San Francisco Meltdown

diablo · Post by **diablo** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 3:08 pm

I'm almost speechless after last night!!!!

Last night was the first time I heard dubstep on a proper sound system!

It felt like I had been battered about the chest and kicked in the face , all,while loving every minute of it.

Even with ear plugs, it was almost too much!!

Thanks Distance and Pinch for coming to S.F.Hope ya'll had fun!!!!!

Thanks Lorin?( Dj Ripple) and whoever else may have been responsible for making this a night I will never forget!!!!!

mattyg · Post by **mattyg** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:18 pm

Most definitely. I told ya last night that that sound was retribution to me. I thought my tunes sounded like shit on the system on thursday, but they sounded tight on the system last night. That sound was HUGE. Good to get lifted with you! Big up Pinch and Distance, I was loving the tunes!

selector.dub.u · Post by **selector.dub.u** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:44 pm

Diablo wrote:I'm almost speechless after last night!!!!

Last night was the first time I heard dubstep on a proper sound system!

It was my first time hearing dubstep on a proper system as well.
Amazing. I swear I could not stop skanking, doing the two step shuffle, air drumming and nodding my head.

The music and the system was absolutely f'in aces.
Big ups to all the selectors... all of you.

Thanks to the promoters (ripple and friends) for bringing us distance and pinch. Also thanks to Distance and Pinch for flying out to SF and blessing us with you top notch mixing skills and tunes.

Also Matty and Nick you guys def came correct I loved all the new tunes you played and they sounded great!

Thanks again.

mattyg · Post by **mattyg** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:07 pm

Warren, you made up in your dancing for all the people that didn't know what to do...HA! For someone who doesn't smoke, I was surprised at how raspy your voice was at the end of the night. You were going off! Wicked show with huge sound!

selector.dub.u · Post by **selector.dub.u** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:21 pm

MattyG wrote:Warren, you made up in your dancing for all the people that didn't know what to do...HA! For someone who doesn't smoke, I was surprised at how raspy your voice was at the end of the night. You were going off! Wicked show with huge sound!

LOL.
believe it or not I was stone cold sober as well...

.The bass and beats just moved me.
I am feeling it today though! My calfs are so sore

My throat is also a little sore from all the shouting and grunting I did as well. I just couldn't help it - the music and sound was great.

Damn- the wobbling bass is now permanently etched into my brain.

The last plate that Pinch played was totally - well... no words for it. I asked him what it was but I forgot. He said something about it being released in the future. I hope he sees this and reminds me/ us what the record was. Jeez and Distance played Political Warfare!!! Thank you for playing that Distance I just adore that dub. I hope it gets a release.

I am also hoping Djunya's stuff gets released. Thanks to Nick for playing some of his great unreleased stuff.

Subtek thank you for playing the terror fabulous tune as well.. Loved it.
just loved it. Sorry Ripple and Lexxus- Tekblazer and I were just to exhausted to stick around much longer to catch your sets - next time

dj ripple · Post by **dj ripple** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:48 am

That night was EPIC !

Thanks to everyone feeling the vibe and coming along for the ride into DEEP SPACE... hope you are all feeling fully melted

Big up EAW, CREST & JK audio for the proper sound equipment! Thanks to WOSII for the killer 3-color lasers.

Every dj in both rooms brought it LARGE - you all fuckin RAWK !

So now you know how we do it here is San Fran Sicko...

<<< BIG TINGS A GWAN in 2007 >>>

c3pee0 · Post by **c3pee0** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:01 am

big up to pinch and distance for bringin it on hard and reprezentn the dubstep sound. Track lists any one?Finally, someone came round and held it down with solid wellmixed trax, some I hadnt heard(pinch set) and so many of my favorite dubstep traxs! once again 'way to reprezent! we sure do appreciate you guys comming all the way out here. As far as the sound system goes...why not trade in half your 15's for 18's and turn it way down. there was distortion and the db's were waay to high. thanks for providing ear plugs though...that was way cool. If you can spare some watts, get even more 18's and still keep it turned down, and that big sound would be creamy instead of searing, then we all could have realllly experinced the true mind blowing sub sonic low end frequencies dubstep has to offer.

dj ripple · Post by **dj ripple** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:46 pm

then we all could have realllly experinced the true mind blowing sub sonic low end frequencies dubstep has to offer.

Ha ! Wake up man...

Everyone but you seemed to think it was mind blowing.

I was front and center the entire night, right in front of the subs (that was me hugging the cabinets) 7 feet tall bassbins, and I didn't wear any earplugs (I bought them for the party though, for people like you)

It is the best soundystem I have ever used, and remember - that is a mobile PA, and I don't wok in clubs club. For a rave that sound was fucking proper.

Ask Distance and Pinch about the sound... I think their perspective is quite a bit different than yours.

dj ripple · Post by **dj ripple** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:54 pm

If there was distortion then it was the DJ's fault that was playing at the time.

My set was perfect on the ears, but then again I use and EQ to EQ a track, not to make it as bright and as bass-ey as possible

The sound is a mirror of what you put in.

18"s in that place would not be as tight as the setup we had. We tested 15"s, 18"s, and even a 21" woofer setup.

The people I work with know WAY more about sound than you do...JK Sound has been doing events for over 10 years.

When you thow a party and shell out almost $7000 to do the event, and set it up for over a week, then we will see how good your setup is...

selector.dub.u · Post by **selector.dub.u** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:46 pm

DJ Ripple wrote:
then we all could have realllly experinced the true mind blowing sub sonic low end frequencies dubstep has to offer.
Ha ! Wake up man...

