I have been playing out on ableton for a little over a year and I think the two basic things you need are a MIDI interface and some sort of additional mixer for hot cues, effects and if you want to run more then 4 channels.

I use a fast track pro to cue and make better sound quality

http://www.synthtopia.com/news/05_0...ackPro_hero.jpg

And a UC33...I would say a huge majority of the the DJs I have seen use this unless they are working on a Zone or a 800.

http://www.portlandmusiccompany.com...s/ctr_uc33e.jpg

These are just to tools I use...Abelton is a beautiful thing as it is so flexible.... so be as creative as you can afford.

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Me thinks this should be made the official Live PA thread.

I haven't done a proper live PA of my own tracks but I'm going to soon.

Laptop
Acer TravelMate 4064
2ghz Intel Centrino
1gb RAM (266mhz )
100gig hdd (4200rpm)
15.4" Wide LCD
I'm using my Scratch Live box as a sound card.

Midi Control
Behringer BCF-2000 (I LOVE THIS THING!)

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Originally posted by Breeze Hey all, What midi controllers are you using for live performances Also what are the specs of your laptops. Thanks J.

You should have a look at this: http://www.abletonlivedj.com/forum/

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Thanks for your replies big help
Ive recently played around on my friends set up with Ableton Live and i must say how much fun it is. So ill be waiting for Ableton 7, in the mean time ill start organising the rest of the gear


All the best

J.

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i've been using ableton exclusivly since January. the midi gear has changed a bunch but i'm happy with what i have now:

PC 1.8ghz, 1.5 gigs of RAM
MOTU Ultralite (using all outs)
Novation Remote SL - for live keyboards, effects, multiunits, racks, etc
Korg PadKontrol - for a lot of cool stuff, including my own glitch effects, whitenoise, percs, vocal samples, etc

i love my rig

sasha will be announcing soon that the maven will be going into mass production in 2008

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Originally posted by Zombie0729 sasha will be announcing soon that the maven will be going into mass production in 2008

1. I want one
2. I want one
3. I will now sell off my g/f's eggs to be abel to afford one
4. Ableton is the new CDJ

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Originally posted by Zombie0729 sasha will be announcing soon that the maven will be going into mass production in 2008

Good news

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I think the UC33e or the MPD24 are best. On the MPD, you sacrifice a lot of knobs for larger clip trigger buttons.

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Originally posted by Zombie0729 sasha will be announcing soon that the maven will be going into mass production in 2008

I don't know why people get so exited it doesn't look like anything special.
Are people really prepared to buy something completely overpriced because it has a popular name to it?
Well if history has anything to show then id say yes

I wonder if they will be exactly the same(prob not) , I love the lights on that maven, looks like a space ship. we will soon find out if the maven is really worth its money or just a midi controller with pretty lights.

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