More info Soon.

As I said a strange mood.

Now I got it all to work with a generic preset but that’s not what I wanted. So I’ve just sent off an e-mail to Akai support asking for help.

To find out more about the CPMC read this

Counter Productive Music Collective

In the beginning was the sound. The sound was life.
…
The Counter Productive Music Collective (CPMC) is an open circle creative space that seeks to express the transitory moment in sound paintings. We desire to create sound free from the mediation of commerce. The CPMC seeks the expression of the creative animal as the highest good.
We live in a merchant society, a society motivated by profit that creates mediocre art. We are presented with the finished product of entertainment for our amusement, a closed circle that is to be enjoyed as a passive distraction. Novelty is the godhead of corporate enterprise, their god is profit. The CPMC believes creativity is the highest good,
that creation is the godhead of human existence.

The CPMC is a non profit group that wishes to communicate human expression free from the motivation, mediation and influence of commerce. The CPMC is the grit in the oyster that births the pearl, we are the worm inside the apple. We are valued as a part of the life force, we are not singular economic units creating material wealth.

The CPMC offers a blank canvas for capturing the moment in which we exist, a sound painting that reflects the space and time in which we live. We embrace the softest machine playing ostrich guitar, the tribal drumming of the suburbs lost tribes, tape loops on a cassette, the feedback of a guitar played as an electronic instrument, the percussion of a hand clap or a pencil tapping a cup, the editing of sound on a laptop, the finger turning a glass into a drone, the bird in your garden, the footfall on the street.

Update 25/01/2011 – Sent another mail to AKAI as I had no reply.
Update 25/01/2011 – found out how to reset the presets by playing around with the  vyzor application. I’ll post an instructional video soon to show just how to fix.

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To test I’ve loaded a few music videos into the decks and X-Faded between.

The Hercules DJ Console Rmx http://www.hercules.com/us/DJ-Music/bdd/p/62/dj-console-rmx/

Cutting-edge DJ controller with built-in audio for live and studio use

Audio built for DJing

• Mic input for talk-over
• Headphone output
• 2 stereo outputs
  • 4 x ¼” jack mono out (+4dBu) for pro gear
  • 4 RCA mono out (-10dBv) for standard gear
• 2 stereo inputs
  • Plug & mix external sources with MP3s

Metal casing

• Aluminum plate on top
• Metal sheet on bottom

Comfortable controls

• 35x25cm / 13.8″x10.7″
• Comfortable mixing
• Space for your fingers

Bought it about 2 months ago and have used it a few times with Traktor and ClubVJ so here’s a mini review.

This USB mixer was bought as an upgrade to my ageing BEHRINGER BCD3000 which caused endless problems with it’s audio and midi interface.

My first impressions of the Hercules was that of quality it’s built strong and can withstand a good aul beating. All controls are smooth and although nowhere near a A&H or DJM800 it’s a good performer. With

Traktor everything worked straight out of the box and the audio was nice and crisp from the RMX on-board ASIO interface.

Now as for using the RMX with ClubVJ that was a slightly different story I had one or two teething problems with the MIDI interface not detecting and then had to do a bit of remapping of controls which only took a few minutes.  (Supported Interfaces)

On the whole I’m quite happy with the RMX but as always there’s room for improvement like XLR outputs and a snap on protective case. You can compare it to higher end kit but it holds it’s own very well.

Oh it’s great value too.

My Setup

Dell Studio 1737 Laptop
Windows^® 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
Core^TM 2 Duo Processor P8400 (2.2GHz, 3MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB) Intel^® Cantiga GM45
4GB Dual Channel 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM
2x 500GB Internal SATA Disks
Onboard Graphic Card: 256MB ATI^® Mobility Radeon HD 3650
Intel High Definition Audio 2.0

I’m using Club Pro VJ 5 (5.1.5.5) and no matter what i did every single video I loaded in came up with the same error “Load Error: UNSUPPORTED F…” This would be the dreaded Unsupported Format erro to be exact and it arises when the VJ software is unable to load the appropriate codec to decode the video/audio stream.

Ok so now you know the error so let me tell you all the things I done to try resolve it before the show went on.

1. Update ClubProVJ to the latest version from the producers website (No luck)
2. Loaded multiple formats to test diffrent codecs mov/mpg/mpeg/avi/divx/xvid and mp4 (No luck)
3. Cleared my media library and loaded everything back in (No luck)
4. Reinstalled the codec pack offered by the supplier (No luck)
5. Tested each video in media player classic and VLC with no problems nice smooth playback
6. Ran GSpot on one of the problem files and it checked out and the system found compatible standard codecs.
7. Updated KLite Codec pack to the latest release v6.8 (No Luck)

So after all that time wasted I finally logged a support call with support@clubdjpro.com explaining the above. My request went in on the 15th Jan 2011 and they stated in a automated reply it may take up to three working days for a reply.

lets see how they do.
I’ll keep this post updated with the resolve as it may be helpful to other users.

Update 24/01/2011 – Received no reply so sent second mail requesting help

Oh yea posting losts of art related stuff too.

Seya.

Seb.

• Number of Keys: 61 + 16 x 4 banks of drum pads
• Type of action: Semi-weighted
• Aftertouch (Channel)
• Computer Interface: USB/MIDI
• Displays: Custom LCD
• Footswitchable Patch Changes: yes
• Number of Independent MIDI Ins/Outs: 1
• Programmable Continuous Footpedals: 1
• Programmable Footswitches: 1
• Programmable controllers: MMC, MIDI START/STOP, MIDI CC
• System Real-Time Controls: MMC, MIDI START/STOP, MIDI CC
• Dimensions: 36″x11.25″x2.5″ (WxDxH)
• Weight: 17.2 lbs keyboard onl