I played a dub techno live set at Knobcon this year using a fully modular setup. In this video I walk through my performance case and explain how it works. I also explain how I chose each module in the setup and finally conclude on what worked well on the day, and what I could do better.
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Live performance cases are all about trade offs, because you can never fit everything you want into a case that you can travel with (unless you're world-famous with a roadie crew!) Making those choices takes a lot of thought about what a performance needs and what job each module will do in your setup. This video is as much about making tough module choices as it is about playing and performing music.
Link to my live performance video: https://youtu.be/kOOQ2hgGZ1I
Module in my case:
Befaco 7U modular case: great case to use live with 1/4" outputs
Befaco MIDI Thing v2: MIDI to CV/gate module, really useful!
Oxi One sequencer: one sequencer to rule them all!
Oxi Meta performance effect: builds, drops and DJ filter on end-of-chain
Tubbutec TRS-Bridge: clever MIDI router/merger/splitter module
Neuzeit Warp: powerful polyphonic synth voice
Bastl Pizza: insane FM synth module
Patching Panda Punch MG: VCA and mixer with built in envelopes
Three Tom's Steve's MS-22 filter: MS-22 style LP-HP filter in 4hp
Intellijel Sealegs: delicious delays, sound washes
After Later Bartender: perfect performance mixer
Happy Nerding FX Aid XL: jack-of-all-trades effect unit
1010 Music Bitbox Mk2: plays ambient samples, and much more
Pamelas PRO Workout: clocking, modulation and everything in between
Flame FIRE drum voice: digital drum and percussion voice
Endorphins Ghost: filter, overdrive and delay/reverb
Ornament and Crime: CV generation and modulation
Timeline
00:00 Introduction
00:46 Basic setup
02:28 Drums and percussion
04:19 Chord stabs from Neuzeit Warp
06:40 Oxi Meta end of chain effects
08:33 Bastl Pizza for lead melody
09:58 Mixing multiple outputs from Pizza
13:24 Using Multitrack sequencer on Oxi One to sequence Pizza
16:59 MIDI sequencing
17:52 Befaco MIDI Thing v2
18:18 Tubbutec TRS-Bridge
19:40 Conclusions: What did I learn from this performance?
21:38 What worked well?
23:23 Conclusions
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