Amazed Myself ...last Night.

[exbutlinred82 0]

First Saturday off this year.

 

Watching repeat of BGMT.

 

8.10 PM.Mobile rings.

 

"You did my 18th a couple of years ago....it went really well.I'm at a mates party and his DJ has let him down.....can you help"

 

I warned her that the earliest I would be set up was 9.30 but thought that was so optimistic.

 

Ablutions.... Shower.....Dresesed.... collect gear from residency....25 minute drive to venue.....set up and by 9.30 EXACTLY.......Robbie Williams (Let Me Entertain You) blasting out to tumultuos apllause.

 

Full fee for 2 and a a half hours work ....standing ovation at the end....jobs a good un!!

 

Benefits of having a minimalistic system??

Edited June 7, 2009 by exbutlinred82

[dj.silver 0]

[quote name='exbutlinred82' date='Jun 7 2009, 12:39 PM' post='241518'

Benefits of having a minimalistic system??

 

Well done that man. So what does your minimalistic set up consist of?

 

[exbutlinred82 0]

Trusty couple of speakers.

Large mixer.

800 watt amplifier....Not a recognisable name...but reliable.

Fujitsu Esprimo Laptop.

External Hard-drive.

A lightweight rack of 4 LED lights.

An expensive Sennheiser roving microphone.

 

 

OH!!! I Forgot.....bags of personality.

 

Don't get me wrong ....I don't think they were applauding my equipment??

 

 

Thanks for you comments DJ Silver.

 

 

[Dream Catchers 0]

Well done mate :Thumbup:

 

Jim

[vokf 0]

Well Done! :dukesy:

 

 

 

[dj.silver 0]

Trusty couple of speakers.

Large mixer.

800 watt amplifier....Not a recognisable name...but reliable.

Fujitsu Esprimo Laptop.

External Hard-drive.

A lightweight rack of 4 LED lights.

An expensive Sennheiser roving microphone.

OH!!! I Forgot.....bags of personality.

 

Don't get me wrong ....I don't think they were applauding my equipment??

Thanks for you comments DJ Silver.

My pleasure :yes:

 

So what do you set up on, table, deck stand?

 

My rig is small I've always thought, it normally takes me about 50 minutes to set up from unloading from the car to turning on the power and it is as follows ...

 

1 x Giraffe deck stand with crossbar

1 x Multi coloured star cloth

1 x Kam laser - crossbar mounted

1 x Moonstar laser - crossbar mounted

2 x Martin SCX500 - crossbar mounted

2 x Gemini moving heads - floor mounted

2 x Par cans - floor mounted on 'drum mic stands'

1 x Martin Freekie controller

1 x Smoke machine (where allowed)

1 x Bose L1

2 x Bose B1's

1 x Bose Tonematch

1 x Sony laptop with external hard drive.

Sennheiser radio mic or a plug in (depending on gig)

 

The scanners, Kam and moving heads are all controlled from the Freekie, so dmx cables are run throughout.

The par cans are CA 8 controlled so again dmx cables are run.

 

 

 

 

[MintyDave 0]

First Saturday off this year.

 

Watching repeat of BGMT.

 

8.10 PM.Mobile rings.

 

"You did my 18th a couple of years ago....it went really well.I'm at a mates party and his DJ has let him down.....can you help"

 

I warned her that the earliest I would be set up was 9.30 but thought that was so optimistic.

 

Ablutions.... Shower.....Dresesed.... collect gear from residency....25 minute drive to venue.....set up and by 9.30 EXACTLY.......Robbie Williams (Let Me Entertain You) blasting out to tumultuos apllause.

 

Full fee for 2 and a a half hours work ....standing ovation at the end....jobs a good un!!

 

Benefits of having a minimalistic system??

 

Nice one. I have only had to do that once after some dipstick forgot to go to a kids school disco. 25 minutes from being at home to having some music blasting out as i assembled a light rig.

 

Im thinking of building a pre-assembled light rig for my 4' giraffe stand that fits in my dispatch van. As the majority of my gigs are quite small a 1.8m rig with 5 lights would suffice, with the option of standing extras on the floor.

 

average setup is 45 mins with 2 led parcans, 2 scanners and a miracled, depending on distance to van

[exbutlinred82 0]

My pleasure :yes:

 

So what do you set up on, table, deck stand?

 

My rig is small I've always thought, it normally takes me about 50 minutes to set up from unloading from the car to turning on the power and it is as follows ...

 

1 x Giraffe deck stand with crossbar

1 x Multi coloured star cloth

1 x Kam laser - crossbar mounted

1 x Moonstar laser - crossbar mounted

2 x Martin SCX500 - crossbar mounted

2 x Gemini moving heads - floor mounted

2 x Par cans - floor mounted on 'drum mic stands'

1 x Martin Freekie controller

1 x Smoke machine (where allowed)

1 x Bose L1

2 x Bose B1's

1 x Bose Tonematch

1 x Sony laptop with external hard drive.

Sennheiser radio mic or a plug in (depending on gig)

 

The scanners, Kam and moving heads are all controlled from the Freekie, so dmx cables are run throughout.

The par cans are CA 8 controlled so again dmx cables are run.

 

This is my problem Silver.

 

I ain't got a clue what I've got....I just know it all works.

 

 

Are them Gemini moving heads the ones that whizz all over the place and look like cyclops.I like them ....they about £200 each.

 

I put all myt effort into making the evenings work for the customers not flicking through manuals!!

 

[vokf 0]

My minimal set-up is;

2' Wide Stand

2 x Active Speakers

T-Bar, pre-rigged with 2 LED based lights (Master/Slave DMXed)

DynaRoll as Centerpiece

Main Playback system (HDD Controller+Mixer)

Black cloth to keep things neat.

 

Thats about it :-)

 

I could bring subs etc, if the venue/party needs more, but basically its a matter of plugging power in and switching on.

We can set-up in 30mins, but can have background music on before that.

 

If the clock is ticking and punters are waiting, its very useful having a system that is quick to set-up.

 

[exbutlinred82 0]

Thanks Jim and Vokf.

 

Shows how much time I usually waste faffing around with things normally!!

[DJ_Markstar 0]

Thanks Jim and Vokf.

 

Shows how much time I usually waste faffing around with things normally!!

 

Quality stuff! It's always good to hear that a gig went well in less-than-great circumstances. What style(s) of music did you play to them in the end?

[exbutlinred82 0]

Quality stuff! It's always good to hear that a gig went well in less-than-great circumstances. What style(s) of music did you play to them in the end?

 

It was a Male 21st so mixed a bit of commercial club with Whigfield DJ Casper and that.Got an Ace formula 4 these sort of functions.If You stay in one genre all the night it don't work.Like I told the birthday boy.....not all of your modern music is garbage.....just 99% of it!! LOL

Edited June 10, 2009 by exbutlinred82