SoundSystems

=Setting Up a Stage= Partying in the forest may sound easy, (and it sometimes is ;)) But there are real technical and logistical challenges to be faced in setting up your stage. Use this page as a central resource to collect information on doing it successfully.

Equipment
To run a sound system you need a few things at minimum. SpeakersMedia and Players (laptop, cdj's, turntables, microphones, headphones, etc)A Power Source

Power
There are a number of ways to power a soundsystem. This forum discussion provides some useful information: Gas Fired Generator is the traditional favoriteSolar Power ($$)Batteries clean and safe source of power if anyone is interested in setting up a car audio soundsystem you can contact us: geto.blast@gmail.com  we will try to get a guide together sharing our experiences with this configurationBicycle power is not very efficient, so should only be used as a backup power source to a battery-based system. However, at least one soundsystem is powered by bicycle, and you should check out these websites if you're interested rindky-dink altpedalgen  It would be a good idea to get some type of Inverter to move the juice along the lines at your soundsystem.

Structures
There are all sorts of fun and usefull structures you can build to house your party. Here's a list with links The Yurt The Wickiup (sim. sweat lodge) The Geodesic Dome </ul>

Getting There
Now that you have all this stuff, you need a way to get it to your party!! What better way than a recycled-vegetable-oil fired Schoolbus! 

=List of confirmed stages=

Here is a (partial) list of musical stages expected at Northtek Teknival 2005.

alt [montreal]

blackkat [nyc]

DCM [toronto] website coming soon...

FAK [Ottawa]

freespace collective [toronto]

havoc (havocsound.cjb.net) [nyc]

houseofmouse [toronto]

mir/ghetto blast: a modular entity [toronto/ottawa]

neurotik [montreal]

pin:ksox[toronto]

renegadevirus [nyc]

weskodyne warriors [toronto]

Afterglow / UV-E (Toronto)

looking for a spot for a performer who does a live-pa sort of thing on his huge keyboard. he loads samples, including the back beat, into the workstation, and triggers them live using the keyboard - awesome to see and hear! --Bennyp 12:05, 16 Apr 2005 (EST) Benny is that you? there was discussion about having a weskodyne jam session on saturday night. I hope you will join in. we were also talking about having live bands during the day on Saturday. so any live bands that want to rock out contact weskodyne soundsystem -- PET

so any live bands that want to rock out contact weskodyne soundsystem -- PET that's pimp