Mitch

Got the laptop out specially. Voted

Stephane is playing too

Best to add your location to the post mate, so people know if it's in their area or not. Also, some pics wouldn't hurt.

Had a quick peek while at work. Loving the sounds

Did you sell your pg ?

FYI Gave you ADJF Facebook plug

Garts on getting signed on a massive label man! Certified banger

^ lol. Would look again

What's wrong with the OS currently on it? Your software probably hasn't been tested on windows 10 yet

One of my friends (kelly) played at this night a couple of weeks ago. Do you know her?

Not a Brisbane person myself, but all the best with it

Welcome m8 Will check out your mixes when I'm on some proper Internet

I'm sure you've all done a gig for free at some stage in your life, so I'd ease up on this one guys. OP was lacking some of the finer details, but it seems like a legit opportunity, so any of our younger members who are keen, give it a crack. I wish you all the best with it

lol name / 10

Producing a suitable bass for dance tracks can be much more complex than they sound. From choosing and programming the right sound, to layering, to mixing, Olav Basoski shows how he does it in this video from his course, Remix Revelations. Focusing on a real-world example, in fact “Duende” –one of his dance music hits, Olav reveals the plug-ins and other techniques he used during his remix process. Watch it here: Source

Updated with an extra date on May 9

Achaly just copied it from their FB event lol. Anditz is still around, I saw him on Friday

Are you free on Saturday? I'd be keen to pop around

Thought I'd do a quick write up here on this one as Anditz is playing, I'll also be heading down to catch up with the crew! Sebastian Bayne (IF? Records/Sydney) Tercat (LIVE) D-REX (LIVE) Adrian Bell Jeremy Graham Jake McDonald Batton Shedbug Tickets on sale now via Resident Advisor 10:00 PM – 8:00 AM Friday, May 8th Boney – 68 Little Collins Street, Melbourne CBD We are turning two! Join us as we celebrate 730 Days of Techno. It’s been a very busy second year for us with the debut tours of Mary Velo and Developer, the launch of our ambient/electronica Soft-Pedal series, our second annual Open Air series and of course of parties focusing on Melbourne’s best techno talent. To help us mark the occasion we are returning to our beloved Boney and this time around we have invited IF? Records chief Sebastian Bayne for an extended 3 hour set. Joining Sebastian will be Tercat who will perform their LIVE, raw, acid influenced set on their impressively large hardware rig, D-REX who will showcase what we believe to be one of the best, if not the best hybrid LIVE/DJ act in Melbourne at the moment, special guest and One4SevenOne Records boss Batton and Bunker residents Adrian Bell, Jake McDonald and Shedbug. Eat your weet-bix, this will be a late one! FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/485684891585382/ Bunker on FB: https://www.facebook.com/bunkermusicmelb

Thought I'd make a post with all the Rotorcraft things, so you all know where Andy & I will be getting wreckless over the next month THURSDAY APRIL 30 - TRNSMT (Live Online Video Stream) http://trnsmt.tv/ Tune in from 8-9PM Thursday night to watch us spin some tunes.. Jump in chat at the same time for extra fun times FRIDAY MAY 1 - High Rise @ Blue Diamond Level 15, 123 Queen St, Melbourne Freshly renovated bar in the penthouse of 123 Queen St, Melbourne CBD. 15 floors up with outdoor balconies that give you 200 degree views over the city. Set times TBA FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/758938140894021/ High Rise FB: https://www.facebook.com/highrisebd?fref=ts SUNDAY MAY 3 - Off The Rekord Sunday Session @ Grumpy's Grumpy's Green - 125 Smith St, Fitzroy We are teaming up with our friends Off The Rekord to have a proper Sunday sesh. Beat the cold and get down for some drinks and quality house/disco vibe. Set times TBA FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/438306966348140/ Off The Rekord FB: https://www.facebook.com/OffTheRekord?fref=ts We'll keep this thread updated as we get some more dates confirmed If you haven't done so, we'd love it if you could like our facebook/soundcloud pages and get the numbers up, to help get the word out about us: FB: https://www.facebook.com/rotorcraftau?fref=ts SC: https://soundcloud.com/rotorcraftau SATURDAY MAY 9 - Off The Rekord Warehouse Party @ Cameo Puzzler Secret Location, Fitzroy No explanation required here, massive lineup on this one. Doors open @ 8pm, we are on at 10-11pm. Event runs until the sun comes up FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1566151976990815/

