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Me and my friend Alan took a little road trip Friday night and went to Santa Cruz to Logo's Records. The last time I went there I did not have enough time to really look around. There is only 2 sections that interest me, Electronic and House. A lot of records are out of place and not filed correctly but I think in the long run its worth it. I did find some really good house and break records but nothing to new. Saturday we went to San Francisco to Virgin Records. I had high hopes of finding some decent Electro House but I would have to pay retail prices. First thing first, I hit up the clearence racks and looked for labels I was familure with. Then I started picking up some random stuff just to listen to in hopes to find a "diamond in the rough". I think by the end of the day I had picked up about 15 records, so the trip was a eventful one.

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Well.. The repair was not that bad. I removed the old pot with my soldering iron and a solder sucker. Put the new one on a soldiered it and gave it a test. I really like how tight the new pot is and I am thinking of replacing the one on my ER-1 also. Now that it is fixed I will be posting some pictures of my live setup.

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My Korg EA-1 MKII has been down for a few months now because the volume knob has died. After hours of searching online to find a vendor that carry this pot and came across a company called "Parts is Parts" and they carry all parts for Korg. The only downside was the pot was 6$ and there is a minimum $15.00 credit card order. Not a huge problem since I did not want this to happen again so I bought 4 of them since they work in all MKII products.

Parts is parts:
1-800-590-0014

Now comes the fun part.. the take apart and re-soldier.

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So every time I acquire a new piece of hardware I like to get a bag or box for it. I mainly use nylon bags from Target for all my "grovebox" types machines, they fit perfectly and gives it at least minimal protection. I picked up a hard case for my MPC last week from a Salvation Army that needed a little cutting up. There are tons of ideas out there if you cant afford the SK8 cases from Guitar Center. I will be posting some photos of my new creation soon, its a portable live set in a case. Stay tuned.

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This came in the mail today.. I cant wait to get it hooked up and play with it. I have read some mixed reviews on it but I'm sure it will be fun.

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The Yamaha DX-7 was a buy from a local Fresno guy for a fat $50 daollers. Its in pretty good shape and came with a ROM cartirige. The programing take a collage degree but its worth it since this is the king of FM synths in my opinion.



Casio CZ-101 was a impulse ebay but and I got it cheap.. If fun to throw it around and make some cool sounds on the go. I took it camping one year and made some really cool sounds with it.



My DJ setup consist of Numark TT-500's and a Denon DN-300 mixer. I use Final Scratch ver 1 with a tablet touchscreen PC. Had some problems with the Final Scratch but they all see to be resolved now.

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This is a quick look at my cramped little work area. I tried to get the esentials on my desk infront of me, which was hard since im more into hardware then software. Its constinly changing and evolving. I will soon post some pictures of my live rig once my EA-1 gets repaired.

Labels: Gear, studio

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So this is what happens when you have $3600.00 worth of vintage gear all connected together.

Labels: Live Set, Vintage, youtube

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My friend Jeff is Selling his Arp Odyssey here on ebay. Here is a youtube video of him messing with it. I'm going to miss the beast but im sure he'll get something just as good to replace it with.>

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Fun while it lasted but all great things have to end. Here are some shots from Andiamos here in Fresno. Got to love the lighting.

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I have been working on my live set hardware and software and came up with some cool gear. My goal is to make it as portable as possible.

• Korg EA-1 MKII
• Korg ER-1 MKII
• Korg ES-1 MKII
• Korg Kaoss Pad 3
• Korg MicroX
• Dell Laptop w/ Plouge Bidule
  
• Edirol UA-25 Audio Interface
• Akai MPC 2000 Classic
• Mackie 1202 VLZ Pro
  

I have all this hardware in hard cases so I can travel with them as safe as possible. I will be posting pictures of my hardware this week.

Labels: Gear, Live Set

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