The Null Device Blog

This past weekend we played Inferno’s 7th Anniversary gig. It was just us and a buncha DJs. Pretty fun.

It was also probably the first time we played a complete set. Every past show has had a set truncated due to time constraints or such. We got to play it all, although we’ve swapped out “There is a Light” for “Wicked Game” which seems to go over better (and is better-arranged).

Crowd was great, really into it, and we put on probably one of our better performances. At least, it was one of the more comfortable performances. A few technical glitches early on, but we got by. Dan was in the zone as usual, being Mr. Punk Energy, Chuck was his usual zen-bassist self, and some of the new things we tried worked really well. Chuck’s new bass part for Electrifed helps the song a lot.

Some friends all conspired to throw women’s underwear at me during the show. Big, ugly underwear. With “I [heart] Null Device” written on it in sharpie. Smartasses.

Also, the folk from our labelmates Blind Faith and Envy were there, which was most goodly.

I began upgrading my studio to OS X yesterday. I’m of course extremely nervous since most OS upgrades I’ve made have gone horribly wrong.

So far, so good. All my OS 9 stuff remains segregated so it’ll still run when I boot back into classic.

the Indeo Codec is not made for OS X, so most of Dr. G’s videos won’t work. I’ll have to boot into classic and translate them all so I can work with them.

Installing the Waves plugins was a pain in the ass. For some odd reaosn it really didn’t want to have anything to do with Audio Units until I de-installed and re-authorized everything.

The Logic 6.2.3 upgrade was a breeze.

The Kontakt 1.5 upgrade was a bit trikier, since I didn’t notice that they swicthed serial number formats. The authorizer says “get the serial from the manual” which I did, but it was in a differnet format and wouldn’t work. I checked the sales email for the upgrade and that had the new # in it. Whew.

Phatmatik installed like a breeze.

Battery was an easy one too.

Absynth…ohmygod does absynth2 sound cool. The granular warping is just…oh, oh oh man. However. v2 didn’t come with an AU plugin out of the box. So I tried to downlaod 2.04, which has the AU in it. NI’s download page won’t let me – says I have to register my product first. Well, I did register my product, and it still won’t let me. So I’m kinda pissed.

Got iMovie, iDVD and iTunes all running merrily. Need to reinstall Toast Plat though.

I’ve completely stripped down my plugins collection. I realized that of all the freeware synths and distortions and such, I use…well, none of them. Except for the DestroyFX stuff, pretty much everything I use is stock with Logic or a purchased product. I don’t need 18 cheap delay plugins. I don’t need 5 shitty compressors when I’ve got a few good ones. I don’t need a zillion analog emulators, since I’ve got a coupla nice hardware ones (and an actual analog synth to boot).

I still need to buy the upgrade to FM7, and it’ll be a few months before my favorite compressor plugins will be fully AU’ed. And it doesn’t look like PPG Wave 2.3V is gunna be AU anytime soon, so I’ll need to get the VST wrapper.

But still, I’m liking OS X a whole lot already. I’ll need to do a panther upgrade soon. And clean up my new system drive a bit too. I think another new hard drive might be in my future…

The masters and cover art are on their way to Nilaihah HQ. “A Million Different Moments” should be out real soon now!

I’ve been remiss in updating this thing. I’ve been busy.

Busy finishing up the mastering – still. Busy finishing up the cover art (all I need is a logo or two from the label). Busy remixing.

Recently remixed – Brian Schuh’s “The One Who Dismissed Me Again” and I’m working on a remix of Epsilon Minus’s “The Road To Hell” (convenient, since I did the guest vocals on it). A few other remixes are in the pipe, as well, although nothing is confirmed yet.

Then to start on album 3…

DJing at teh Inferno w/Matt Scenic (and his kick-ass Stanton/NI Final Scratch setup)

Panjabi MC – Jogi
Tarkan – Bu Sarkilar (Devrim mix)
Joi – Asian Vibes
Mory Kante – Ye Ke Ye Ke (hardfloor remix)
Null Device – The Hourglass
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* New Order – Subculture
Brian Schuh – The One Who Dismissed me Again (Null Device Dismissive Mix)
Bis – Dead Wrestlers
Goldfrapp – Strict Machine
Human League – Love me Madly
Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart (Peel Session)
The Smiths – Ask
The Cure – Just Like Heaven
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* Conjure One – Tears From The Moon
The Streets- Weak Become Heroes (Royksopp’s Memory Lane mix)
Iio – Rapture (Riva Remix)
Kosheen – Catch (grayed out vocal mix)
The Azoic – Conflict
Covenant – Theremin (clubversion)
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* Nitzer Ebb – I Give to You
Microchip League – New York New York (Dancefloor Cut)
Seabound – Hooked (Radical Mix)
Armageddon Dildos – Tanz Auf Dem Vulkan
Front 242 – Animal (radio)
Feindflug – Leitbild