P.S. Some of these are hard to obey when DJing

A real vinyl record collector would never commit any of these TEN sins to their records. In our previous article How To Clean Vinyl Records you learned all about cleaning your records with a vacuum record cleaning machine or by hand and also cleaning with regular household items. We now turn to things NOT to do to your vinyl records. Vinyl records are treasures to enjoy, but one must treat them with care as they are very fragile and easily damaged. Below are things that one should NOT do to vinyl records as it can cause damage and/or impede their sound quality. Please take the following into consideration and remember a "real" record lover wouldn't do these: record lover wouldn't do these: Stop using your shaky hand Here's how to properly cue up a song on a vinyl record: Use the cueing lever on your turntable to raise and lower the needle. Your hands are never truly steady and it's easy to slip up and gouge the grooves of a record or even break the needle on your cartridge. Never drop or abruptly pick up the needle on a vinyl record especially as it's fading out. Over time you'll start to hear ticks and pops as the vinyl is gradually getting gouged in those areas. Use the cueing lever and aim to cue up a song just before the music starts so that the needle SLOWLY drops in the silent area of the grooves and not in the areas with music. Also, wait for the music to fade out completely or stop before picking up the needle. Better still is to play an entire album side straight through. Do NOT stack vinyl records Never stack records on top of each other whether in their jackets or not. This is one sure fire way to cause warping, possible cracking of the vinyl record because of the weight and will inevitably produce scuff marks and ring wear on the record's album cover marring the artwork. Records must always be stored upright like books on a shelf. Wet playing a vinyl record is not a cure Never wet play a vinyl record in an attempt to quiet the crackle and pops. Doing so only forces the abrasive sludge deeper into the grooves as the needle makes its way around the record possibly doing irreversible damage. This makes the record sound even worse as the crud has dried embedding the dirt throughout the record. The liquid goop will also muck up the delicate cantilever and needle assembly on phono cartridges possibly causing the assembly to detach from the cartridge as the adhesive deteriorates from the liquid. It can also damage the turntable as the fluid can mar the surface and get into the moving parts. Keep fingers off the record Never touch the record's playing surface with your bare hands or fingers as your body oil will transfer onto the record attracting even more dust and affecting the sound quality. Always hold a record by its outer edges only. If you accidentally touch a record it's best to immediately clean it with a liquid record cleaner or isopropyl alcohol and making sure it is dry before putting it away. Your T-shirt is not a record cleaner Resist the temptation to wipe your vinyl record with your shirt or dry cloth no matter how soft it may feel. This will scratch and scuff the record and only move the dirt around. For dry cleaning or light touch up, use a carbon fiber record cleaning brush as it actually discharges static and lifts dirt without damaging the vinyl record. Say NO to non-approved cleaners on your vinyl records Do not use lubricants or solvents such as baby oil, lighter fluid... no matter what anyone may tell you. These fluids can cause a devastating chemical reaction that can permanently damage a record. Use only products labelled as a vinyl record cleaner such as Discwasher D4 for manual cleaning or Nitty Gritty Pure 2 Record Cleaning Solution for vacuum record cleaning machines. If it's not specifically labelled for use on vinyl records then do NOT use it. Wait for the record platter to STOP Never place or pick up a vinyl record as the turntable platter is spinning. This will quickly scratch the flipside of a record. Always wait for the platter to come to a complete stop before doing anything. Don't mar that beautiful album cover art with tape Refrain from using Scotch tape or packaging tape to fix a record cover that is splitting or tearing. It will completely destroy the cover. As the cellophane tape ages, it becomes brittle, yellows, gooey and making things worse than before. Best to place the record jacket in a poly outer sleeve and place the record in its inner sleeve behind it or place the record in its inner sleeve inside a generic cardboard record jacket and save the original jacket for safekeeping. Dropping records into a sleeve or jacket is a NO-NO Resist the temptation to let a record just plop into an inner sleeve and/or record jacket as this is how covers and sleeves split open. Here's how to properly put a record into its sleeve/jacket: Simply hold the slightly bowed open cover horizontally and gently slide the record in making sure it doesn't bind. Never leave your records out of their sleeves longer than necessary Put vinyl records away when you're done. Remove a record from the turntable platter as soon as you are finished listening to it to prevent it from attracting dust and dirt. The only time a record should be outside its protective sleeve and jacket is when it is actually being played. No excuses! We hope the above list helps you preserve your valuable records for years to come.

