Rick Gibralter is your DJ! Tips tracks and hints from the islands to the mainland

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whatcha been spinning, Rick?

jergins, Saturday, 8 March 2008 03:56 (sixteen years ago) link

one month passes...

i downloaded Side Effect - "Always There (Ashley Beedle Edit)" and played it on cd-r last weekend and it went off like a bomb. tryin' to get my hands on the vinyl but it a limited ed. japanese pressing :-\

jergs also check out "lovebirds - modern stalking" d~_~b

Rick Gibralter, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 21:10 (sixteen years ago) link

i need more shit like these:

Soulwax - N.Y. Lipps
Mock and Toof - Lycra Virgin
Mylo - Under Pressure

not crazy baout them but they go over v v well at this party i play every month

Rick Gibralter, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 21:12 (sixteen years ago) link

i do! traktor on an old laptop with 2 gigs of ram, the dj indigo soundcard, and a usb controller for crossfades and EQs and syncs and so on. it's a tight little package, everyting's very compact. the controller though is cheap plastic and will break one of these days.

have you messed around with traktor much? it's fun and easy. i'd like to get my hands on final scratch sometime, just to play with.

-- jergins, Tuesday, January 8, 2008 1:43 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark Link

i have used traktor on a few gigs now but mainly for hip hop/r+b/80's shit where i'm not too focused on mixing

link me to this controller i want one

Rick Gibralter, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 21:15 (sixteen years ago) link

Mylo - UnderDr. Pressure

Rick Gibralter, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 21:20 (sixteen years ago) link

here's the controller. it's called the hercules mk ii controller. i'd be curious to know what you think of the crossfade. it's a little jumpy for me, not as smooth, not as subtle.

http://www.topdjgear.com/hemkmppomico.html

http://www.lightsounds.com/Portals/0/storepix/hercv2.jpg

jergins, Thursday, 8 May 2008 23:28 (sixteen years ago) link

here's a question i've had for a while: when you play disco do you beatmatch or let one song play out and start the next? i find techno really easy to match and go on(it's kinda made that way so it's not surprising) but disco's way harder, especially old stuff. it seems like the newer cosmic/beardo/spacey stuff is a little easier, but actual songs from the 70s, even the edits, are pretty near impossible.

i see tj gorton spin around town pretty often (the american athlete blog guy) and he doesn't beatmatch often. that makes me feel better.

now that i've written all that out, and now that i think about it, didn't you post a mix on the balaeric thread that was in fact beatmatched?

maybe this is just case by case.

jergins, Thursday, 8 May 2008 23:37 (sixteen years ago) link

two months pass...

this is looking good
honolulu possible light rail map

jergins, Thursday, 10 July 2008 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

"CONTROVERSIAL"^^

Rick Gibralter, Monday, 28 July 2008 05:06 (sixteen years ago) link

jergs i beatmatch disco stuff sometimes. i should ysi my last mix, its equal parts housey and discoey.

its like a year and a half old tho. i need to make a new one. a guy came up to the booth last nite and asked if i had any CDs FOR SALE.

ps- check your email

Rick Gibralter, Monday, 28 July 2008 05:13 (sixteen years ago) link

also i never use a crossfader

Rick Gibralter, Monday, 28 July 2008 05:48 (sixteen years ago) link

cool picture of 39 i just found on flickr
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3151/2701571053_cbe5324184_b.jpg

Rick Gibralter, Monday, 28 July 2008 06:43 (sixteen years ago) link

i should ysi my last mix, its equal parts housey and discoey.

it's the one with chris issac on it, yeah? i have it, listen to it sometimes.

i never use a crossfader

you just drop it? bam?

jergins, Friday, 1 August 2008 19:22 (sixteen years ago) link

it's the one with chris issac on it, yeah? i have it, listen to it sometimes.

no not that mix, the one i did before that, which was all vinyl

you just drop it? bam?

no, i use my up faders to mix with the crossfader always in the middle. at the club i dont even have an option since both clubs i play at have one of these:

http://www.turntablelab.com/images/content/2/4/24106.jpg

Rick Gibralter, Saturday, 2 August 2008 00:04 (sixteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3126/2793920502_4747be0582_m.jpg

lxy, Sunday, 24 August 2008 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link

so i went to Havana that night that your friend was maybe gonna go

i kept an eye on the door and in walked a bald, dorky guy, by himself. not tall, though, no asian girl on the arm, but i went up to him anyway.

i asked if he was gr80's friend. he gave me the "i can be gr80's friend if you want me to be" look. oops. i told you how gay that place has become. he touched my arm a lot and drunkenly talked about i don't know what. i stopped paying attention.

when i got back to our table my friends were cracking up. they'd seen that guy exit the bathhouse across the street a few minutes before. here's hoping i didn't shake his hand.

