There are many threads on here regarding live setups, but I think they are usually with respect to specific gear or questions. I thought this thread would be a cool place to tell us about your live setup and show some pics.
I am currently looking for a basic setup in which I can produce music and then put together a live set from all my songs (depending on the requirements and context of the live performance). Currently I work exclusively with the Digitakt (+ some performance effects in the Eurorack). This also works well when I’m producing songs specifically for a gig. But I fail to import existing songs into the target project and put them together into a live set.
The more I think about it, the more I would have to design this whole process in the DAW. Produce in the DAW (Bitwig) and, if necessary, put together the live set from existing songs and perform with midi controllers.
Have you had a similar challenge? And how did you solve it?
Greetings
I my last band, I played samples & Clips in Ableton, and a synth. We were a band with drummer, basist and vocalist.
In my current project, which I’ve not finished enough stuff to take live yet, I picked the gear I was prepared to use on stage and composed exclusively on those. The gear is A4, AR and some pedals. The pedals colour tracks from the A4 and loop back to its external ins. I might need to take a small mixer and a limiter/warmer. It’s not as quick to compose on as a DAW. I struggle to make arrangements, but I think that’s a “me” problem: there’s struggle, but eventually I get through it. I’ve not felt any creative blocks arise from the hardware linits.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CgiIxXtJdos/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Digitone is going into the Rytm and recorded direct. I’ve added a Chase Bliss Lossy to the end since taking this video, but this combo is mighty powerful for live work.
Used to use Ableton Live for backing arrangements when I played in a band (1 guitarist/keys, 1 bassist/keys, 1 drummer).
I much prefer this as a solo musician because I can do live arrangements of really work on the feeling of any given track. So much hands on control really aids in developing a composition similar to how a conductor works with an orchestra.
So how does one perform a song on a digitakt(2) which has been produced on another platform/daw/whatever?
cut everything into loops and sequence them in digitakt, but you will loose some flexibility. Or cut everything in to small pieces, and resequence it on digitakt (as in you render your kick out, and sequence it the same way as it was in a daw…etc.)