LabRat

Cheers matey. Need to see a rotorcraft come back please

New track is live on Spotify. Give it a like for Might upload the club mix to Beatport in the coming weeks https://open.spotify.com/track/3oB4IyWdPFqOKv9Sln7OAo?si=LYffjWGFSpuRA-zsC5ddNQ

Just gonna add to this. I've decided I'm having a Facebook / social media free day today and just chill in this shit heat. Keeping with the chill theme (also it's nearly 40º already) I looked for something super vibey to listen to and found this gem of a playlist. Happy Friday folks https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX8Kgdykz6OKj?si=IzUnQ-HHQ82yyM9oDIaCmA

I’ll have a look more in the coming days

A mate showed me this new platform which looks pretty interesting. It’s a new way to link up with musicians and share music. You can also stream live which is really cool! Might be something to bring back fncp I’m just digging around at the moment might join up to it https://www.bandlab.com/explore/home

Would take it if someone wants to post it out to me haha

Have fun!

Wire could be a bit loose. Can try giving it a wiggle

Weird. I'll try in a different browser

The usual party shit will go down fine. They're from the generation of all the cheese 90's tunes so should be pretty easy just playing a variety of stuff

can't play this for some reason

Thats how it was packaged. Bit fancy even if it's just a snazzy box that hides the 14km cable it comes with

I saw someone tested going live the other day. did it work?

Finally

Cheers buddy. Gotta get around to slapping a Trump'd sticker on it then to actually use it! The day job has taken over so my other turntable is in parts all over my work bench at the moment.

Yeah I don't see it being worthwhile but could be wrong. Soundcloud is still kicking and I was pretty sure that was done for

The way you stream on Mixcloud will soon be affected. "Mixcloud has always offered a service for creators to upload for free, and for anyone to listen for free. It's crucial to us that these options continue to exist." As a free listener, here's what will be changing - Free listeners will only be able to seek forwards (not backwards) while listening to a show - Free listeners will only be able to listen to the same show a maximum 3 times in a 2 week period - Free listeners will not be able to listen to shows that feature more than 4 tracks by the same artist or more than 3 tracks from an album (if you're not a rights holder) Their subscription plans are also changing - $2.99 for Mixcloud Select - $7.99 for Mixcloud Premium I'm assuming this is USD pricing. The full article can be found here if this affects you: https://medium.com/mixcloud/moving-toward-a-fair-and-sustainable-streaming-model-for-artists-99050561a069

Picked up this today so I didn't have to put up with my laptop speakers anymore. Sounds bloody minto. Always a bit suss getting these kinda things, where I feel I could better spend money on headphones but I like this. JBL Flip 5 is the product

Righty... it was a bit of an effort but I FINALLY got my labels! The inspiration for my labels comes from the times where we use to pull off tape and write what our channels on the mixers are or even patch locations on some synths. It came out close enough but because they're so small some of the detail in the tape goes. I had a feeling that would be the case but if you don't try these things you won't really know how it's gonna go. Anyways, here's the actual final product and the F1 Pics aren't artistic but I just wanted to grab a few quickly and update. Still on the hunt for a tonearm / second hand deck for parts and I've pulled the other turntable open and have that ready for cleaning. Hopefully I get a chance to get the second one all sorted out and working but that'll be all on these for a while.

Yeah I reckon it would be worth a shot but I need to lear how to not fuck up tonearms first 😂 Might start with the controllers since there's not much too them

Thanks boss. All the labels have been designed and sent to print. I had this idea for the labels back when I was designing a compression plugin interface but it went a different way so it'll be good to see it come back and play the part. I've also been keeping an eye out on gumtree and marketplace to see if any come up that I could use for spare parts. Few people want drug money for them but it's also nice knowing I could possibly get some coin for mine once they're finished. Update to come soon

My Discover Weekly on Spotify has been playing nothing but drum and bass for 3 months and I'm a little over it - especially when I want new stuff to listen to. Having said that, I'm over my library in general at the moment so I'm looking for some cool playlists to follow and something a little different from the usual electronic bangers. Currently listening to this. Pretty good for a Monday https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX0SM0LYsmbMT?si=m8ihXGRoSxqF6nJHcNKenw

cheers matey

Here's the last update for the foreseeable future. I say that because I've hit a wall. Few little things haven't worked out so I'll need to take a minute to try figure it out. 1) the tonearm is a bit fugged and it'll need replaced. The wires are so thin that when it ripped out it's fucked it along the line somewhere. It's getting harder and harder to find parts for these so this could be the difference between having these as a centre piece and getting them fully functional - but I won't give up! 2) the labels are way too small for my machine to cut out so I need to get them printed. This gives me some creative freedom with how I could get them looking. Now onto the good part. The turntable is back together! Here it is; While I was at it, I gave the F1 a new look. Again, label issues are same same on this one so I'll need to sort something out for this too Thats all for now. Hopefully the next time I post in here I'll have it fully functioning.

I've been thinking about it and I'm not sure I wanna go down that road now. The sample I did looked nice but it's a bit of pissing around. I think I'm gonna skip the gold buttons park and start putting it back together and then I'll play around with different options for the labels