Magnetic Man benga skream and artwork

dub man warrior · Post by **dub man warrior** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:12 am

does anyone know how there doing this magnetic man i have seen skream talk about it with marry ann hobbs but i havent really seen any thing isit like serato or are they using a daw ie logic or fl studio

watever there doing sounds interesting

misk · Post by **misk** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:17 am

3 laptops. from what i've gathered, benga and skream provide the raw sounds and loops, and artwork sits in the middle and mixes them together accordingly.

kwality · Post by **kwality** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:37 am

There was a tiny little article in Mixmag or something recently, and it talked about them using ableton. I take everything Mixmag says with a grain of salt, but I wouldn't fancy trying to do a live multi-laptop set with many other programs.

Coppola · Post by **Coppola** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:51 am

don't they all do separate parts of the tune at once? e.g bassline, drums and tune.

serox · Post by **serox** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:59 am

kwality wrote:There was a tiny little article in Mixmag or something recently, and it talked about them using ableton. I take everything Mixmag says with a grain of salt, but I wouldn't fancy trying to do a live multi-laptop set with many other programs.

I saw 8 people do it a while back. Was a bit confusing and I didnt see the point.

All you need is 2xTechnics and a bag of records imo. Forget all these toys.

jim · Post by **jim** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:18 am

Well except it's not just djing it's actually playing live.

thinking · Post by **thinking** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:11 pm

Serox wrote:All you need is 2xTechnics and a bag of records imo. Forget all these toys.

absurd comparison, apples & oranges.

When they played Bristol, they had Pro-Tools boxes as well, but I assumed the performance was being done in Ableton. Forgot to poke my head round and have a look.

FSTZ1 · Post by **FSTZ1** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:59 pm

jim wrote:Well except it's not just djing it's actually playing live.

its like a "neo-dub" session

I saw mad professor rock like that with 2 adats, a 24 channel board and a delay machine

closer to the roots of dub than most realise

*I just made up the neo-dub word and it's not intended to be a new genre, just a method of mixing raw tracks live

misk · Post by **misk** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:10 pm

jim wrote:Well except it's not just djing it's actually playing live.

if they're making the music live then it is playing live. I've played live. I've played with a sampler on a stage where i was making a beat live. I've also played with patterns on that same sampler in a club situation. that was not live.

POND LIFE · Post by **POND LIFE** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:46 pm

all you need is 2 decks? not when the magnetic man act is probably the most impressive dubstep act i've seen. quality show.

Littlefoot · Post by **Littlefoot** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:10 pm

many many threads on this topic, have a look back

some good pics too

I want Artwork to make a 4 track ep

silentk · Post by **silentk** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:14 pm

Joe C wrote:many many threads on this topic, have a look back

some good pics too

I want Artwork to make a 4 track ep

Rep-EP?

http://www.discogs.com/release/82528

Magnetic Man benga skream and artwork

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