A-Trak
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In this interview with Guitar Center, A-Trak says:
One of the most exciting things that's happened with my DJing in a long time is this Roland drum machine, the TR-8S.
A-Trak goes into detail about how he produced the track "Pro Nails." Before finding out about Logic as his main DAW, A-Trak experimented with Ableton. He says, "I already had Ableton Live on my computer, since I was using it for live looping in some of my more experimental sets. I used to use it as a looping pedal, feeding scratches into it and creating beats on the fly with the Session view. So I explored the Arrange window some more. I liked how quickly you could sketch out ideas but I wasn’t crazy about the sound and didn’t have enough soft-synths to really get what I needed out of it. I tried Reason. That gave me a bunch of synths and drum machines, but I wasn’t feeling the MIDI and felt like I still needed some audio tracks. So I decided to ReWire the 2. I used Ableton as a sequencer (where I could add some audio tracks if I wanted), and Reason ran the synths and drum machines."
"This is my sound card, it's the Apogee Duet. I think it sounds great, I think Apogee sound cards have the best sound."
A-Track says: "Historically, we've always keyed everything by ear, but Mixed In Key is a great alternative if you're on the road or not near a keyboard."
"A-Trak have collaborated with Copenhagen-based audio design company AIAIAI for these limited edition Fool's Gold headphones. ... The Fools Gold model has a new colorway, and special technical features, like an angle stereo plug, making it harder to accidentally pull the plug from the mixer, and a cable lock so that it doesn't get pulled out while playing. Limited edition of only 2,000 units worldwide."
At 1:17 in this video, A-Trak shows a play-through of his remix of the track "Who's Wearing The Cap" by Laidback Luke & Sander van Doorn. He made the track using Logic Pro DAW.
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At the :40 mark of Scion's tour of A-Trak's studio, A-Trak pulls out a Moogerfooger MF103 Phaser pedal. He states that he doesn't use it much, and that he prefers to do "everything on the computer".
"This is my DJ setup, this is what I find at the most clubs, so it's what I prefer to have at home."
Between 01:10 and 01:14 of Scion's tour of A-Trak's studio, A-Trak demonstrates his skills on vinyl on a pair of SL-1200MK3Ds connected to Serato.
A-Trak uses the Kontrol Z2 in his "Tuna Melt" routine featured on POTATOwillEATyou. About 24 seconds in, the camera zooms in and the Z2 label can be seen more clearly.
This photo of A-Trak performing live shows him using a black Technics 1210.
"lol I was telling my friend earlier WATCH THIS AMA WILL BE ALL QUESTIONS ABOUT SERATO & TRAKTOR… I really like both platforms. I'm digging Serato's new DJ software so I wanted to mess with it. Traktor is really powerful, one of the few letdowns is the file management, you kind of have 2 libraries. So right now I'm enjoying the ease of Serato. But I could use both."
A-Trak playing at ParqSD 5/8/15.He's also using the Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus Mixer and Pioneer DDJ-SP1 DJ Sub-Controller for Serato.
In this Instagram video clip, Atrak is testing his new toy.. "Special delivery! Look at this lil baby waking up with the light show. @pioneerdjusa @serato DJM S9, out this fall... Love the cue point buttons right there."
Throughout the video (good view at 2:24) the Apogee Duet 2 USB Audio Interface can be seen on A-Trak's right hand side.
In this video A-Trak walks through the unboxing and features of his signature edition Seventy mixer from Rane.
At the :29 mark in Scion's tour of A-Trak's studio, A-Trak demonstrates the Drumcomputer MFB-503 drum machine. However, he states that he "hasn't really used it that much".
At the 1:04 mark of Scion's tour of A-Trak's studio, a Pioneer CDJ-2000 can be seen next to his Technics turntables.
While it's not clear how or why he is using it, the Pioneer DDJ-SP1 controller can clearly be seen here in this video above his mixer, as part of his home DJ setup (which sits across from his producing setup). You can see it 1:28 into the video. It also has been spotted in some of his Instagram pictures.
In this photo from A-Trak's Facebook, A-Trak can be seen standing on the table performing with the DJM-900. He captions this image, "Standard."
It's worth noting that, while A-Trak tends to use and prefer Serato software, the mixer is not the Serato-themed edition of the DJM 900.
A-Trak @ THE DO OVER with his HD-25
At the beginning of the video you can see KRK Rokit 5 on his desk.
On Serato's Website It shows A-Trak Uses Pioneer CDJ-3000
In this video, A-Trak discusses and demonstrates the CDJ-3000X from AlphaTheta. He sums up his thoughts saying:
Most DJs are used to the existing CDJ 3000 so I think it's going to be pretty easy for DJs to jump onto these. There's not really a learning curve. And I can even just say for myself, I haven't delved into the cloud stuff and the Wi-Fi connectivity of these units. That's a whole other dimension I'll have to dive into. I just went straight into my tricks because that's my comfort zone. I think that's what's great about these: they feel familiar enough, but there's also enough new features that you can dive in and have fun with it.
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