My setup for the summertime DnB Battle
(psst—if you want to participate, you still have till Monday to send me your beat!):
- Main loop/hook on the SP404
- Acid on the Monologue
- Everything else (breaks, bassline, etc.) on the DT,
which is also the clock source
My little Midi-to-1/8" adapter is broken, so I’ve gotten really good at hitting Play on the SP and DT at the same time. Also means I have to keep notes to remind myself exactly when to move the SP over to the next pattern. It’s pretty annoying, but it’s also sort of cool to hear them moving in and out of sync with each other as the song progresses.
And here’s my messy spaghetti of a recording and mixing setup:
SP, DT, and Mono are recorded to tracks 10 thru 6, with the Mono signal being routed out via Aux 1 to an MXR Carbon Copy delay and TC Hall of Fame reverb, which then gets recorded on track 5. SP also gets a little bit of delay, but not reverb, during mixing, which lands on track 4. The whole shebang is then routed through the sub bus to the RNLA, which lands on tracks 2-3 and is mixed in at a very low volume (I honestly have no idea if this adds anything but the goals is to give the song a bit more bounce).
Meanwhile, RNC is really just acting as a bridge from the mixer’s main out to my monitors because the cords aren’t long enough to reach ever since I moved the setup across the room so I can see the TV while my wife watches Jeopardy. But also good as a limiter so I don’t blow my ears out.