I've had some fun doing that, putting live guitars instead of the samples I usually use... Unfortunately went back to samples mostly, 'cos creative as my mate's playing was, a couple of pints and his timing went well shoddy![]()
As for live, and being a hardware luddite, I run with 2 electribes playing their own loops, and my RM1-x doing the body of a tune sequencing loops on various other bits and bobs and mix and match that all together... I have the tunes set up in my head, and they are written as tunes that follow a pattern, but I can move bits about, extend a section if folk are liking it, or move on if they don't etc...
As said before, doing what I do, how I do it I think that is as live as I can with my set up and abilities...
Do still think my multi-coloured cable spaghetti is more visually interesting than a lap-topeven if I really do need to get a driving licence and a large van very soon...