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Originally posted by Sonic_c If we are doing an electronic live set do we need more than 1 laptop

do you need more than one laptop for any of your non-live songs?

(that is a rhetorical question)

if the only difference will be that you'll have people with midi controllers, rather than the midi comming from within the sequencer itself, i don't see any reason why you would need more than one.

that said, it would be a good idea to have an identical laptop for backup.

That solves the midi clock queston LOL gonna have to be a good laptop! with all that stuff goin on. Also cubase on windows crashed for me about 1 in every 4 times i am on it more than an hour would hate that on a live show!

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Processing a highly structured and complex pattern of sensory input as a unified percept of "music" is probably one of the most elaborate features of the human brain.....understanding how music is perceived and how it may elicit intense sensations is far from being understood.

i'd use ableton, not cubase

laptop doesn't need to be super powerful - you can bounce down a lot of stuff.

Firstly, you two (oh and york and solar stone etc) can fuck off and shove your guitars where the sun doesn't shine - this is TA - no place for talk about guitars! Kidding obviously....

Sonic, you REALLY want to try to get a bit more adept at this technology stuff before you even think about doing anything live.

I've done a fair amount of live sound and it's never that easy just to engineer for it, let alone play live, using technology you're not quite sure of, and with equipment your not quite sure how to use.

Don't be dissauded, everyone has to start somewhere, but do a load of research on live acts that are similar to what you're aiming for and check out their setups. This will give you an informed opinion on what kit/setup you should use. You'll find most of them use a computer based sequencer (ableton (most for EDM), DP (more for pop/shows), even cubase(rare though)), and then play their instruments over bed tracks. Having said that, I know guys who do great live sets with just Yamaha RS7000's and Electribes.

Search for videos of richie hawtin, the chemical brothers, crystal method, The Glitchmob, etc. These guys have their live setups down.

You've got figure out what works for you, not just go and buy a compressor/EQ because that what you see at live events. Your kit should be bought out of necessity of need for that particular item.

If live is what you are aiming for then I would suggest (as Echosystem did) to really learn a sequencer (ableton) and look in to midi controllers. If you then find that you want a compressor over the main mix ir a particular hardware synth then fine, do it, but your a fair way off from needing that now.

By the way, the DBX compressor, is actually a great piece of kit - it's not subtle or very clean, it's a real hard knee comprssor but it does work well and is pretty tough,

IMO, that 31 band eq should be right down the list of eq's that you would consider to buy if it's going to be used in a studio. It will only really be truly useful in a live situation but only really then to tune the room (and the inhouse kit should have a better one than that anyway).

Hope this helps.