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Crisis averted
Mixer arrived today. Seems to work, though output seems low, but I’ve only used the RCA ins, not the 1/4″‘s, which ought to be a bit louder, having some kinda mic pre in them…
I think I may bring some additional toys as well – like the Atari Punk Console I whipped up this summer (perhaps disguised as a Geiger Counter?), and since it looks like there will at least be a little power available, even the Juno-1.
uh-oh
hrm, it’s now Tuesday, and if I want my mixer before I head out to Recycled Rainbow, it needs to be here by Thursday. Payment was sent over a week ago, but I’ve heard nothing back from the seller. I hope I don’t have to get something at Banjo Center. eeek.
Preparing for Armageddon
No, not the actual end of the world, but rather the latest Recycled Rainbow event. My main focus has been on a mobile, self-contained (and entirely portably-powered) live performance rig. I’ve been working on this conceptually since the springtime – initially in preparation for Burning Man, but that venture went belly-up so now it’s going to be for RR.
- The kit contains the following:
- Boss DR-202 Drum machine
- Yamaha QY-10 sequencer
- Palm Tungsten E w/SD card for samples
- Realistic mixer (hopefully enroute and working, and should arrive before 9/28, otherwise I’m screwed)
- an old pair of Koss computer speakers that can run on 4 C cells
All of this stuff comfortably fits in an old laptop bag. There may even be room for a smallish MIDI controller that can be hacked to run on batteries, in case chords seem like a good idea.
No Burning Man for us
It turns out we can’t go to Burning Man this year. It’s cost prohibitive for us, and we were running into some scheduling SNAFUs- for us in Ohio, it’s a two-week affair including travel…
Our loss could be your gain – we’re selling the tickets on eBay. Get ‘em while they’re there. update: They’re gone. Hooray for “Buy it Now”.
And here I just about had band-in-a-bag ready to go…
Burning Man update time
I think I may have found the appropriate bag for transporting my desert performance rig (and charging my spare batteries in the process).
I got a Korg AG-10, but it’s not powering up (which disturbs me a little, but it only cost me a little). I’m attempting to troubleshoot for now, but I think I’m back to looking for a cheap QY-10 (it’s familiar to me- I used to have one until I rather stupidly decided to sell it) or QY8.
I’m also busy working on our MIDI-controlled RGBLED light organ. It’s moving along, but the trip to DEMF kind of slowed things down. Things will pick up again either tomorrow or Saturday (likely saturday, since I gotta make a small parts run…)