Up lighting in an outdoor beer garden at a Thursday event we DJ and light

We started DJing this with out any lighting at all, after a couple nights we decided to bring down a couple of MinLaser's and an Eclipse. We've since added various other lighting to create a unique and highly successful evening.
Thursday evenings starting at 7:30 in Madison, WI. The Great Dane downtown in the beer garden.
DJ's/Lighting Set-up: Mike Carlson, Nick Nice, and Rob Allegretti.
Lighting supplied by MC Audio

The lights used are all Chauvet:

1- Geyser RGB
3- ColorDash Accent
2- SlimBank UV18
2- Slim Par 64 LED
1- Slim Par 56 LED
1- Freedom Par RGBA
1- Abyss LED 3.0
1- Eclipse
1- Scorpion 3D RGB
1- MinLaser FX2.0
2- MinLaser RBX

Free Ableton Training with purchase of Live or Suite

Ableton and MC Audio are partnering to bring you an hour of free training with Ableton Certified Trainer Wyatt Agard and a Live 9 laptop bag with the purchase of Live or Suite (Yes, even EDU editions!) now until supplies run out.

MC Audio's Novation Launchpad-S Review with Ableton Certified Trainer Wyatt Agard

Novation Launchpad-S
Street $169.95

Pros:
This is a well built, compact, bus powered, midi controller. Perfect for the artist on go, don't let the size or cost fool you. This unit is equally at home in the studio, at home, or on the go. This is a efficient clip launch controller for Ableton, it comes with Ableton Launchpad edition, basically the LE version of Ableton. Also very popular for Bridge/Serato integration, we have also used it as a DMX scene and video clip launcher.


Cons:
The pads are not velocity sensitive, limiting some of it's studio potential. It's compact size doesn't allow for simultaneous control of multiple parameters.


Overall:
A great value for the price. Perfect as a first piece to introduce you to the world of ableton, while still being useful to even to the pros.

4/5 Lead Stabs

VCI-380: A/V Layered FX with MIDI

After spending the summer of 2012 mixing video & radio shows with the Novation Twitch, I was ready to return to a mixing rig with wheels.  The configuration and layout of the VCI-380 from Vestax made it an ideal next step. Since incorporating the VCI, I've been experimenting with various configurations and have discovered some unique tools.

This video highlights one neat aspect of my show with a step by step on setting it up. The rig in this tutorial features turntable control of music videos with the VCI-380 functioning as the mixer & MIDI control surface for Scratch Live with Serato Video.  In this configuration, I'm able to layer visual and audible effects while controlling them both with a single dial on each channel.  Its a simple set-up with a fun, creative result and another tool in the kit of VCI owners.

Enjoy

VCI-380: A/V Layered FX with MIDI