I saw Stewart Walker a couple of months ago and he was basically using ableton and one of those doepfer pocket faderboxes running into a DJM600, nothing else.
Seeing Monolake live using ableton was quite impressive - after all he basically designed the software for himself to use. He played a set of really good, deep, chain reaction-type stuff, and all he used was the ableton instruments and effects, no plug-ins. All sounds were generated by operator and he was just tweaking stuff and writing clips on the fly. And again, all he was using to control everything was a doepfer pocket fader and the laptop touchpad/keyboard; the much-vaunted monodeck was nowhere in sight. Mindblowing stuff. Sure, if you recorded the output the sound quality might not be so amazing that you could release it as a track, but in the context of a live show it was wicked. First time I've ever seen ableton used as an instrument, if you know what I mean. For 'proper' live, though, I think you'd have to go a long way to beat Jamie Lidell. He makes pretty much every sound using his mouth and has a custom max/msp program that samples and loops his beatboxing/wailing/silly banter, and then runs that through a mixing desk with some delay and reverb sends, together with an MPC1000 with some beats on it and a minimoog for extra phat crunch. And he puts on a proper show. And it's dripping with soul. You MUST see him if he's playing within 100 miles of you. (further if you have means of transport beyond walking). I'd like to see galoppierende zuversicht live as well - they show up with a bunch of hardware (NO laptops), a fair bit of it home-made, and just jam away for an hour or so. >>> "Tristan Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5/04/2006 10:09 am >>> There are a few different types of live PAing. You've got an Ableton live arrangement/dub, or something like Stewart Walker where he uses an MPC + his other kit where he will have most of the patterns sequenced in advance, but he'll play some of them live on the MPC pads, and then trigger the sequences from the MPC as well (although I vaguely recall hearing he's using a laptop now)? Herbert will have most things pre-sequenced, and then he'll sample the sounds live. Then there's an entirely different level of liveness where almost all of the music is created on the fly a la Ayro and John Arnold, or Shawn Rudiman, where they play multiple instruments or machines in real time, have the seuencer take over for some of those parts, then move on to something else, only relying on a few bits of pre-arranged material. I'd say this last type has the most bang for the buck for sure. That Sendex show I was talking about on Sunday was sort of a cross between Stewart Walker and Shawn Rudiman styles maybe. Oh, and I was corrected after my last post that he actually had an 808 as well if anyone cares. Tristan ======= http://www.phonopsia.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.4/299 - Release Date: 31/03/2006
