMu