TRS001 - Software With Sasha (Exclusive Interview)

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am i the only one who's tired of "how ableton changed sasha's life" interviews?

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how many software, must be have, I can remix

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^^^ jjejej

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Beating a dead horse possibly?

But hey, if a world class race car driver likes to go on and on about a new sports car he just bought.... it's hard not to take note and want to hear why the guy is so thrilled, no?

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i want to know about involver 2, his hair and his pingpong delay settings

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^^The pingpong effect owns!!!

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Didn't know Sasha was still alive. :NotMe:

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"There's so many things you can do with it [Ableton] as a dj". Hmm. To be honest since he started using it I haven't really noticed anything mind blowing in his sets; maybe I'm just not aware of the work he puts in behind the scenes when he's performing but honestly he might as well have been on 2 cdjs, mixer and an fx unit for the last few years and I wouldn't have known the difference.

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[quote=Kamal;513843]how many software, must be have, I can remix[/quote]

^^ :mullered:Haha

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Some times less is more. Just because you don't notice what he's doing when he's mixing doesn't mean it's a bad thing. Unlike JZ when he goes balls out Sasha takes a bit more of a subtle approach when doing things in Ableton but yet not practical to do on a two deck set up.

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[quote=tiddles;513867]i want to know about involver 2, his hair and his pingpong delay settings[/quote]

Iam also interested in about Involver 2 .blabla ableton

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[quote=JK224;513885]"There's so many things you can do with it [Ableton] as a dj". Hmm. To be honest since he started using it I haven't really noticed anything mind blowing in his sets; maybe I'm just not aware of the work he puts in behind the scenes when he's performing but honestly he might as well have been on 2 cdjs, mixer and an fx unit for the last few years and I wouldn't have known the difference.[/quote]

youre right, you must not be aware.. I saw him at Glass in Miami at wmc 2006 and watched what was going on.. he is deffo not using ableton to just mix two songs together like some Ableton "djs" A LOT of work goes on before and during.. so the fact it sounds like 2 cdj's should be taken as a compliment IMO

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[quote=tiddles;513867]i want to know about involver 2, his hair and his pingpong delay settings[/quote]

Ping pong effect can be done in Reason 3.0, Inolver 2 is going to fucking own you like a train hitting a car stuck in the tracks, and for his hair I wonder if he will rock it long again?

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It does seem he is playing around a lot more with actual parts of the tracks when his track selection is on it does not really matter how he does it. The programming owns

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anyone got a video of thepingpong effect

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But the difference Ableton has had on Sasha and his playing is nothing short of ... invigorating. I was tuning out on Sasha for years till I heard his early sets when he first jumped onto Ableton (Fundacion and before? Did he do an emix or something that was played on Ableton?), you can almost feel the enthusiasm and glee he has playing with it. I definitely sat up and notice a difference.

Ableton is old news now but hell, Ableton was Sasha's ticket out of mid-life crisis. Of course he's gonna rave about it. Didn't stop the receding hairline though.

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Yes i recall hearing him perform shortly after getting sorted with his new Ableton rig and custom controller... the guy had a huge grin on his face. And the show was pretty damn impressive to boot.

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[quote=Steve Graham;513907]youre right, you must not be aware.. I saw him at Glass in Miami at wmc 2006 and watched what was going on.. he is deffo not using ableton to just mix two songs together like some Ableton "djs" A LOT of work goes on before and during.. so the fact it sounds like 2 cdj's should be taken as a compliment IMO[/quote] I was at that show to, and I couldnt agree more. . It was an incredable night and the music was right on.

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[quote=Steve Graham;513907]youre right, you must not be aware.. I saw him at Glass in Miami at wmc 2006 and watched what was going on.. he is deffo not using ableton to just mix two songs together like some Ableton "djs" A LOT of work goes on before and during.. so the fact it sounds like 2 cdj's should be taken as a compliment IMO[/quote]

Thank you - this is exactly what my soapbox is all about: if new technology is going to free you of some of the traditional challenges in a live DJ performance setting, then you should stretch yourself to take on new challenges that weren't possible before.

If you're a real DJ, the challenge should always be there. If at the end of the it's real[I] art[/I], it [I]shouldn't[/I] ever be getting "easier" through technology.

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[quote=Miroslav;519452]If you're a real DJ, the challenge should always be there. If at the end of the it's real[I] art[/I], it [I]shouldn't[/I] ever be getting "easier" through technology.[/quote]

Very well said my friend.