Auditory Canvas

Burning Man 09 live and DJ sets Schedule

Here’s my live and DJ set schedule for the playa next week. Would love to see you there.

Wednesday – 9:30(ish) -DJ Set – Semi Private party at camp Tetrion/Overkill @ 7:45 & Esplanade

Thursday 8pm – SHIFT camp – Live downtempo set @ 4:30 & Esplanade

Friday – TBC – various art sound art cars throughout the night

Saturday – 12 midday – Interview on BMIR Burning Man Radio 94.5fm – BMIR

Saturday 10pm after man burns – El Circo & Do Lab – Simpler Times camp – live set also featuring Jess, Meta, and Femur from the Black Rock City All Stars

Sunday – 6am – Camp Tetrion/Overkill – Live sunrise set

Also DJing on the Golden Gate Bridge art car at some point through the week, so if you see it, have a look who’s playing.

Other sets to be arranged on the playa.

Looking forward to it, it’s gonna be a blissful week.

APC40 paint job finished

FInally finished the paint job, now has grey faders and knob caps. I’m not going to add any lettering etc as i like the minimal look, and it enables me to reassign some of the buttons and knobs without them then being labeled wrongly.

Changing the way the APC40 faders work

Today I changed the mode of the APC40 in Live’s midi/synch preferences from ‘pickup’ mode to ‘value scaling’.

For anyone using an APC40 with a dislike for how the faders work in pickup mode, you should give it a try. While not perfect, it certainly makes a big difference, and helps avoid the potential volume spikes when it snatches the level in pickup mode when you change fader banks.

hard to explain how it works, but essentially it means that when you change banks of faders, say from 1-8 to 9-16, it scales the existing position of the fader for the new channel. So for example, if I was controlling track 1, set the fader to half way up, then changed banks so the fader controlled track 9 which was at the top of the fader on the screen, it would scale the fader on the APC40 so that when I slid it down it would act like the fader level was at the top and bring it down…..

Like I said, it’s difficult to explain, but by trying it out you will instantly understand how much more useful it is.

It’s far from perfect, and there are instances where it can get a bit confusing, but it’s a much better option than pickup mode in my opinion.

Shows and gigs coming up

Here’s where you can catch me over the next few months, more dates and shows to come:

April:

14th – Live monome breaks set with Black Rock City All Stars @ Amendment 21, 425 South Virginia Street, Reno – $Free

15th – chilled/IDM breaks DJ set @ Amendment 21, 425 South Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada – $Free

17th – Disco Balls @ Tonic Lounge, 231 West 2nd Street, Reno, Nevada – $?

18th – The Green Party @ TEN99 Club, 1099 South Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada – $?

21st – Live monome breaks set with Black Rock City All Stars @ Amendment 21, 425 South Virginia Street, Reno – $Free

22nd – chilled/IDM breaks DJ set @ Amendment 21, 425 South Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada – $Free

28th – Live monome breaks set with Black Rock City All Stars @ Amendment 21, 425 South Virginia Street, Reno – $Free

29th – chilled/IDM breaks DJ set @ Amendment 21, 425 South Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada – $Free

May:

Every Tuesday – Live monome breaks set with Black Rock City All Stars @ Amendment 21, 425 South Virginia Street, Reno – $Free

Every Wednesday – chilled/IDM breaks DJ set @ Amendment 21, 425 South Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada – $Free

June:

19th, 20th, and 21st, The Big Bounce Festival – @ Belden, California – $75 for 3 days for advanced ticket sales, more at the gate

Every Tuesday – Live monome breaks set with Black Rock City All Stars @ Amendment 21, 425 South Virginia Street, Reno – $Free

Every Wednesday – chilled/IDM breaks DJ set @ Amendment 21, 425 South Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada – $Free

More dates and shows to come soon.