Aberystwyth Gig log Mobile Disco May 2012

0:00 Who, where, how, which, what

In the UK, recently, ladies and gentlemen, we've had this wet stuff for a very long time. And I'd like to complain about this stuff now. Blue stuff. Here in the Marine Hotel this evening. And for a change, it's a lovely sunny day. First of all, that is not mine. That is, that is, that is, and that is. That there is yours, sir. Who are you? Nick. Nick, come on, explain who, where, how, which, what and why. Who are you? Where are you from? From Worcester. And you've come down for the weekend, haven't you? We did Mayball last night. That was time. What time? We got bed about, what, five? Yeah, it was better. Something like that. Very tired. And him. Never met him before in my entire life. He's just like a stray dog. He just hangs around. I do, yeah. And we've got a bit of kit today. Can you, Nick, can you explain to the person watching?

What software is? It's VirtualDJ 7 Pro, and we're running from two CDJ-2000s and a Nexus 900 all linked together. Excellent. And what you've done, I presume, is we can... Two centre ones are... Two centre are the VirtualDJ. And then if we go to the outside... Are the CDs. CDs. So how simple is it to go from just... Say, for example, you know, we've got... A track here from the PC, all of a sudden we desperately want to have a track CD. Is it just a question of putting the CD in and putting the volume up? Here you can grab a CD, put the CD in, press disc, wait for it to load. And that's it. Final track, press it, press play, and away you go. Excellent. Well, like it. Any reason I noticed that it shudders?

2:12 Lighting we've got

What is that? Is that latency or what do you reckon that is? Because normally you've got a smooth movement. This is just my own question. No, actually sure I'm not. Alright, never mind. Don't worry about it. It's the first time with the CDJ-2000 so... Yeah, fair dues. I don't know. Alright, let's have a look at the lighting we've got. We have... Hold on a minute. Right, I'll start again now. We have this guy here from Chauvet. It's the 4Play CL. I still love that name, 4Play. 4PlayCL, short for Presumably Clear. We have the ADJ Exmu LED. We've got the 46 HP LED. It's just like a wash light. And over here we have, what's that one from Cam Dave again? Derby is it? Derby, Cam Derby. And that guy there is a very nice Tri LED from Chauvet.

If I do that, you can see what it is. You can see the name of it. The other side. People like to see names and stuff. There we go. DMF10. And this one here. Very nice light. The Mega Moon from Chauvet as well. There we go. DMX controllable, sound to light, Master Slave, the usual, but very nice light. In fact, a lot of times people say, you know, what lights? To be quite honest, a couple of those would do a show near enough. I've got these guys here on the Light Console stand and also Light Console are bringing out very shortly a more user-friendly one for DJs which instead of having the two bars here, there's just one, and it concertinas in. If you want to know any more info on that... Go and check out one of the videos I did in Germany. And PA, got Wharfedale Pro, two 15 and 1 1⁄4 inch compression drivers either side running on one of their amps at 4 ohms. Each one of those is 8 ohms. Put 2-8 together and you get 4, but of course it depends if you do parallel, etc. Hold on, what else have we got? What can I show you? Yes, that one here.

4:42 I just press start

TX light. I just press start. There you go. It's quite a nice effect that. Do like that. And DJ raps. There we go. Just to let you know as well, very shortly, hopefully Monday of this week, we're going to be doing a competition through Facebook where someone can win some of these. So watch this space. And also, if I can remember, I'll put my Facebook account name in the description so you can check it out. What I've tried to do is keep everything compact. You'll notice we've got a bit of space there. That is so people can come in and out of the kitchen. I don't think they use that door anymore. I think they use the doors over there. But a small point here. If ever there is a door into an area in a hotel where people walk to and from...

7:03 What's your most memorable gig?

Don't put anything by it. Always make sure that you've got it perfectly clear from any clutter. Amp there sat down quite happily. Lots of clutter there. Need to sort that out. And that's about it, really. What the eye don't see, the chef gets away with. The first time Dave is using a PC program. This is how I like to get people when they're not ready. So your name's Nick, innit? It is, yeah. You're going to have a go with that for a while. That's not the 900, that's 2000 in there. How long have you been a DJ? I started when I was 9. How old are you now? Old. 43 next week. Crikey. Can you... What's your most memorable gig? Most memorable? Yeah. I don't know really. They all bring back good memories. Okay, worst gig ever. Worst or worst...

Time in a gig where, you know, the shit really hit the fan. You thought, I really want to be home. I don't want to be here. Oh, that was a little bar in countryside in Cotswolds. Where was it? Yeah, it was a little bar. I mean, it was no bigger than a... Well, your chapel made it look like it's about three times smaller than your chapel. It was a bar and everything. No, it was beer everywhere. No, it wasn't good. Scrapping. Oh, they were just wild yuppies. Alright, most memorable, you know, good time? Good time? It's probably a wedding I did a few weeks ago, that was a really good time. Yeah? Alright, another one here, a tip for a new aspiring DJ, what should they do? Hello other half. Hello. Basically, I suppose the best tip is get used to the gear you've got. Use it a lot before you try and do any gigs with it.

Thanks for watching.

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