Some more pics, prior to the Feb 25th show at the Caprice. The first pic is taken from up above - if you look carefully at the top left, on the top right hand corner or the yellow rack is a small silver box - this is a green laser that Erin bought me for my birthday! She is so cool. At night, I turn on the lasers (shining through the rotating starball thing) and the blacklights and jam. People wonder why I don't bother going out to clubs much anymore!
The second pic is the tabletop of the live rig - notice that the Alesis MMT-8 sequencer has been faded, as has the Yamaha SU-10 sampler - both were replaced just after Christmas, when my new Akai MPC-1000 (also a gift from Erin, she spoils me terribly) arrived. I'm completely in love with the MPC - it is the logical upgrade to the older gear on so many levels. My set has already grown leaps and bounds as a result. ALSO - notice the three shiny parts sticking up at the back? Those are the new strobelights - modified by me with some help from Lyle the Junglist Electronics Guy, they are shells from el-cheapo strobelights from the rave store in the mall, gutted, with everything inside replaced - new custom circuitboards and no more xenon strobe tubes - these babies are using six ultra-bright white LED's each, and are triggered using 5ms 5v trigger pulses from the SDS-800! I can sequence them from Logic Audio, or from the MPC - loads of fun!
The last pic shows my desktop workstation, and cable management center. Though it's not visible in the pic, the 10' 1/4" patchcords are draped over a $3.99 plastic water hose hanger; sharp bends in cables lower their lifespan a LOT. I'm comfortably situated between two skylights, which, on sunny days, puts the sun directly in my eyes from about 9:00am-9:30am and again at 4:00-4:30pm. Way to put your secret underground laboratory in an ATTIC, Drew. Dork.
Sheesh. And people ask why I don't own a car at age 28.
