What is your setup for playing live?

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matiasgore
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What is your setup for playing live?

Post by matiasgore » Sun May 27, 2012 6:31 pm

That's mine:

- Korg M50
- Novation Impulse 49
- NI Audio Kontrol
- Behringer Eurorack UB1002 Fx
- Ableton Live 8
- Apple Macbook Pro 13"

Greetings from Argentina!

EnjoyRC
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Re: What is your setup for playing live?

Post by EnjoyRC » Sun May 27, 2012 7:38 pm

Every event:
MacBook Pro 17" (late 2011), OSX 10.7.4
MOTU MicroBook II
Ableton Live 8.3
Korg Kronos 88
Access Virus TI
DSI Tempest

Sometimes add one or more of these:
M-Audio Axiom Pro 49
Roland GAIA
Hammond XK-1
Novation UltraNova
Prophet-600
MacBook Pro (MacOS 13.0.1) i9 Processor, 32gb RAM, 4tb SSD
(STUDIO I/O) MOTU UltraLite mk5 (w/ADA8200), (LIVE I/O) Behringer X Air XR18
Ableton Live Suite 11 (Live performances), Studio One 5 (Studio Stem Creation)

djwolfie
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Re: What is your setup for playing live?

Post by djwolfie » Tue May 29, 2012 8:39 am

Macbook pro 15"
NI audio kontrol 6
(am planning to replace sound card - decent in studio, but for gigs I always had to gain it all the way up, and it doesn't sound as good maxed out)
vestax vcm 600 as my usb mixer
latest version of Live.
Use the oddesy vestax controller coffin- works great- If there's no dj booth, I can set up on a keyboard stand.
Came in handy in December when I played right after infected mushroom in LA.
For headphones I use Ultimate Ear custom moulded in ear monitors.

and a handful of drink tickets from the promoter.
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http://www.djwolfie.com

pepezabala
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Re: What is your setup for playing live?

Post by pepezabala » Tue May 29, 2012 9:18 am

MBP, motu ultralite, nanokontrol, wiimote. Fits in a backpack. Fits on a small table. Endless possibilities. Cheap. People still freak out when they see me controling efx with the wiimote. Plus I can go dancing or to the bar and still switch scenes and apply efx remotely.

Thinking about using touchosc on my new android phone. Need some time to try that out.

chris vine
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Re: What is your setup for playing live?

Post by chris vine » Tue May 29, 2012 9:43 am

2007 Acer dual core laptop running XP :)
RME FF400
Live8
UC33, Edirol PCR300, wiimotes and Behringer FCB1010 controllers
Gtr/mic/percussion bits

Muzik 4 Machines
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Re: What is your setup for playing live?

Post by Muzik 4 Machines » Tue May 29, 2012 10:40 am

AKAI APC40: Ableton live control

Ableton Live Suite 8 on MacBook Pro 1.1: Sequencing and Mixing

MOTU Traveler+ADA8000: Mixer

Korg ESX1: Drums

Yamaha TX81z: Reverby/Pumpy Sawtooth Bass (fed into Akai MFC42 and Alesis Nanoverb)

Roland MKS50: Hoover/Saw/Lead/Pumpy Synth (fed into Boss SL20)

Clavia Nord Micro Modular: Synth, bass, arpegios, pads, chords

Electro Harmonix V256: Vocoder and talkbox (with MXR Dist+ and danelectro Rocky Road on the synth signal line)

Korg Kaoss pad 2: Tempo Delay

Korg Kaoss Pad 3: Loops, Looper(snare rolls), Grainshifter

Korg Kaossilator: Noise Sweeps (fed into a MiniKP for delays and fx)

Korg ER1: Distorted Beatbox( Chain: left out-ProCo Turbo Rat-V Wha-compressor)

DX200: Fm E-piano, pads, 303-esque sequences, etc (fed into RT20 rotary speaker)

MOTU MIDI Mixer 7s: Kaossilator and iKaossilator Submix

MOTU Midi Time Piece 2: Clock and MIDI routing




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Da hand
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Re: What is your setup for playing live?

Post by Da hand » Tue May 29, 2012 10:49 am

2 spoons and lots of vodka!

BlackLotusLuke
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Re: What is your setup for playing live?

Post by BlackLotusLuke » Tue May 29, 2012 1:21 pm

ableton live 8
akai apc 40
macbook pro 3. 15 inch.
no soundcard yet :/
my friend then busts the sp 404 for fx and voice shops :)

in our future sets we are going to hopefully incorporate:
guitar
some other live instruments
singing.
..... and firebreathing

3dot...
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Re: What is your setup for playing live?

Post by 3dot... » Tue May 29, 2012 1:47 pm

DAW(Live/M4L...multifaceII...Launchpad...sl25)...bassguitar...evolver kbd...evolver desktop
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JuanSOLO
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Re: What is your setup for playing live?

Post by JuanSOLO » Tue May 29, 2012 2:08 pm

Man I love Music4Machines rig, looks so fun!

here's mine, I dont always take the guitar out to shows, usually just the coffin rig and the PA.. I just got some new gear in the mail and more to come so this is the last version.
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cpyatak
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Re: What is your setup for playing live?

Post by cpyatak » Tue May 29, 2012 2:13 pm

Dell XPS Dual Core running XP (ditto :D )
Live 8.2.8 Suite
Reason 4
Arturia Analog Factory
Various Free VSTs
Novation ReMOTE 61 SL (1st Gen)
M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 (if I'm feeling strong and want a ton of controls)
M-Audio Keystation 88es (if I'm not feeling strong and just need to play an 88 Key keyboard)
Digidesign M-Box 2 Mini
Boss dual CC/volume pedal
Boss Dual footswitch
Logitech wireless trackball mouse
Beer

3dot...
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Re: What is your setup for playing live?

Post by 3dot... » Tue May 29, 2012 2:31 pm

JuanSOLO wrote:Man I love Music4Machines rig, looks so fun!

here's mine, I dont always take the guitar out to shows, usually just the coffin rig and the PA.. I just got some new gear in the mail and more to come so this is the last version.
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great vibes man !
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Re: What is your setup for playing live?

Post by Tarekith » Tue May 29, 2012 2:39 pm

I have two different set ups I use. The first is a software based set up, MBP running Ableton Live, APC40, and RME FF400:

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Recently I've been using a hardware based live set up though, based on an Elektron Machinedrum and Octatrack:

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pepezabala
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Re: What is your setup for playing live?

Post by pepezabala » Wed May 30, 2012 7:06 am

JuanSOLO wrote:Man I love Music4Machines rig, looks so fun!
He is the man. died you see his videos of himself playing live?

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Re: What is your setup for playing live?

Post by Tysonviolin » Wed May 30, 2012 7:22 am

djwolfie wrote:Macbook pro 15"
NI audio kontrol 6
(am planning to replace sound card - decent in studio, but for gigs I always had to gain it all the way up, and it doesn't sound as good maxed out)
vestax vcm 600 as my usb mixer
latest version of Live.
Use the oddesy vestax controller coffin- works great- If there's no dj booth, I can set up on a keyboard stand.
Came in handy in December when I played right after infected mushroom in LA.
For headphones I use Ultimate Ear custom moulded in ear monitors.

and a handful of drink tickets from the promoter.
Image


http://www.djwolfie.com
Nice shot from the Symbiosis temple at lib Wolfie. Propson the ultimate ears

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