Describe/Post your live setup

beatpoet · Post by **beatpoet** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:08 pm

What do you use to play out your Livesets, controllers hardware, software ect

Finally settling on a live setup that will give me freedom on stage and will be very usable in a live situation and above all intuitive (to me at least)

It currently consists of

macbook
ultralite
trigger finger x2
Bitstream w/footswitch
MK-249c
Sometimes I bring the Virus too.

I run Live and Reason on stage.

Bitstream in mackie mode, 8 channels, 8 channels of 3 trigger finger pads for triggering clips, one mute pad on each channel.

Sliders on TF's control, global quantise, clip start position, clip loop length, scene select, scene launch with foot controller. TF knobs are left mapped to macros (I like that feature)

For a new track just change preset +1 on both trigger fingers and bitstream, I can do it while clips are still playing, no waiting about, nothing, woo hoo

They've all been reprogrammed and mapped to Live just the way I want.

I usually like to record, chop things up on the fly, retrigger different parts of a loop, keep it loose and well... live. I've yet to play out with this particular setup but it's the most comfortable setup I've ever had for what I do.

I'm interested in how other people setup their Liveset

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:00 pm

laptop.
Lemur.
PadKontrol.

solosys · Post by **solosys** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:15 pm

Fairly new to Djing with Live, used to use Traktor but here is my set up so far

Macbook 13.3"/2.2Ghz/2gb ram/120gb running Boot Camp (Win XP SP2)
I have Leopard but no drivers yet from M-Audio

Mac Bluetooth Keyboard
USB Wireless Mouse
19" LCD (expanded desktop)
Axiom 49
Firewire 410
Vestax VCI-100
External 500gb firewire hdd (song libraries)
Shure wireless mic

Transport controls on VCI-100 control selecting scenes and tracks
EQ knobs on VCI control EQ8 on two audio tracks
Loop buttons on VCI-100 control Loop enable/disable, Loop set, and loop end
Other buttons and knobs are mapped to effect enables and dry/wet controls

I am still trying to create work arounds so I can use all of the controls on the VCI because some of them create messages that conflict with the Axiom 49

My goal is total mouseless operation when DJing, using the Axiom 49 to trigger latin percussion samples/loops, using all of the keys and octave combinations to launch clips. I guess this would give me mouseless operation.

LJN · Post by **LJN** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:46 pm

Gear nirds hallelujah

Custom PC/Acer laptop (Live/SoundForge/various VSTs)
Firewire 410+Solo
M-audio Prokeys 88sx
Casio Fz1
Ensoniq Mirage
2xKorg EX-800
Soundcraft mixer + various ancient rack effects
Tascam tape machine
Zoom H4
and some other crap that come in handy from time to time

beatpoet · Post by **beatpoet** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:06 pm

Machinate wrote:laptop.
Lemur.
PadKontrol.

Simple but powerful I'm sure

Hmmm Lemur, but I don't think I'd be able to justify one anytime soon.

Contemplating a monome sixty-four when they come out though.

dj superflat · Post by **dj superflat** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:30 pm

les paul
fulltone tube tape echo
various other guitar pedal combinations (zvex, EH, fulltone, diamond, etc.)
holland amp
emu 1616m
pc with live/mobius/reaktor
monome
peluso or octava mic (i go shure dynamic if i have to)

Atomikat · Post by **Atomikat** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:33 pm

Macbook Pro 17"
Ableton Live 7.0.1
RME Multiface
Korg EXS1,Korg EMX1,Kaosspad3
Alesis Micron
Oxygen8,UC33e
Parker Nitefly S.A.(Guitar rig 2 into an Ibook,G4)

popoff · Post by **popoff** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:35 pm

as small setup as possible:

MB 13.3 + Evolution UC-33e
sometimes (seldom) M-Audio FW 410

4.33 · Post by **4.33** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:56 am

Vaio laptop
emu 0404
bitstream
trigger finger used as momentary effect/send triggerer similar to kaoss pad
kaoss pad2

hey, beatpoet, which brand of footswitch do you use with your bitstream?
i've tried a couple and all of them reboot the thing (bitstream)

Patch · Post by **Patch** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:41 pm

Laptop.
UC-33e.
Axiom49.
DR-202.
DM2.
MOTU UltraLite.
U46DJ.
2xMyBook 500Gb.
2x1200's.
Vestax 07 ProD.
DJM600.
Rolls Midi Foot Pedal.
Cambrdge Audio Amp.
Gale Gold Monitors.
5.1 Surround Speakers (used as monitors for scratching...)
Live 6.
Mixvibes DVS.

Shit. I have a lot of stuff. You'd think I would have actually finished something by now...

beatpoet · Post by **beatpoet** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:47 pm

4.33 wrote:Vaio laptop
emu 0404
bitstream
trigger finger used as momentary effect/send triggerer similar to kaoss pad
kaoss pad2

hey, beatpoet, which brand of footswitch do you use with your bitstream?
i've tried a couple and all of them reboot the thing (bitstream)

I use a behringer one I got with my V amp ages ago it has two switches but the Bitstream just sees the left one. Haven't had any reboot problems though

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:45 pm

MacBook Pro (Live)
Powerbook G4 (Live)
MacBook Pro (Modul8)

ReMote 25
Roland A-37
Doepfer Drehbank x 2
UC-33
Midisport 8x8

RME Fireface 400
RME Multiface I
Emagic MT-4

Akai S3200XL

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1siG6_Pd-Mg

dave dominey · Post by **dave dominey** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:27 pm

crap toshiba laptop
toneport
remote sl 25
warwick corvette standard 6
roland vbass
behringer foot jobby

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:25 pm

Now see, everybody just upped the ante right here - now it's YouTube videos and pictures... crikey. Alright, will have to whip something together, then.

...

overdub · Post by **overdub** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:02 pm

MPC 1000
Mackie onyx 1620
Moogerfooger delay
Moogerfooger murf
Vermona Retroverb
Jomox Mresonator

Still doing everything in LIVE in the studio.....then sample and dump to MPC

NO MORE STARING AT COMPUTER ON STAGE....SWEETEST LIVE-SETUP EVER