jergins, Sunday, 31 August 2008 03:35 (sixteen years ago) link

!! how did i miss this

-- amon, Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:03 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Link

(xpost)

Rick Gibralter, Sunday, 31 August 2008 23:17 (sixteen years ago) link

good story jergins

i appreciate you taking one for the team like that

he gets flown out to DJ m1cr0s0f+ p4r+1es twice a year and if i play my cards right i might get to one day soon~~

Rick Gibralter, Sunday, 31 August 2008 23:19 (sixteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

grady im watchin the emmys where r u

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 00:03 (sixteen years ago) link

wow its 8:04 and ive cringed about sixty times already

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 00:04 (sixteen years ago) link

heidi klum is slamming as usual tho--do you think i could get a girl that hot if i wrote a song as good as "kiss from a rose"

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 00:08 (sixteen years ago) link

sick burn piven

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 00:12 (sixteen years ago) link

lookin good julia l-d

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 00:19 (sixteen years ago) link

please liveblog the whole thing, maxmaxmax

lxy, Monday, 22 September 2008 00:24 (sixteen years ago) link

heidi klum is slamming as usual tho

tape-delayed here i think but max otm

nirjit turkalan wants to know u (jergins), Monday, 22 September 2008 00:28 (sixteen years ago) link

wish i could lxy but every time one of the hosts appears on stage i get so embarrassed for them my face melts off and i start crying and have to hide under the pillow

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 00:32 (sixteen years ago) link

ricky gervais is kind of funny tho

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 00:33 (sixteen years ago) link

ok actually loling at gervias tickling carrell

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 00:35 (sixteen years ago) link

they just gave an award to the dude who is right now directing the emmys--seems kind of fishy--maybe the integrity of the program has been compromised

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 00:37 (sixteen years ago) link

or maybe they gave it to him because if they didnt he would end the broadcast

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 00:37 (sixteen years ago) link

conan is proably the only person at the emmys who is as tall as heidi klum

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 00:42 (sixteen years ago) link

man i think 1 of the most fun jobs in the world would be working on the writing staff for the daily show or conan or something...

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 00:49 (sixteen years ago) link

i think you have to be way more neurotic than i am

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 00:50 (sixteen years ago) link

lol steve martin weed joke

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 00:51 (sixteen years ago) link

thanks for sticking with it. think how fun it will be to post when you see grady!

lxy, Monday, 22 September 2008 00:53 (sixteen years ago) link

I JUST SAW GRADY!!!!!!

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 00:56 (sixteen years ago) link

what was he doing?

nirjit turkalan wants to know u (jergins), Monday, 22 September 2008 00:59 (sixteen years ago) link

i didnt see him i was just trying to keep you on your toes

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 01:01 (sixteen years ago) link

wow josh groban is singing a medley of theme songs

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 01:02 (sixteen years ago) link

^^ when this is broadcast later dont miss it

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 01:02 (sixteen years ago) link

sort of bizarrely unfunny & weird

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 01:03 (sixteen years ago) link

more like rowan and martins laugh-NOT

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 01:15 (sixteen years ago) link

ugh i thought no one could be less funny than the hosts but somehow the reunion of rowan and martins laugh in is pain-inducing

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 01:17 (sixteen years ago) link

lol heidi its "bones" not "THE bones" at least PRETEND that you watch television

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 01:19 (sixteen years ago) link

i feel betrayed

lxy, Monday, 22 September 2008 01:24 (sixteen years ago) link

tina fey just won! do you think i can make her my friend if i meet her in nyc?

Experts (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 01:25 (sixteen years ago) link

yes

good luck max. we are going for ethiopian food

nirjit turkalan wants to know u (jergins), Monday, 22 September 2008 01:42 (sixteen years ago) link

i have a really dumb traktor 3 question. how do i export/record while mixing

amon, Monday, 22 September 2008 16:17 (sixteen years ago) link

thats for anyone to answer not just dj rick gibralter. like i see where to set the file location but where do you enable recording? i need tips and hints

amon, Monday, 22 September 2008 19:23 (sixteen years ago) link

also, tricks

t i r a n a (jergins), Monday, 22 September 2008 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link

the 'native mix' recorder is crap. avoid it.

the standard audio recorder, which records in wav, is usually on page 4

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/traktor01.jpg

then i import into itunes to listen and get it down to a usuable file size

t i r a n a (jergins), Monday, 22 September 2008 21:37 (sixteen years ago) link

no tricks, just tracks

Ex-pert (max max max max), Monday, 22 September 2008 21:53 (sixteen years ago) link

lol i didn't even see that page 1-4, thx! i seriously looked for a half hour for that shit and gave up. i h8 reading manuals

amon, Monday, 22 September 2008 23:45 (sixteen years ago) link


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