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Originally Posted by jude  how do you guys prepare you tracks to be played live? |
Yamaha RS7000 + Access Virus TI + Akai Z4 into a Mackie 1604VLZ3-Pro
RS7000 is the sequencing engine only, driving 16 tracks of midi.
10 parts for drums, percussion, loops, fx and vocals etc, independent tracks, 01 Kick, 02 Snare etc, being triggered off the Z4.
Some parts are hits, some are loops, mainly percussion and some synths parts, normally due to the way they've been created previously.
6 parts for synths, independent tracks, 11 Lead1, 12 Lead2, 13 Strings, 14 Pad, 15 Random, 16 Bass being triggered off the Virus.
Mainly pre-sequenced midi due to the nature of the beast, but tweaked thanks to the awesomeness of the RS7000's midi effects. delay, etc etc
Each track into it's own channel on the Mackie, so:
RS7000 Midi Track 01 -> Akai Z4 Part 01 (Kick) -> Mackie Channel 01
RS7000 Midi Track 02 -> Akai Z4 Part 02 (Snare) -> Mackie Channel 02
...
RS7000 Midi Track 11 -> Virus Part 01 (Lead) -> Mackie Channel 11
RS7000 Midi Track 16 -> Virus Part 06 (Bass) -> Mackie Channel 16
Midi knobs on the RS7000 mapped to the Akai for tweakage of samples. Tweakage of the Virus on the fly.
RS7000 is the awesome for the parts drop in/out, so I
feel I have a lot of flexibility, can then drop in/out/tweak as I see fit.
I should play more gigs though....