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Another cheapo idea:

Speaker mount: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SSA1375/

Just attach that to a board/surface, and pop it onto a speaker stand. Should be pretty stable. You could probably work out some way to make it tilt if you wanted also.

Dredging this out of the depths :)

I'm in the same boat and am trying to save some $$. Most of the cooler laptop stands are pretty expensive. I don't really want the laptop above my keyboard and at eye level for several reasons: stability if the stand moves while I'm playing; I'd have to reach up ...

The more I think about this tendency of mine, the goofier it seems Old rules do not apply!

In any case it's easy enough to test out. My laptop is not the greatest so I'm always fighting the sound vs efficiency battle...thanks for the reply!

(originally posted in tips and tricks, didn't belong I don't think)

Ok,

As I write this it seems like an odd topic, but it's been bugging me.

For some reason, I feel compelled to use different vsts for different tracks or layers in racks. Maybe it's old habits from the dark ages before software ...

If I understand the problem completely, then wouldn't you just need to duplicate the track and have a different instrument trigger from the notes? You could also use instrument racks to have two or more instruments responding on the same track; I do this for live performance layering. For studio I'd ...

Hey thanks!

You've just given me at least three things to research, perfect ;) I've never even heard of "dummy clips", and generally have avoided clips completely.

Edit: just to clarify with the midi selector idea: you are saying to output on a different channel from the controller, matching ...

Hello,

I've been using Live for some time but only recently have started getting ready to play out (first time in many years, and first time ever with a laptop *crosses fingers*). Anyway, I've been stumbling a bit while trying to get Live set up for live (ironically). So far so good, but I haven't ...