In no particular order, here are seven "workhorse" (also known as 'essential') virtual synths every self-respecting producer and musician should have, or consider having in the opinion of GW Childs. We all have them. You know; that one synth that you always go to. It’s got several features that you use all the time. But, more than anything else, it has that sound that really says ‘you’ when people hear your tunes. Most of us have what we refer to as a ‘workhorse’ synth. Meaning: A well-rounded synth that is capable of a variety of patches, as opposed to one specific type, like a bass synth. In this article, I’d like to give you a list of a few synths that are my current ‘go-to’ synths—Current, and through the years. Raw (Rob Papen) I was recently acquainted with Raw, at the 2015 NAMM. And, after I finally did an extensive review of it, I ended up using it all the time as well! What I really like about Raw is the variety. Internally, it has many of the same oscillators and effects that most people treasure about Papen’s stuff. Plus, the sound design doesn’t hurt, either. Where the synth stands apart from the rest of the Papen synths would be in the distortion, which is being used more and more with synths these days. Raw has several methods of distortion that really will give you ‘that sound’. But, because it has a good share of the goodies that you expect from Rob, like arp, modulation matrix, sick filters, etc., you wind up getting the best of all the Papen synths... to a degree. Sawer (Image-Line) A good subtractive synthesizer is... well, very easy to come by. But, Image-Line, being kings of all things trance friendly have brought about a new take on a very dated plug-in model—a rocking, thick, subtractive synthesizer, built for modern music, using modern production tricks. Aside from the ease of use, it really has a boomin sound. And, because it’s AU/VST, etc., you don’t have to have FL Studio to use it! Use Sawer for pads, leads, basses, plucks, wobbles... It’s very well rounded. And, it’s at a great price! I really love this synth for big, bouncing, arpeggiated basses and ominous, JP-ish pads. Synthmaster 2 Possibly one of the biggest plug-in revelations for me this year would have to be Synthmaster 2. If you like Massive (also in the list), you’re going to love Synthmaster 2. Like Massive, there is an awesome preset browser, which really is broken down categorically in a way that both musician, and DJ alike will be appreciative. The interface is amazing and offers several different views that go a little bit beyond basic skins. But, beyond any of the features mentioned—it sounds awesome! It covers the entire range of patches that anyone could think of, houses an enormous amount of effects. And, it doesn’t leave your processor screaming for more resources after one press of the key. Oh, and did I mention it’s a steal, also?! Massive Of course, you can’t have a list of good, solid, ‘old faithful’, synths without including Massive. NI hit the nail on the head, now several years ago, with the mighty synth. Massive is a powerhouse of routeability and effects, topped with filters and envelopes that will benefit you for any kind of music. And, if an endless list of original patches sounds nice, you’ll be happy. Massive is one of those synths that all of the third-party sound designers are all over. There are tons of patch libraries out there, for every kind of music. Also, if you’re like me, and enjoy making a few patches of your own, you’ll be glad to note that Massive, while being truly monstrous, in terms of possibilities and sound, is also a very decent ‘first synth’. It has a lot of depth, but it’s laid out well enough that you’ll be programming in no time. Iris 2 Some of us need somethings different. And, if you like unique, you won’t get much farther than iZotope’s Iris 2. Technically speaking, it’s more of a sample playback synth... Until you get into the spectral filtering, which leads to an amazing way of creating all new, synthesized sounds, that really do sound like ‘something else’. Mix and match four samples of your own, or from the massive 11 GB library, with bizarre and clever looped regions, highlighted only by spectral curves, or even drawn patterns. I, personally, have had a great amount of success in using Iris 2 for pads, choirs, basses, leads, and so on. But, one of my favorite ways of using Iris is for loops. With the insane, real-time, time compression algorithm that iZotope is famous for, you can do things to drum loops that just don’t sound right. Slow them down, speed them up. It still sounds natural. You can even play a loop like an instrument, while it still keeps the same tempo. Parsec If you’re a Reason guy, you’ll be happy to hear about one of the best REs you can find, in my opinion. Parsec is an additive synth that makes the whole thing seem much easier. And, it’s got a sound that can be either highly synthetic, or hauntingly real. Actually, this is one of my favorite synths, period, for strings, right now. They are lush, and extremely reminiscent of the strings in the old JV/XP series from Roland. Though, much more modern, and thick. In addition to strings; guitars, pads, choirs, plucked, bass and more are all easily obtained. And, you have an audio input into Parsec, so that you can use it to process incoming audio! Razor It may be a part of NI’s Reaktor, it may be a system hog, but Razor has supplied most of one album’s worth of music of mine—and several hundred sketches. It’s one of those synths that I still use all the time. The sleek, graphical display gives me a depiction of what I’m really doing to my patches in real time, and the thickness, depth and fidelity that I always get from Razor has made it a long term go-to synth for me. I even use it as an effects processor, from time to time. The built-in reverb sounds awesome, as well as the filters. But, more than anything, it’s a synth that really anyone, new, or old school, will be able to get a cool sound out of, with little difficulty. Conclusion These are some of my favorite synths for the daily, wear and tear, of music making. Is this the definitive list? By no means! But, these synthesizers have served me, and thousands of other musicians... Not just for sound, but also for ease of use, reliability and more. Source P.S. if you go to the original link, there are embeds with little snippets of each synth.

Listen to Soundcloud sets and look up track lists. If you post a few tracks of the style you're going for, I can suggest labels

Not bad at all mate. You've got the idea right as far as building the energy right over the length of the mix. Keep practicing at keeping those kicks in time with each other