In this section, you'll find pictures from my insane techno studio, as well as photos from live-pa shows at raves, clubs and house parties. I'm lucky to have a very talented photographer for a girlfriend - Erin is always taking photos, and my live shows and gear collection are often a source of subject material for her. I'm also always looking for more, so if you've got photos from a MUX show, drop me a line and let me know.
Well, that whole "no computer in the studio" turned out to be a surprising pain the ass. Computer is back now, enough fucking about trying to be perfect, time to get some actual music made! New studio tweaks - removal of toyish gear, settle into a proper "band" atmosphere with a bass synthesizer, lead synthesizer, conductor, sampler, drummer, and strings section - figuratively, of course. Newly added - a Waldorf Pulse Plus, with the CV/Gate outs sequencing the SH-101, and we also see the return of the Ensoniq ESQm! I'm currently displeased with the Zoom Sampletrak's irritating habit of resetting its MIDI channel to "1" every time the power goes out, however, and it may soon be replaced with a more suitable machine. Also added were a pair of Mackie HR824 active monitors - and *wow*, I'm happy with them!
The obvious lack of the Simmons SDS-800 and other trigger-based gear isn't an oversight - the TR-707 has been removed from the kit for now, and the SDS-800 is undergoing some surgery in the lab... I'm adding a Paia Midi2cv8 kit, so I can trigger the massive analogue drum voices from the (also newly upgraded, to OS v1.11!) MMT-8 sequencer... I'm still not gonna bring a computer on stage with me. >:)
Post-exodus kit - this is the current studio, in our loft in San Jose, Costa Rica. The Juno-60, tho much beloved, was simply too large and fragile to risk the trip, so it stayed in storage in Canada. The rest of the kit now travels extremely well in a coffin-sized Anvil flight case, which was once home to the DX-7. Finally, I can fly on a single ticket! Soon to be added, a Yamaha SU-10 sampler - then will come the recordings. Note that there is really no dedicated sequencer to speak of - each piece sequences itself. Also, there isn't a computer in the studio at *all* anymore. :)
"Minimal" techno studio. Had to make *serious* cuts to my gear, after accepting an offer which would move me and my girlfriend to sunny Costa Rica. Cut-list included the MMT-8 and HR-16, the sampler, the Juno-2, Juno-60 and PolySix, the DX-7, the BassStation (Tom's anyway), etc, etc. With the changes to the studio came serious changes to my style of music creation, and hence my style of music. Minimal techno studio => minimal techno. :)
Second pic: Closeup of the desk of the minimal techno studio. The three knobbed boxes are the heart of the studio; since it's entirely analogue, my kit is now "playable" as an "instrument", rather than pre-sequenced. The black thing on the right is a custom highpass/lowpass filter I built in a US-Army-issue ammo box, the one on the lower left is the Simmons SDS-800 analogue drum brain, and the little guy at the top is the heavily-modded Boss PC-2.
I did a live set at "Ides of March", an art-party thrown by some friends of ours, and partially my birthday party. Good sound - released a recording of this set. I was billed as "DJ Mux", lol.
Heh - I used to play "Hardcore Eric", this track I stumbled into while Komrade Eric was over hanging out at EastVan when Erin and I lived there - it's hardcore, he's Eric, it was a fun track. Usually clears the floor of all but the hardcore - this pic shows the diehards. :)
Current insane techno studio. Rack #2 is currently down while I ponder different ways to make paint or enamel stick to tubular aluminum. Harder than expected; the first attempts failed rather miserably - the second coat invariably destroys the first one. You can see the newly-yellow tubes in the background, awaiting another sanding.
Pic 2: The mighty Amiga 2000hd, paired with a Roland Alpha Juno-2. Powerful juju. Hoovers and 320x200 resolution. TR-505 on top of the monitor, unused 'cause it sucks, unsold 'cause of sentimental value. :)
Pic 3: This rack holds the sequencers and drum machines - there's a Juno-60 on the bottom shelf in this pic, tho it usually sits on the other A-Frame - the Yamaha DX-7 is off-camera, it's usually the bottom shelf - but this setup makes for a nicer home-studio environment. Never tried playing a Juno-60 while sitting down before, it's rather pleasant.
Pic 4: This is a closeup of the mixer and rack units - in the SKB rack, from the top, an Alesis Datadisk (MMT-8 backup), Alesis compressor (Tom's), Rockman Sustainor and Rockman Chorus half-rack FX, Ensoniq ESQ-m, and Sequential Circuits Prophet 2002+ sampler. On top, the mighty Mackie CR-1604 battlemixer!
Pic 5: Pic of the BACK of the gear - man, lots of wires! On the right you can see the Yamaha DX-7 and Casio CZ-101 - the 101 is dead, but the DX-7 is hooked up and in the mix. I always thought the keyboard on the DX-7 was the worst ever, plus mine is a little worse-for-wear. Can't complain, I found that thing at a yard sale in Banff, broken, for $20. Fifteen minutes and a bit of solder later, I'm happy. :)
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