Quote Originally Posted by perpetual
well, ive done over 3 dozen live sets in Belfast & even played live in Dublin, so i know what i'm at, a'ite

Ableton is built for live use. its on my pc & a friend is willin to let me use his laptop sooooo.... it is different from Cubase

if u run ANYTHING pre-programmed and fully sequenced i dont see it as live. mite as well play a cd.

i'm talkin about actually jammin your own loops. using elements in different combinations every time.

i already apologised for the original laptop remark, so can ppl get over it & just drop an opinion instead of trying to patronise ;)


my main gripe with the use of laptops is the amount of 'acts' who have been to Belfast over the last 2 years & been billed as 'live' and when you turn up, its a laptop running Cubase with a Kaoss pad. not very live is it ?

the same, if someone turns up with an S3000 with 10 outs & QY700 running the whole thing at the push of one button, its not really 'live' is it ?

last time i seen Speedy J he had 2 SU700s on a desk. thats it. not a midi lead in sight. he jus jammed his loops... LIVE ! and he was fukin ace

seen other British acts who just turned up with a laptop, played loops thru Reason & played one deck over it... and were crap.

anyways, off for a coffe, another rollie & back to the studio...


http://www.perpetualelectronic.co.uk/
Well I totally agree with you there. (Thats cleared that up).

Surgeon played this weekend with a 12" power book and Ableton, no headphones, it wasn't billed as a live set (I don't think) but by the looks of things all he was doing is using a midi controller and bringing in sequenced tracks/Loops. His set was amazing as it was all his own production and I love the Surgeon stuff. But IMO he may as well have played a pre mixed CD. If you going to do that rather than play records. Alternatively he could have used Final Scratch and actually mixed something by ear.