Pelican Case MOD - Live Setup

Inspired by lack of adequate space at clubs and venues for electronic musicians, this rig requires only floor space and a single power outlet.

The setup consists of a modified pelican case that enables the rack mounting of equipment. This means I can be setup and ready to play in under 4 minutes. Hardware includes Virus Snow, Virus C, M-Audio Audiophile, Numark CM200USB 5 Channel Mixer, Novation SL25 Compact, iPod + TouchOSC.

The custom patch bay includes XLR Lamp XLR & RCA OUT, RCA IN to Channel 5 fader, RCA IN to input on Virus C, RCA IN to line in on m-audio.

I decided to use the M-Audio Audiophile as the primary sound device over the the inbuilt USB audio in the Numark CM200USB. The reasoning for this was purely down recording latency and routing configurations.

I do however have the CM200USB and the M-Audio set up as a aggregate device in OSX, enabling me to speak to both devices from Ableton.

The TouchOSC patch is a custom one built using the beta TouchOSC editor.

A quick explanation of the Audio routing page in the TouchOSC template.
This page was created only yesterday as a way to easily route audio to the Atomizer on the fly. I simply created 2 Sends channels and routed all Audio to SENDS ONLY in Ableton. Then assigned the individual SENDS dials to each button, effectively creating on off switched. This enables me to easily select the output I would like a track to take.

Not shown in this video, Controlling the Virus C.
Basically I have split the Novation into 2 zones. The first zone (1 Octave) controls the Atomizer via direct MIDI cable between the devices, where as the second zone (rest of the octaves) are routed to the USB cable which is then passed through Ableton to the Virus C via the M-Audio. To switch between keyboard control of either device, I simply shift octaves.

For those interested, the case weighs approx 16kg and due to the bolts in the sides, it is no longer water proof, however the rubber washers do protect it from most water (It is just not submersible anymore)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Pelican Case
• TouchOSC
• Novation SL25 Compact
• Access Virus Snow
• Access Virus C
• M-Audio Audiophile
• Ableton

[hummurabi2010]

Siiiick!!!! at first i was thinking... how is this dude going to dj with that set up. then i saw you mixing and putting out what seems or could be your own personal stuff. if you toured doing your thing then this would be hella beneficial. props bud!

[autoflavour]

@hummurabi2010 - yeah its a bit of a lug, but is totally worth it for live performances. all the music in this clip is my own.

[hummurabi2010]

@autoflavour Yo, @ the 58 second mark, did you custom create that 19" rack w/the RCA's, XLR's and universal power insert ?

[autoflavour]

@hummurabi2010 yep, soldiered my own custom patch bay..

[FrapsYou]

@autoflavour all I can say is thats cool

[helskanki]

nice 2 viruses. u just use snow for atomize>?

im planning to atomize my key leads by mapping it to lower half for trigger and playing upper half lead on nord.

The I/O rack looks very nice. Im going to make one of those up sometime in near future for my rack cases. Good job

[autoflavour]

@uberturtleful wtf is what? you need to be somewhat specific if you have a question.

[autoflavour]

@uberturtleful wtf is what? you need to be somewhat specific if you have a question.

[gurps10]

That is soo nice man, great rig

[Sledskiing]

where did you get the stand?