Gear & Setup

PLACEHOLDER — The full rig, as a spec sheet. It is all hardware: the set runs without a DAW.

spec sheet

The gear

Controllers

  • PLACEHOLDER — Pioneer CDJ-3000
  • PLACEHOLDER — Pioneer DDJ-FLX

Mixers

  • PLACEHOLDER — Pioneer DJM-900NXS2
  • PLACEHOLDER — Rane MP2

Akai Force

  • PLACEHOLDER — Akai Force
  • PLACEHOLDER — Akai Force Plus

Processing

  • PLACEHOLDER — Boss RC-505
  • PLACEHOLDER — Eventide H9

workflow

DAWless, explained

PLACEHOLDER — Nothing here runs off a laptop. Scenes, pads and jog wheels on the Akai Force carry the transitions, the mixer and the sampler do the rest, and the set is played live — nothing is prerecorded and nothing is post-produced in a DAW.

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Setup videos

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PLACEHOLDER — Force performance walkthrough

PLACEHOLDER — Scene-mode transitions, pads and jog-wheel tricks on the Force.

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PLACEHOLDER — Force in the mix

PLACEHOLDER — Loading a tearout set from stick to sticklist, end to end.

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PLACEHOLDER — Mixer routing walkthrough

PLACEHOLDER — Channel layout, send/return routing and how the rig is patched.

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PLACEHOLDER — Processing chain breakdown

PLACEHOLDER — Sampler, looper and resampler settings behind the sound.