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I work right next to Dyce airport, have done for 6 years now, right under the flightpath (outside in a pipeyard), and all I see is Bristow heli's coming and going, by comparison I see very few Bond flights.

That would definately put me off if it were my first trip offshore too. Thankfully no one was hurt. I fly model helicopters so understand how these machines operate, the skill of the pilot to bring the bird down safely on water is immense.

I have to ask who is maintaining these helicopters? You don't see Bristow on the news...

Just sharing my main haunts although probably not to everyones musical tastes.

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Very nice! What kind of virus do you have?

My synth line up is currently a TI Polar, Nord Electro, Juno 6, Moog Concertmate MG-1, Korg PE1000, MS2000, JP8000, circuit bent yamaha vss200, NI Maschine... I use a Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 DSP and a Macbook Pro 7i blah blah. Oh yeah and a Fender Rhodes. My go to keys are the Virus and Rhodes, all the others are really just nice to have. Just bought my first proper recording mic ... an SE2200a mk2. It's giving some good results. No outboard stuff yet but got some plans.

Quite fancy getting a couple of new analogue synths... a dave smith tetra and arturia minibrute.

You indeed have some very nice toys at your disposal, some of those synths made me sex wee Serious old school analogue business. I'm guessing you'd control the synths via MIDI (where applicable) recording them into the DAW as a mono/stereo WAV file for further editing/manipulation/sculpting?

I'd love to get pretty much any Virus TI (for the VSTi style DAW integration - though I've read it's still a bit sketchy at times) and a proper JP8000 (I bought Adam Szabo's 'JP6K' VSTi for now).

That circuit bent VSS200 looks to be heaps of fun (googled images of the original item), who modified it for you or did you purchase it already done? Do you use the VSS a lot? How do you find it to work with in a musical context?

I have a Yamaha PSS-30 (practically a kids toy) and an old Korg DDD5 which are both seldom used, getting them modded may revitalise them somewhat.

It's a Virus Rack, essentially just a rack mountable version of the Virus B: http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/virusb.php

Just thought I'd throw in elements of my home studio kitlist, there are pictures on another thread so don't want to clog things up here...

- Hardware:32/8/2 Soundcraft ‘Ghost’ LE (with Meter Bridge), Creamware Minimax ASB, Behringer MDX2600,

Samson S-Com, Alesis 3630, Behringer T1952, Roland SRV-3030, Alesis Microverb 4, Behringer XR2000, Behringer EX3100, E-Mu Orbit 9090, Access Virus Rack, Behringer V-Amp Pro, Behringer PX3000, Sontronics STC-2, M-Audio Axiom 25 & Oxygen 61, 2x Pioneer CDJ1000mk3, 2x Technics SL1210mk2, Behringer DDM4000, Korg Kaoss Pad, Senheiser HD-25.

- PC:Dell Inspiron 530 (Intel Core Duo @ 2.20 GHz), 2GB RAM, Windows XP Pro (SP2), GeForce 8400GS (with 2x 15” LCD Monitors), 2x M-Audio Delta 1010 LT Soundcards.

- Main Software: Pro Tools M-Powered 8.0.5, Wavelab 5.00, VST2RTAS Adapter 2.11 (+ VSTi/RTAS plugins)

There doesnt seem to be much of a scene here for that kind of thing anymore, just the odd night here & there.

I moved up 7 years ago just as it seemed to be stopping, sigh, oh well...

Bet that was immense... Just glad I'm not your neighbour, ha ha ha.

Haha a dream combo! Exactly what i used to mix when i had working decks, ive got a huge collection of old hardhouse, and hardcore stuff, and plenty old drum and bass! I like the cut of your jib!!

I also have a heap of old skool goodness from 1992 onwards.

1999-2001 ish was my excursion away from Hardcore/Drum & Bass into Hard House/Trance, oh, and UK Garage (Gay-Rage), ha ha ha.

Probably a good note to mention, I'm originally from just outside London.

Yeah there is a lot of guitar wanking that goes on in here. What kinda stuff do you mix?

I'm personally more inclined towards electronic music, European Hardcore/Gabber, Drum & Bass.

Occasionally I dabble in Rock/Pop when artists seek my help with their works, Oh and mastering for various labels, plenty of that going on.

Its a brilliant set up, i would do horrible things to people to have your dj set up!! Incredible!

It's my sanctuary from the 'Real World', ha ha ha.

I had to post the pics up, I see so many folk with guitars, bass, drums etc etc. Had to redress the balance.

Is that in your house?

Aye, it sure is. All housed in wee tiny 1 bedroomed flat in Rosemount.

Sadly, I'm not rich enough to be able to house it elsewhere, and as I privately rent, can't really do much in the way of acoustic treatment either (for those that spotted the lack of any).

One day though, maybe.... hopefully, ha ha ha ha.

Just thought I'd show some pics of my setup.

32/8/2 Soundcraft Ghost LE, connected to the PC via 2x M-Audio Delta 1010LT's.

Dell Inspiron 530 PC (quite old now) Intel Core Duo 2.20GHz, 2GB RAM, XP Pro, Pro Tools M-Powered 8.0.5

Various bits of outboard...

The DJ'ing corner...