Afro Monk

Alright I hate to do this but I’m really looking to upgrade some gear in the studio. I decided to let go of my NS7. I love the thing and is what I started on but it’s time I let go of it.

Right now I’ll do $900 OBO + Shipping.
I’d be shipping from Dallas, Texas.

This is probably one of the best pieces of hardware to start DJing on.
It is the closest thing to vinyl out there. I’ve had many special guest come in the studio to do a live Glitch.fm show with us and everyone is amazed how smooth it works. Whether you’re use to DJing on vinyl or CDJs this thing makes it so intuitive to play on. All you need is a laptop or computer to hook up to it and download Serato Itch and you’re ready to go. It even picks up your iTunes library and playlist so right from the start you can throw some tunes together.

It was my intention of keeping this for most of my life so if I had any guest come over they could jump right in and play but I’ve become such a strictly Ableton performer that almost feel like I’ll pick something else up later on.

I can provide pictures if interested.
It’s in perfect working condition. If have any questions contact me!

Transitioning to Ableton and APC40.

I’ve only been doing this DJ thing since mid 2009. The first purchase I made was a Numark NS7. I believe it’s one of the best controllers out there. After the NS7 I finally made the plunge and picked up turntables. As of late November I’m a proud owner of the Akai APC40.

The APC stands for Abelton Performance Control. Ultimately what it means is that it’s mainly designed to be used with Ableton Live. It is layout so you can go out and use Albeton for live acts flawlessly.

I’m not going to lie; I’m no pro at DJing and mixing. Right now I’m pretty terrible at beat matching. Yet after really understanding what a standard DJ does I’m ok with not being the best at it or remotely good at it. The APC40 takes care of all that and yet introduces a new challenge, programming. Whereas a standard DJ with CDJs or Decks is limited in playing a track and slight control on a mixer the truth is all they are doing is popping in a CD or record and matching the beat and moving to the next track. Yes they do mess with the EQs but nothing too crazy. The APC gives you endless possibilities when using Ableton. The amount of things you can do is mind blowing.

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I wanted to write an actual post. The past couple of months have been life changing. Mid 2009 I decided that I was going to follow one of my dreams of learning how to DJ. The past 2-3years of my life I spent too much time listening and finding music (dubstep) that it really took most of my energy. It even affected me at home because I was so obsessed. 2009 was a new beginning for me and things had to be rebuilt. I had so much emptiness that I needed to fill.

The thrill of finding new tracks and ordering the latest dub on record took on a whole new purpose. The music was all that could fill the void. All this energy transformed me into a whole new person. I would go out almost every night to catch every DJ set I could from locals and international DJs who spun dubstep.

It had been years since I had begun to party like this. Eventually I began to see familiar faces every night I went out. Facebook and MySpace are quite powerful tools and eventually started networking quite a bit. Kept my distance but would have a conversation here and there.

It really dawned upon me that all these years of following the music I was one of the few. It became apparent to me that the scene was now at its prime and getting ready to explode. The time was right and I had already invested so much time into the music that it only made sense to begin DJing.

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