VIVEK's: System:Sound- anyone familiar?
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Topic: VIVEK's: System:Sound- anyone familiar?
Posted By: T_!
Subject: VIVEK's: System:Sound- anyone familiar?
Date Posted: 04 April 2013 at 1:26pm
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Hi Guys, looooooooooooooong time browser, finally signed up as we are ready to start bringing a sound together now...I'll do all the intro stuff in Newbie forum.. Anyway... One of the most positive movements within the underground Dubstep scene, has been the construction of DJ/Producer VIVEK's system , and System events, which are like are time machine back to the era when our raves were filled with vibes rather than posers...Not sure if any of you know or follow them, repping West London.. with there being a big following of scoop lovers on SP i'd have thought i'd seen a bit more chat about it, but perhaps there are less people that populate my musical circles on SP. anyways theres some pics of the system here:  http://trusik.tumblr.com/post/45523840647/systems-1st-birthday-by-ben-donoghue - http://trusik.tumblr.com/post/45523840647/systems-1st-birthday-by-ben-donoghue What scoops are they? Shortmans? Ligwa style bracing... Bigup |
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Posted By: paulus
Date Posted: 04 April 2013 at 2:15pm
they marvin midi scoops? if so heard some once with tweeterbox and they were  ------------- TRENDSETTER SOUND SYSTEM |
Posted By: Sinai Sound
Date Posted: 04 April 2013 at 8:00pm
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That's what I heard as well I like the fact he's using a "reggae" pre amp to control it as well
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Posted By: levyte357-
Date Posted: 04 April 2013 at 8:12pm
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Dubstep not really my thing, as nothing to do with Roots. ------------- Global Depopulation - Alive and Killing. |
Posted By: toastyghost
Date Posted: 04 April 2013 at 8:57pm
| A shed load of Infinite 8 v2 running most of it too from what I saw. |
Posted By: luton_soundman
Date Posted: 04 April 2013 at 10:22pm
look like it to me too. saw that bracing of marvins long before i saw any ligwa boxes with that style. marvin style bracing
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paulus wrote:Posted By: Tweeter_Box
Date Posted: 04 April 2013 at 10:27pm
i sold 4 of my old scoops loaded with tmax 1500 to Googs n Vivek, then i got em a Mostec 4way preamp similair to mine, then i got them the gsubs, then i got them the pd186s for the gsubs, then i got them 4 x 12" mt121 mids built, then i sold them a pair of de85s for tops, they use 2 x inf8 mk2s on bass but ones blown up, they got another stack with identical scoops from Marvin and i believe he built all of the mids n tops for thier other stack aswell  That style of bracing originated from Marvin NOT Ligwa And no dubstep is nothing like real roots music! |
Posted By: T_!
Date Posted: 05 April 2013 at 8:33am
granted, but the first few hours of the dance is roots and culture music, the sound system is a more roots inspired/oriented system than a bunch of hired FK1 you usually have Dubstep through, and the fact he's runnin a "sound" as such in a traditional way.. would mean that it ended up in here rather than anywhere else.. You can always make a dubstep sub-forum if you want, and i'll post in it and talk to myself  This stereotypical view of the genre is disheartening for those who have followed it since day dot.. the commercialisation and bastardisation that gives you what you hear on the radio, is in no way linked to the true sound Same way reggae has many styles and varietys..you can't just use the word "reggae" as a generalisation Check out some riddim like this with the weight up: Was always fighting a losing battle being a 'step head here!
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Posted By: Marvin
Date Posted: 05 April 2013 at 9:56am
| Yes i built the system for Vivek and spec the componets he is using. 1st stack off scoops was sold to Tweeter box and he sold them on. |
Posted By: Autograff
Date Posted: 09 April 2013 at 3:18pm
| Can't wait to hear it, last time I saw VIVEK he was sick. |
Posted By: luton_soundman
Date Posted: 09 April 2013 at 3:40pm
a good place for the pic would of been the show off your system thread
i can understand why most people have the view that is dubstep has nothing to do with roots or dub. most of what people hear doesnt resemble roots/dub in the slightest. just came back from doing a hire out for a dubstep event, lots of underground non commercial djs, every tune had crazy sub, but i think only 2 tunes slightly had element of 'dub' in them. everything else was nothing like it at all. |
Posted By: Tweeter_Box
Date Posted: 13 April 2013 at 1:56pm
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Posted By: Msnell83
Date Posted: 25 July 2018 at 4:39pm
| just seen this on here, so are they using g subs as kick bins in this instance? |
Posted By: Marvin
Date Posted: 01 August 2018 at 3:39am
| yes there are in this instance. |
Posted By: particle-jim
Date Posted: 01 August 2018 at 5:06pm
This is a great rig, the dances are always a big vibe and the sound packs serious weight, Viv's System nights have me inspired to build a sound of my own (I just haven't actually got round to building boxes yet, still very much in the research stages) ------------- www.soundcloud.com/particle |
Posted By: Msnell83
Date Posted: 02 August 2018 at 7:26am
| cool cheers Marvin! Yes Jim, the mad thing is I’ve just seen a flier for system at the electric in November and it says powered by Sinai sound, which are a Brighton mob if I’m not mistaken. So I’m wondering if the “system” is still knocking around or if Vivek has got rid. Good luck with building a sound, if you really love vivek’s rig all the boxes system use are from plans available on the forum I’m pretty sure. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 02 August 2018 at 7:36am
| Sinai is Sheffield based |
Posted By: Msnell83
Date Posted: 02 August 2018 at 8:11am
| ahh ok. Seen them advertised in Brighton a lot recently so that’s probably where I’ve got that from. Good sound |
Posted By: toastyghost
Date Posted: 02 August 2018 at 12:01pm
Vivek is currently going through some changes / tweaks / upgrades with his own rig but Electric is a large venue. It will have noise limits at that show though. Not sure why they advertise it doesn’t. The venue has a mic based noise measurement system, I bloody sold it to them. |
Posted By: studio45
Date Posted: 24 August 2018 at 3:21pm
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The last one Huw did was a bit of a farce apparently, the sound level limit he had to work to was far too low - I can't see the promoter wanting to use the same venue again, unless something has been done about that? (Long extension into the kitchen to bypass the limiter, just like we used to do at the community centre? ) ------------- Studio45 - Repairs & Building Commotion Soundsystem -Mobile PA |