But really, my previous mouse just failed me with a broken middle mouse button. *sigh*

Previously owning both a Logitech keyboard (G413) and mouse (G403), I now find myself owning both a Razer keyboard (BlackWidow V3) and mouse (Basilisk X HyperSpeed).

Feel free to read my blog post about how my new BlackWidow V3 compares to my previous G143.

I genuinely hope both the Razer keyboard and mouse will last at least a few years longer compared to their Logitech alternatives. I guess I'll just have to use them a lot, and see for myself whether they actually keep up in the long run!

Had to upgrade my Scarlett 2i2 to a Scarlett 8i6 in order to use 4 outputs, instead of the regular 2.

Happy owner of two KRKs Rokit 5 (thank you Dennis Baptist), I went for the KRK S10.4 subwoofer.

Let me tell you, ... this boy SLAPS!

Got myself a new mechanical keyboard because my previous one, the Logitech G413 (82EUR) purchased 3 years ago, started to behave weirdly (double keystrokes / ignoring some inputs). Main differences?

The Razer BlackWidow v3 (95EUR) has the ability to display all colors as backlight, whereas with the Logitech G413 you're stuck with red. Razer uses their 'Razer Green' switches which are basically a pro adaptation of the Cherry Blue switches, while Logitech uses their 'Romer G' switches that are closer to being a better version of the Cherry Brown switches.

The Razer BlackWidow v3 also has extra media buttons on top, that I think are quite handy now that I've been using them for a couple of hours. For tilting your keyboard slightly forward, the BlackWidow v3 provides two options either 6º or 9º, while the Logitech G413 can only tilt at one fixed angle of 8º.

I was happy with both keyboards, but the first one needed to be replaced due to dysfunctionalities. So I went for a similar (but up to date) model at the competing company. Hope it will be worth the test!

I found that, using MaxMSP, it is possible to 'hack' the Ableton Push 2 Display into forcing it to show custom content, instead of it's usual parametric information. You'll have to manually put the Push in to 'User Mode', and then basically run the patch below in order for MaxMSP to take it over from there. The patch uses David Butler's imp.push package, and expects a Syphon/Spout path in order to receive external video from. This video source could be sent directly from your favorite VJ or Mapping software.

Here, I use VDMX's Syphon output for example. I'm previewing 4 layers (+ 4 mask layers), 2 logo overlays, 2 selected colors (both white) and my main output (black for now).