ableton sets might be dull if they're badly done
Live sets are not
Always thought james ruskin and dave the drummer did excellent hybrids - best of both worlds stuff. Same goes for BMB.

You need to start looking at more IDM artists like tim exile to see someone making proper use of "in the box" technology.

There might be more of a perfomance angle watching someone frantically run around stage tweaking his army of machines, but if it sounds the same as someone using a laptop and a controller you're not really losing much. Maybe the visual impact of someone running around on stage fiddling. Always thought that was pretty uninspiring anyway. Hardly competes with a band for performance...

I propose a new rule
All livesets should be accompanied by a bez type shaking maracas.
yeah man