TECH
Greg Wilson
unique digital/analogue solution, which I take with me obsession with editing. People are always surprised at how to come in and translate stuff into layman’s terms, to take
when I DJ throughout the world. little I use in terms of outboard tools and FX. I work in a me through things one idiot-proof step at a time, while I
“All the tracks I play are all stored in my laptop, organised very individual, some might say madcap, way, which suits write it all down in case I get stuck. I’m certainly not one
into different ‘record cases’ via PCDJ, with the DAC-3 me but would seem totally irrational to anyone else. for manuals.
controlling everything. I use a Pioneer DJM-3000 mixer, “For the record, I currently have a Behringer Xenyx 1204 “However, I know what I want to do, so once I’ve got the
mainly because it’s the same width as the DAC-3 so I can mixer, which is only temporary, a pair of Sony MDR-7509 basics of the theory part in place I’m far more at home
house them neatly in the same flight-case for transport headphones, a single SL-1210 Mk2, a CDJ1000 Mk3 and when it comes to the actual practical side of things.”
purposes. a back-up laptop, soundcard, Pioneer DJM-3000, DAC-2
“This is all plugged into the M-Audio Profire 610 controller and Revox B77.” Re-edits have become your trademark — any tips for
soundcard, which I plug into two channels of the mixer, future editors?
with a third channel taken up by my Revox B77 reel-to- Why do you use sound Forge, cool Edit Pro and Acid “I’m a bit of an evangelist for the art of the edit. Re-editing
reel, from which I add samples, sounds and textures, which instead of software like cubase or Ableton live? is something I’d encourage not just DJs, but anyone who
are recorded on tape. I also use the Revox to create dub “I use Sound Forge for cutting everything up, and Acid, enjoys dance music, to have a go at. In addition to the
effects, by recording what’s going through the mixer and being a loop-based programme, is perfect for the way I programs I use, there are plenty of other software options.
feeding it back through itself.” work. I’m not a musician so Cubase or Logic aren’t really “I was first attracted to editing way back in the early-’80s
necessary for my purposes. I use Cool Edit Pro because, as because I found it to be great fun. I even used to view it
What’s your studio set-up like? far as the PC is concerned, this happened to be the first as ‘playing around’ in the same way I used to play around
“It’s pretty basic really, with the exception of a pair of programme I learned on and I’m used to it . with a few copies of the same record in a live context. Okay,
the outstanding ATC SCM 16A active monitors. I’ve no “I’d be interested in getting into Ableton. Ralph Lawson some people will obviously be more adept than others;
outboard equipment; more or less everything is done gave me a quick demo and I’m aware of its benefits, but I the mathematics of editing — knowing where you are with
within the computer programmes that I use. haven’t been able to find time to put my head into it.” the beats and the bars — is not something that comes
I am PC-based, using a trio of programmes for my edits, naturally to everyone. But, as with anything, if you begin
versions and mixes. I use Sound Forge, Cool Edit Pro and so are you quite technical in the studio? with the simpler things and master those first, the more
Acid for manipulation of the loops and samples I use, “Actually, contrary to what many people think, I’m not complex ones will follow.”
usually in unorthodox ways that result from a 27-year very technical. I generally get someone who is technical
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