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hey guys just a heads up, i am selling my turntables if anyone here is interested in them. i've taken great care of them and they have only left the house a handful of times, and have never been around smoke. for reference they are numark cdx turntables. they have a full vinyl platter that you use to manipulate cds with. they read mp3s and audio cds. they are an amazing set of tables. the only reason i am selling them is because i have started to dj with a full computer setup, and would like to get a laptop to do that with.

if you look at ebay, you'll notice these go for between 400-600 bucks a piece. i am selling them for 300 bucks a piece. they will be going up on craigslist.com and ebay soon, but i wanted to give everyone a chance here first. if you are interested or know anyone that is, hit me up, and i will let you take a look at them, play with them, whatever.

later...

so remember my post about the focusrite saffire firewire audio interface? well i couldn't get it to do crap. it's was just tanked. after much pressing my case, guitar center in fayetteville truly stepped up to the gate and let me exchange it for the m-audio firewire 410. it pretty much does the same thing, and so far it works like a champ. it definitely allowed me to use my voice to new heights for the short film we've been working on (see if you can figure out what is my voice in all of the sound effects, special effects, and score.)

i've been working on some personal things, and hope i can make a go of them as well, and one of them may even be featured on this weeks vault friday audio blog, but i am not sure about that one yet.

keep watching...

so i got even more gear the other day...thus finishing up the aforementioned gift card. this time i got a sweet firewire interface to record into the computer, 4 tracks at once. 4 tracks isn't alot, but it's all i need and this is portable, going from computer to computer, and all with no latency. for those of you not familiar with that term in these circumstances, musicians know about and deal with a certain lag in speed when it comes to audio interfaces. a key press or something recorded going into usb may take a millisecond or two to make it to the computer, thus creating a source of frustration like no other.

this doesn't have that latency.

also it can output 7.1 surround sound if i so desire, which i do. i just have to get that many speakers now ;-)

in other related news the cocoon is getting a mild upgrade soon as i will be moving into the room previously known as the theatre room. i just need the space. but this is good. i'll be able to hook up my drum kit and my kawai xd-5 head unit as well. live drumming ftw.

i should go to bed. see you guys later...

oh yeah! i got a lovely gift certificate to guitar center (god bless my beautiful fiancee) and bought online the behringer bcr-2000. it's a pretty cool control surface that i plan on using with ableton live for doing live music and also a bit of dj'ing. hopefully i can get a video up of me using it.