SHOUTS TO FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT FOR THE ALMOST 3 DAYS OF NO POWER. YOU SET ME BACK ON LOTS OF WORK!
BUCK MARLEY PROJECT COMING THURSDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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POST I WAS WORKING ON LAST FRIDAY NIGHT!
SO AS MANY OF YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK EXPANDING WHAT I DO. I HAVE ALSO BEEN ADDING EQUIPMENT TO THE LAB.
WITH THAT, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE 2 LATEST LAPTOP PURCHASES FOR MY VIDEO
DJING. AND I AM SAD TO REPORT THAT I HAD TO GO TO MAC WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO
DJING LIVE VIDEO. AND REALLY THE PROBLEM WAS NOT A PC ISSUE.
ULTIMATELY IT CAME DOWN TO MICROSOFT WINDOWS ABANDONING
XP FOR VISTA. INSTEAD OF A NEW OS THAT WAS FULLY BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE, THEY BUILT THIS NEW THING , THINKING EVERYONE WOULD SWITCH....LIKE SHEEP!
NOW, AFTER YEARS OF INFESTING THE PC MARKET WITH VISTA MACHINES, MICROSOFT HAS ABANDONED THE VISTA PLATFORM AND WENT WITH A mac like LOOK BASED ON THEIR MOST SOLID PRODUCT, WINDOWS
XP!
READ ABOUT THE NEW WINDOWS 7 HERE! NOW YOU WILL SEE ALL VISTA BASED MACHINES GO ON
CLEARENCE! AND HOPEFULLY MICROSOFT HAS A WAY TO RE
INBURSE US STUCK IN A VISTA WORLD AGAINST OUR WILL!
WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF
IM SPENDING 2000+ ON A LAPTOP FOR MY JOB, THAT REQUIRES SOMETHING THAT WORKS
EVERY TIME! SO I WENT WITH THE NEW
MAC BOOK PRO 15' DECKED OUT WITH THE DUAL VIDEO CARD. AND ITS RUNS MY VIDEOS FLAWLESSLY AND IT DID SO RIGHT OUT THE BOX!


AFTER 3 DAYS OF BUILDING OVERVIEWS, MY SHIT IS RUNNING GREAT AND
IM WORKING ON THE BUCK MARLEY PROJECT AS WE SPEAK!

NOW
DONT GET IT TWISTED, I OWN MY
ACER ONE WITH
XP PRO, I HAVE MY OLD DELL LAPTOP HAT RUNS MY
WEB CAMS RUNNING
XP PRO, MY INTERNET / DOWNLOADING COMPUTER
RUNNING XP PRO , MY STUDIO COMPUTER I BUILT ($5K) RUNNING
XP PRO, AND I HAVE 2 HOME BROADCASTING COMPUTERS RUNNING
XP PRO AND THE OTHER IS VISTA! BUT WHEN IT COMES TO MY PERFORMANCES, I GOTTA RIDE WITH THE MAC!
NOW, BEING A VIDEO DJ ...YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED TO INTERFACE WITH ONE PROJECTOR OR A WHOLE INTEGRATED VIDEO SYSTEM. SO I BUILT THIS AS MY FIRST PROTOTYPE ALL IN ONE VIDEO DJ
COMPANION....PEEP GAME....



TECHIES FOLLOW ME......THIS TAKES THE MINI DISPLAY MAC PORT AND CONVERTS THAT TO STANDARD VGA......I HAVE THEN A 6 - 12 FOOT VGA CABLE GOING FROM THE MAC TO MY BOX (PAUSE) .......INSIDE THE BOX, I HAVE A VGA TO S-VIDEO / RCA VIDEO CONVERTER. THIS CONVERTER ALSO PUTS OUT A VGA OUTPUT FOR A MONITOR. I TAKE THE S - VIDEO AND RUN THAT TO A SPLITTER/AMPLIFIER....THIS TAKES THE VIDEO AND AUDIO AND GIVES ME 4 VIDEO AND 4 AUDIO OUTPUTS.......CONNECTED TO THE AUDIO SIDE OF THIS
CONVERTER, I HAVE A DIRECT OUT PUT FROM THE MIXER.............NOW, WITH 4 AUDIO OUTPUTS, I USE 1 OF THEM TO GO TO A IKEY MP3 RECORDER AND CONNECT ANY
USB FLASH DRIVE TO RECORD LIVE AUDIO MIXES.........I ALSO USE
ANOTHER AUDIO AND 1
VIDEO OUTPUT TO GO TO A VIDEO MIX RECORDER/COMPUTER.......THUS LEAVING 3 VIDEO AND 2 AUDIO OUTPUTS READY TO CONNECT AT ALMOST ANY VENUE!
I PROVIDE ALL DEVICES ON A PLATFORM WITH ALL POWER CONNECTIONS UNDERNEATH. ALSO PROVIDED , A 6 FT OR 12 FT POWER CORD. THIS
MEANS I ONLY OCCUPY 1 OUTLET TO OPERATE THE WHOLE BOX!
WORKS LIKE A CHARM, BUT ITS ONLY THE FIRST VERSION! STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES!
TECH OUT!