The Amazing Spectralis II -Now part of the DIV digital rig

This is the Spectralis II (brand new model) taking it's clock signal from Red Voyager Beat extractor that is literally listening to the mix coming from the laptop/Ableton set-up. Once you understand what exactly is going on in this video the top of your skull will pop off and your mind will do a 360 in mid-air, returning to its original position, but altered in a permanent state of "you're kidding". This is the bare-boned digital system we use (without the Kaoss pad, Kaossilator, or Percussa audio cubes, and, obviously, without the video gear), using only the Logitech joystick to cherry-pick through the on-screen clips & activate the effects for each channel, the Novation X Station to fade the 8 channels on screen up and down and its joystick to control Ableton's effects' parameters, and, of course, the amazing Spectralis II from Radikal technologies. The silkscreening is still a little tacky it's so new (just kidding-it is beautiful). This is just me finally getting the hang of this thing (sort of) at 1:30 in the morning. The music is a mixture of the Spectralis' other-worldly sounds, Michael Bolton & my MIDI mixes (original compositions), other artists' music, and a lot of beats, grooves, and loops of ours at all times. I even demonstrate the ability to "jam" along on the X Station's built-in 300-voice digital synthesizer. Enjoy! More thrills await you at www.divelectro.com
There is now a four-part posting of an hour-long mix that Michael Bolton and myself did using this exact same Ableton set this past weekend (Aug 15th 2009) at:
www.divelectro.com/august_15th.html

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[MahatmaDali]

Would you look at the hotel-sized lotion bottles just left of the laptop, hahaha.

[kipptumor]

@MahatmaDali Actually - an empty salt shaker and rosewood oil for the fret board of my Rickenbacker.

[petersedin]

haha.. whats in that bag on the plate?

cool music..

superb mixing solution!

[kipptumor]

@petersedin Napkins I think. 

[germanbarrientosmora]

Hi, I use Reason and Ableton Live, what do you the joystick for?, controlling any filter?

Grats.

[kipptumor]

@germanbarrientosmora haven't run this system since May, but the joystick lets you drive around the clips instead of being limited to a finite number of square buttons to assign the clips to. There are buttons on the base and handle that are assigned to effects for each of the eight channels in Ableton.

[SeriouslyAaron]

lovin the joystick!

[Dvill2668]

Too awesome! This is a great mix.....Thanks!

[wesmatron]

Genius....using that joystick instead of a mouse.

[Sixstringer7]

@petersedin I think it is a garlic and oregano mixture for the plate of spaghetti that is just out of frame.

(haha)

[petersedin]

haha.. whats that bag on the plate?

cool music..

[Flipjunkie1]

Bag of WeeD LoL !