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Zak Claxton · Joined: 16 Oct 2007 Posts: 2008 Location: Podul/33/243/154/

I don't much care where/how Frank got to be Frank. I'm just happy he did.

I had the opportunity to hang out with Dweezil and Steve Vai a couple of years ago, discussing Frank, and they both still were emotional at his memory. His entire body of work is simply astounding. What a genius.
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Nad · Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Posts: 428 Location: at my puter.

My first *cough* exposure to Zappa was in 1966 when I got the Mothers of Invention 'Freak Out' LP. It was a mix of 50s dowap, 60s boy-with-broken heart-laments, and pre-views of coming attractions from psychedelic to pink floyd noise making - all done in that unique satiric frame of reference Zappa would never let go of. There was nothing like it at the time. It was the first real hippie album I can recall... it may have been a year later it had its effect on the music scene (I guess on the timing and the alleged effect). Today my favorite FZ is 'Moving to Montana' - both lyrically and musically a true and timeless piece of art.

edit: and oh yeah - this was a debut DOUBLE album - unheard of and lol uncalled for.
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Pocket · Joined: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 20 Location: Ireland

Kim Seifert · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 203 Location: Ohio

Hi hon. I don't have the mixer with the ipod docking station. For the tracks, I just use a player that plugs in directly to the mixer. The only thing I modified there was to use 1/8" to 1/4" jack adapters. The tracks I use are professional ones that I have bought and are not in mp3 form. The tracks made by sl musicians are in mp3 form but I have burned those onto cds and use those in the cd player the same as I do the professional tracks so I have no idea how to help you with setting up an ipod or using it with the mixer. I am so sorry.

I have added new gear since that post, a large diaphragm mic with a tube preamp and my ibanez acoustic electric guitar but they just take up an extra channel using xlr cables.
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Pocket · Joined: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 20 Location: Ireland

okay Kim...thanks.... Smile

I really wish this were as simple as RL gigging.... Very Happy

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Miss Cyberpink · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:12 am Post subject:

Ok, for producing/remixing, I use:

Intel Core2 Duo 4.16GHz, 4GB RAM, 2x500GB + 1x750GB HDD, M-Audio Audiophile Delta 2496 sound card, Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX

Propellerheads Reason 4
Ableton Live 6
Adobe Audition 1.5
Propellerheads ReBirth 2
Propellerheads ReCycle 2

Novation ReMote25 hardware controller & Yamaha CS1x (as another hardware controller)

For DJing, I use:

Native Instruments Traktor 3.3
Mouse/Keyboard although at some point, I might be getting an M-Audio Torq Xponent controller.
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Silas Scarborough · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 1228 Location: Rhode Island

You've got a pretty sweet setup there, Miss, but I didn't see any provision for backup. You might want to consider a Western Digital external drive and to activate Time Machine. The backup process with Time Machine is almost transparent. The box slows a little during the copy process but it's negligible. It's transparent with respect to intervention from you as nothing is required at all; it just runs in the background.

The drive I'm using is WD with 2 TB capacity to back up 1 TB internal. I'd tell you the exact model but the clever minimalist designers require that only the most useless of information will be presented in clear sight.
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