Tips for doing live PA's

[rek2]

Hello guys, ok I been doing music with cubase+Reason etc etc..

but really I will really enjoy if I can take my music to the people...

what should I do? should I change the way I produce my music so is easier to move to Ableton Live?

loops instaed of tracks? my recent tracks how will I play them live to the people?.. and I dont mean just press play and let them go.. I mean actually remaiking the track on the stage... with controlers and synhs..

just brainstorming.. I need advice from the people that have experience.. I dont want to just play a track then mix it like a DJ.. I will love to actually make music on stage.

 

Thanks.

[Digital Psyence]

Well.......i have no experience in playing live, but i have some ideas!

 

I would keep using Cubase and reason, and for your passion about "making music on the stage" what about making some different funky grooves for dr.rex or a bunch of different synthlines you could use?

 

I would find it easier and more natural to trigger some loops "with" the music, instead of cutting a whole track up in loops with ableton live (if that was what u meant)

 

But im no expert

[Philter]

Hi rek2,

 

before you start planning your live act, you should consider the following:

 

1. are you aiming to do your live act on your own or do you have a band?

 

2. to what degree is your live set going to be live (ie played in real time)

the more you actualy play the more people you will need.

 

3. which part of your setup do you want to take with you?

a notebook or endless cases, racks, synths etc..

 

 

ok lets be realistic, you simply can not trigger every kik, hat, sample or play every melodie line. so you have to consider what you can actualy do live on stage and what not. if you have a notebook then cosider ableton live. ableton live has 8 stereo tracks, so it might be a good idea to split all your songs up in to 8 tracks this could work as follows:

 

1 track for bass line and kik,

1 track for pecussion,

2 tracks for melodies,

2 track for effects twirls and such things,

1 track for grouped things

(mabe you have a break where you have stuff playing which normaly does not play)

1 track for stuff you trigger every now and then.

 

if you go this way other things to consider are, keep all the compositions in the same key, tempo etc. this way you can combine different songs. ie using the drum from one song and the synths from another.

 

another interesting tool is: Cakewalk - Project 5 V2

 

check out this demo video:Project 5 demo

 

or this link:www.project5.com

[rek2]

Yap mostly my own and hopefully if I can get someone in my area to join me that will be great, but inmy own to start..

yes my laptop and two controlers.. the UC33e and the m-audio keystation 49e

 

just I got live5 and I started to play with it.. but I am totally newbee about it..

I know cubase and reason and trust me live is another world.

 

and your tips make sense I will keep them in mind thank you.

at some point I will like to get a hard synth and play my dark melodies from it live..

etc.. but step by step right?

 

Cheers.

if anyone have more ideas please say so.

 

 

 

 

Hi rek2,

 

before you start planning your live act, you should consider the following:

 

1. are you aiming to do your live act on your own or do you have a band?

 

2. to what degree is your live set going to be live (ie played in real time)

    the more you actualy play the more people you will need.

 

3. which part of your setup do you want to take with you?

  a notebook or endless cases, racks, synths etc..

ok lets be realistic, you simply can not trigger every kik, hat, sample or play every melodie line. so you have to consider what you can actualy do live on stage and what not. if you have a notebook then cosider ableton live. ableton live has 8 stereo tracks, so it might be a good idea to split all your  songs up in to 8 tracks this could work as follows:

 

1 track for bass line and kik,

1 track for pecussion,

2 tracks for melodies,

2 track for effects twirls and such things,

1 track for grouped things

(mabe you have a break where you have stuff playing which normaly does not play)

1 track for stuff you trigger every now and then.

 

if you go this way other things to consider are, keep all the compositions in the same key, tempo etc. this way you can combine different songs. ie using the drum from one song and the synths from another.

 

another interesting tool is: Cakewalk - Project 5 V2

 

check out this demo video:Project 5 demo

 

or this link:www.project5.com

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Rules men,

 

its still very good thing to make your own PA

 

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