Everyone but you seemed to think it was mind blowing.

I was front and center the entire night, right in front of the subs (that was me hugging the cabinets) 7 feet tall bassbins, and I didn't wear any earplugs (I bought them for the party though, for people like you)

It is the best soundystem I have ever used, and remember - that is a mobile PA, and I don't wok in clubs club. For a rave that sound was fucking proper.

Ask Distance and Pinch about the sound... I think their perspective is quite a bit different than yours.

I didn't wear earplugs most of the night either. I had no problems with my hearing the next day at all. I thought the sound was great. That room was big and the ceilings were tall - also there was alot of concrete in there so there is invarariably the problem of reverb and echo which presents a great challenge for the soundguys to overcome .

So I thought that for a room with no acoustic adjustments made to it the sound was perfect. Especially about 4 to 5 feet away from the R. and L. speakers in the center in front of the dj . At that point in the room the high ends were crisp and the bass waves had enough time to develop in order for my body to absorb them.

BTW Ripple I really like that phasing thing you do with the EQ on the mixer it sounds cool. I used to see the Detroit techno dj's use that alot. You have it down to a science.

corbett · Post by **corbett** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:47 pm

so, first of all, any dubstep event at this point deserves praise just for being available...distance and, for me personally, pinch rocked it- they both know how to use tones and frequencies to the best effect.
that being said, i personally do not appreciate having my ears shredded by high decibal "sound systems"-dubstep is about BASS, not punch...
please dont take this as a personal affront, those who put this together, its not meant to be an attack, i just value my hearing.
i've been djing for a while now, and i've managed not to lose my hearing yet, maybe you should check yours....

corbett · Post by **corbett** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:56 pm

check out luke envoys topic regarding volume vs bass...

dj ripple · Post by **dj ripple** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:54 am

I don't take it personally.

But I do know how many soundsystems I have used, and how many different venues, and how much money is needed.

That being siad - that is the best sound I have ever had at my event. It was also the best sound I have EVER heard Dubstep on.

I too have been djing for while now (over 10 years) - I am 37.

I have been producing events for half as many years.

I run my own soundsystem - 2 18"s, 2 15"'s, 4 12"'s, and 4 monitors. 1/2 of it was in the second room, which sounded dope BTW.

These are undergound events, not permitted, and we roll the dice every time as far as the venue we get to use, and how to set it up without going broke.

And - like I said - when i played it sounded DOPE - I run out in front of the sound every couples minutes when i first come on so I can adjust the sound. I am very picky. Listen to my DJ mixes.
I use EQ's to equalize the frequencies between tracks - NOT to make it bassey or bright. And I never hit the "red" on my levels.

Some dj's think that the "redder" the better ! And then I'll come up and find the trebel all the way up, and the bass all the way up

Fucking DUH !

Luke Envoy's topic is basic-ass info - if you don't know that shit already you shouldn't be playing on my soundystems.

And every dj that steps up sets his or her levels and eq's differently - i am constanctly runnning iup and telling people that they are distorting or shreddingly bright...but I am a one-man-army - i cannot do it all myself when I thow a party that large... I wanna have sum phun too

If you hear the sound is weird - come up and tell the sound guy (Justin), or find me (Lorin/Ripple).

I appreciate (and need) the help keeping all the talent sounding their best !!!

Peace and Beats and tons of BASS !

dj ripple · Post by **dj ripple** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:56 am

Oh yah - for everyone that asked... Pinch's last tune was: ARMOUR (Roly of Vex'd), track is called IRON MAN. Out soon on Tectonics !

selector.dub.u · Post by **selector.dub.u** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:03 am

Once again I am going to say it the party was great and the sound was good.
Thanks!

ozeb · Post by **ozeb** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:31 am

Don't know whether to laugh or cry pon dis one... So happy that dubstep got a good rinse... Big Sur helped me ground myself and come back stronger to push things forward but I'm just gutted that I missed out.

Ripple - looking forward to meeting you at one of these jernts... all crews must "hands across america" this shit and bring factions and fractions together to give the sound the audience it deserves... bless up for the B.I.G. and Bassism inclusion.

Respect to all Subscience crew. Respect to all NorCal dubstep brethren and sistren.

Respect to big assed muthafuckin Redwoods bwoy!!

kozee · Post by **kozee** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:45 am

couldn't make it to the venue, no ride.

thinking · Post by **thinking** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:28 am

DJ Ripple wrote:Oh yah - for everyone that asked... Pinch's last tune was: ARMOUR (Roly of Vex'd), track is called IRON MAN. Out soon on Tectonics !

oof that is such a large tune, been waiting for a while before the information could go public.

Bigup Ripple man, holding down in SF, constantly seem to be bringing the goodness. I also heard some wicked story when you picked up 30hz & Baobinga (good mates of mine) after a gig and you were busting out an old dubstep mix of mine in the car - nice whan!

emcee child · Post by **emcee child** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:48 pm

as yet i am yet to go to a Ripple/subscience/full melt that doesn't seriously impress me.

Ripple you are a solider. *salutes*
Mucho thanks for letting me be a part of this one.. (yet another for the history books bruv

).

yeah, vibes, people, sound, mixing, DJs, beer, security-everything was on point and made for a safe, secure, skanking good time..

FAO those who only just learned about skanking.. What do you think i been talking about on the mic for all this time?!?!? lol

welcome to dubsville.

Niceness and Elevation
Child

nickargon · Post by **nickargon** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:35 pm

vcool show!!!!

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