1. Working on a new dubstep mix. Getting into the whole “write down a set list, iterate, practise” thing instead of just switching on the decks and hoping I come up with something good…I will post the mix soon as soon as I get “that” take. 
2. Spending more time on production. There’s so much to relearn since I last did this sort of thing (with an Atari ST and a rotating assortment of random cheap hardware). Having an unlimited sound palette is, surprisingly, completely paralysing. My ideal digital audio workstation would just have three sliders, labelled “Ramadanman”, “Appleblim” and “El-B”, then I’d simply adjust the ratios of each according to my mood, run it through the included “Dubplates & Mastering” plugin and bounce the output to a WAV file. Press 200 white labels, job done!
April 6th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
wot no Rusko fader?
lol.
April 6th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
haha no, but did you watch his “producer masterclass” videos? cos they actually kicked me into gear yesterday and got me sequencing.
April 6th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
oh yeah i saw the vids. the annoying thing is he seems like a really nice bloke.
April 6th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
that’s what i thought. perhaps it’s early days for him, musically?
April 10th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
There should be a fader marked “Yeovil” too.
April 10th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
do they still celebrate Michaelmas in Yeovil?