Picture of my setup

Categories: Digital DJing, Hardware, Music, Software, Technology

Allright then. Came home really late last night(in fact, in the morning) so wasnt able to post the picture. But here it is I was provided a Pioneer DJM-800 mixer by the resort guys. Apart from this I used my Compaq laptop which was running Traktor DJ Studio 3.2.2. I then use the Numark Total Control USB midi interface to control Traktor DJ Studio. When it comes to output routing, I used the Numark DJ/IO to split the output in terms of monitor and ... Read More

Pretty good show for the first time with the Numark Total Control

Categories: Computing Tips, Digital DJing, Hardware, Music, Software, Technology

Ok, Yesterday went out to an offsite with the team I work with in the office. We did not want to invest on a DJ so I(chance pe dance) agreed to DJ for the evening. This was the time to test my new gizmo. It was pretty easy tp carry it. The laptop went into my laptop backpack and the mixer along with Audio interface fitted neatly into another laptop sling bag. The setup was pretty straight forward and took just about 5 ... Read More

Head Tracking, the future of gaming

Categories: Computing Tips, Gadgets, Hardware, Software, Technology

About 2 weeks back, I was watching this incredible video on You Tube where this dude mods his Nintendo Wii console and builds a whole head tracking system. The way it works is the reverse of how the Wii works. In this you wear the radio sensor and the remote tracks you movemement and sends the feedback to the computer. The computer then translates this movements and manipulates the image on the screen to respond to your movements.The publisher has demonstrated an awesome example ... Read More

Some of the early apps on Google Android

Categories: Computing Tips, Gadgets, Google, Hardware, Software, Technology

I was really impressed when I got to see the new iPhone that my friend got from the US. But the Google Android interface totally blew my minds. With the new Android platform, you cam play regular games like Quake and Counter Strike on the platform. The best thing about this is that its free, its open source and its made for different handsets. So in this case we dont have to depend upon a company that FORCES you to stick on to ... Read More

Things you can do on Linux but not on a Mac or Windows PC

Categories: Computing Tips, Hardware, Linux, Mac, Software, Technology

Was going through this article and found something that really interested me. This is a short list of some of the things that you can do on a Linux machine but not on a PC or Mac. 1. Upgrade to the newest version legally and without paying money 2. Have the latest version of the operating system run faster than the previous version on the same hardware 3. Easily install and run different graphical interfaces if I don't like the default setup 4. Install twenty programs ... Read More