Over the last few weeks I have been playing with my latest toy, the Numark OMNI Control which I have been using for my Digital DJing kick. Lucky for me I won a football pool this year which afforded me a few extra dollars to spend and I am glad I purchased this device with my winnings. It has been a true pleasure to devote some time to learning how to use the OMNI control and I have to admit, I am now officially hooked on making mixes and pretending I know what I am doing.

Being a novice, this was a relatively inexpensive way to get into the game without blowing mad duckets on some wheels of steel and a mixer.  While this is not the best device in the world for scratching up your favorite songs, it can be done but I now see that eventually,  I will need something from Serato, with improved platters as opposed to the JOG wheels native to the OMNI to get the control I crave.

In the interim, this solution provides me with a sweet controller that can be used in concert with the included Traktor LE software to provide a very cool out of the box, DJ experience.

Been a few days since my last post and there is a good reason.  I have been hard at work making beats and tracks using a very useful and portable tool from Korg.   My latest purchase was the Korg nanoPAD and it is well worth the 57 bux I paid for it on Amazon.  You never know when inspiration is going to punch you in the grill and this portable little pad allows me to make beats on my lunch break without having to carry a studio with me.

For  such a small device it packs a decent amount of features, including the X-Y pad which allows you to roll the drums or use the flam feature.  The pads themselves are really responsive and I have been able to make some decent beats using them.  I also like the fact that you can map the pads to different clips in Ableton, letting me control what plays when and turn on/off clips.  Sweet!

Additional to the nanoPAD, Korg offers a nanoKEY and nanoKONTROL device which I will be picking up in the very near future to complete my mobile studio. My lunches never sounded so good!

Until next time!

 

 Residential [1:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Well another Christmas has come and gone and I find myself left in the wake of a tsunami of socks and underwear.  Aside from the comfy new sweaters and NY Jets gear, I wanted to write about a cool gadget that I was  lucky enough to find under the tree.

It’s called the Korg KAOSS Pad mini-KP . This device lets you apply dynamic effects to your MP3’s and it is really fun to use!

Basically you can hook up your MP3 player right to the mini-KP and you use the touch pad to slid and tap your way through 100 different effects.  To demo just a handful of the effect I  remixed a Santa Cruz by Fatboy Slim below.

Now that I am getting into the art of digital DJing, I am glad that this tool is now in my growing arsenal of controllers and effects processors.

 

 Santa-Cruz_Fatboy-Slim_DJ-Seanlogic_remix: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Ok – I am terrible but I try so I should get at least an “A” for effort.

All of these samples were created on my PC using Ableton Software, an MPK25, TriggerFinger Midi Controller, Samson U13 Microphone, Line6 Spider II Amp, a Fender Strat and a Ibanez Bass Guitar.

 

 Tumble Dry [2:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Trisco: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Rocka [0:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Gobble Jam [1:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 12 Sided - Part 1 of 12: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 MMW - DJ Seanlogic Scratching [2:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Repeater [2:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Nasty [1:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I love music and everything about it. I studied Music in college but decided to go into business economics so I wouldn’t starve and now I am a web developer. WTF happened? Be that as it may, I have rekindled my flair for music with the acquisition of Ableton Live 8, an Akai MPK25 keyboard and an old TriggerFinger midi controller. Combine that with raw talent and DJ Seanlogic was born.

Within the last 8 weeks I have been studying MIDI and researching how to make mash-ups and my own beats and Ableton has been there for me like a true wing man.

A friend of mine mentioned Ableton over a beer at a local pub and it really peeked my interests, so naturally I downloaded the demo and put it through it’s paces. Within a day or two I was rocking out with my sock out, doing things I could never do before.

I have an affinity for driving techno music and I can now create pro sounding tracks with relative ease. My wife has not seen much of me since I re-discovered music thanks to Ableton. Sorry Shelly! I’ll write you another song