Thinking through a live performance setup. Help

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So I’m finally getting to a place with my new project that I’m prepping a live set. I’m trying to figure out the best way to make this stable but leave some room for actual performance and riffing-something like a Four Tet set of anybody is familiar with how he tends to work.

Right now I have 2 hardware synths that I’m just multisampling into the Tonverk, modular skiff which I to either live record into Ableton to chop into loops later, or also multi-sample into the TV, and an Ableton Move which I just sketch little ideas on and bring into Ableton. Regardless, everything ends up in Ableton on my desktop computer for compositions, mixing, etc and I use Cycles to manipulate loops a lot.

What I’m thinking, initially, is I just bounce stems down and build a base structure for all the tracks from those using the Move to launch beds of sound on my Surface Pro then keep maybe 2 instruments per track “playable” between the TV and the Move. I was thinking I’d use my 4 channel DJ mixer to split Ableton into 2 channels and the TV into 2 so I have some live FX and a resampler for transitions.

Anybody interested in thinking through this with me? Lol. I’m not feeling totally confident in my plan.

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Yeah its the classic “how do I perform electronic music and not just be a guy standing in front of a laptop” question.

I’m not familiar with the genres and tools you’re using, but when I went through a similar scenario, my process was basically to replicate the situation at home.
So I created a “live setup” in my home studio area and started doing “test performances”.
I learned a lot.

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That sounds like a solid plan. Some parts bounced (ideally those that are more tricky to recreate live), and others more improvisational. :slight_smile:

I wouldn’t over-think the technical part too much though. Find something that you can reasonably replicate (and more importantly, carry!!) - and enjoy. My first gigs were very ‘live’, and technically ‘perfect’, but pretty crap in terms of vibe/performance/engagement etc. Now I pre-prepare far more, but they are far better (IMHO).

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