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Ableton live is the shiznitz... awesome program. I'm so glad I switched... it's taken my workflow to a new level. Here are some tricks that are not so easy to do using a midi controller. Let me know if you would like to know how to do them yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqtJ6GrzTL0

Thanks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqtJ6GrzTL0

infinitesinewave wrote:Let me know if you would like to know how to do them yourself.

uh...just tell us

Too much going. I don't want to write a manual.

very cool

great stuff!

Thanks for all those comments... right now I'm working on one more original track with 4 Quneos. Then I'm going to prepare for a live show in the summer. I have a promoter who is itching to get me playing live. I don't know anything about Djing... but I'm confident that Ableton will deliver. I'm going to be putting a live DJ set together incorporating live VST's using the Quneos, the APC40, my original tracks, and good Electro House music. I was going to go all out with the Pioneer DJM2000... but I just had a thought... is it necessary? I've seen some great DJing on youtube with just the APC40 and Ableton by itself. I think I can just get creative with what I already own instead of dropping 1-2K on DJ equipment. What do you guys think? Also is the upgrade to 9 worth it?

infinitesinewave wrote:Pioneer DJM2000... but I just had a thought... is it necessary?

It's not necessary to buy a Pioneer mixer. There are others on the market which offer better sound quality, are cheaper, or both.

I do think though that having the hardware (mixer) in front of you and interacting with it will give you more satisfaction, and if you have an audience it will let them see you're not just "checking emails". As you'll need a decent audio interface for gigging, you may as well get a mixer that has one built in.

What about the APC40(which I already own)? Can that do the job of the mixer? It seems like it's more capable than a mixer so I'll be interacting with that... and not the computer.

The APC40 hasn't got a sound card though, has it?

When you're out on the road, you'll need something better than the output jack of a laptop to feed sound to the PA - so it may as well be a mixer.

Having external hardware that can work independently (not rely on being connected to the computer) is essential in a live situation if the worst happens and the computer crashes/freezes/reboots or just plain doesn't work for whatever reason. With a real hardware mixer you can easily have a backup audio source on standby.

Have a look at how this rather famous chap does it..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAhsVNBcvjA

If you use an APC40 you'll still need an audio interface as the APC40 is just a controller, no audio in it whatsoever whereas the DJM2000 has one built in. You may also want to check out the A&H Xone DB2 or DB4 mixers, I like how they sound a lot more than the Pioneers (I owned and played on Pioneers for years before just getting a DB2 but should point out that I haven't used the DJM2000 so I can't really speak to that specific model). An APC40 and a separate interface would be cheaper than any of those mixers but the mixers do also have built-in effects which could help to offload some processing from your laptop.