I’ll be playing a show in Portland, OR next Friday (Dec. 4, 2009) at The Crown Room. I’ll be playing some new music and visuals on the new system I used in Toronto last week. Fellow San Franciscan Welder (aka Eskmo) will be playing as well so it should be an interesting night. Hope to see you out, all the info is here.
On a technical note, I switched from a Native Instruments Audio Kontrol1 interface to my MOTU 828MKII for live work and it’s made a huge difference. The NI box had all sorts of latency and drop-out issues, which can obviously be a nightmare in a live setting. I had tracked down most of the bugs and things were running relatively smoothly, but the specter of a crash looming over you during the whole set can put a damper on things. The MOTU is so smooth I’ve stopped even considering the possibility that something could go wrong and it’s cleared things up so I can concentrate on the set. Unfortunately it’s a beast made for a 19″ rack. It just fits in my flight case though so it’s ok for now, just a bit wasteful on the weight side. I’m going to get a MOTU Ultralight MK3 which is basically the same thing but, at less than half the size, it’s a more practical form factor for live applications. Luckily I had the 828MK2 laying around because I switched it out of studio duty for an RME Fireface800 a while back. I had meant to sell it but I’m glad I gave this setup a shot first.
Friday, December 4, 2009 – Portland, OR
TYCHO Live A/V Set (Ghostly International SF)
WELDER (Ancestor Media, Surefire SF)
Dj Devon (Abstract Earth PDX)
Coyote Beat (Feat. PlumbLyne & Ana G PDX)
The Crown Room
205 NW 4th Ave
9pm 10$
Seriously, come to Britain, do some shows over this side, for us europeans;p
Assuming this is a 21+ show…
Konstantin-
Yeah, I’ll be getting out there after the album for a proper tour. Right now I only have time for one-off shows here and there so europe is tough money-wise, it’s hard to pay for all the travel costs with just one or two shows.
Shelby-
I’m not sure, that’s usually the venue’s deal. I will look into it.
Scott… I’ve got an Ultralite mk3 in my live rig and I LOVE it. Very clean and compact! No complaints here.
I will be there! I saw you at Emrg+N+See and am so stoked to see you again!
vastly disappointed there isn’t an accompanying poster 🙁
schroeder-
sorry, didn’t have time for this one, the promoters already had their own made by the time I posted it.
all good man…just glad to have you comin to town
yeah i’m really excited about your coming to portland, even if your posterpeople don’t know how to ker n. . i just found out that you were tycho. i feel like i missed something somewhere, either way i really enjoy tycho’s melodic almost iridecent haze. thanks for the opportunity to see your visual experience live.
n.
great freaking show mister. the subs were so bassy that my spine expoded. Also-interesting venue. little smaller than I’d’ve hoped.