RE: Playing Modular Synth in a Club
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Dude that's awesome! I would imagine it would be a complete pain to bring all that and set it up in a club, lol. I used to bring my full live setup and it was always a nightmare to setup around all the house gear, haha. Now my live setup is an iPad, small controller, and a portable turntable for scratching, haha. I used to lug around all kind of stuff, so I have earned the light weight gear, haha.
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That rings so true!
The journey to create a reasonably portable version of my studio setup has been a convoluted one. I've also tried using iPad with the idea I'd take that plus a very small modular - but I so far haven't gelled with that setup as 95% of what I do is on Twitch with my big setup and that's 3 times a week. So it's almost like creating a different version of my music/performance with primarily iPad and I feel like I lose all that learning/experience I have with my main setup (like almost starting again basically) That being said haven't given up on the iPad and will probably try again with it.
The setup you see here is just about portable - it splits into two cases - one case goes in a specially designed backpack, the other goes in a hard case I can carry in one hand and the keystep pro goes in another small keyboard bag. So it's all luggable by one person - comfortably in a taxi or I reckon I could do it on public transport with a bit of an effort. I also have 2x Cat5 based connections between the cases so once I make those the only additional patching I have to do is the keystep.
All in it's about 30 mins to setup and check tuning/sound etc. Not ideal but do-able.
Thanks for your comment!
Oh yeah, I wouldn't want to replicate something like you are running on an iPad. I would at least have a Macbook running Mainstage, or now Logic Pro 11 because they pretty much made it all into one app now, and a controller or 2.
That's awesome though. I completely respect the analog live setups in a world of push button DJs and producers. I'm old school, lol.
I mean I think I COULD replicate it on an iPAd (or in Ableton which I use too). But then I feel it would be a completely different instrument/performance and I'd have to redo all the years of practice for that instrument...
Anyway it's a journey - and no equipment/setup is right or wrong as we know - it's what you make of it!
Exactly!
Yeah, I used to take my whole freaking studio setup to a gig almost but then I finally started separating my production from my performances and it got much easier to deal with. Ableton changed the game for me for sure, but yeah, if you are used to actual gear and the sounds that come through that, digital is just not the same.
Cool! It's a journey for everyone!
Ironically when I play live I actually mostly use digital oscillators in my modular because of tuning/reliability - but ofc I do have many other analog components (esp filters) as part of each patch.
I am not opposed to combining modular/analog with Ableton/iPad based setups - it's ALL perfectly valid. In fact I love some of the sounds I've used in VSTs in production tracks and have used them live too - more when I perform in a duo with a singer than with my modular sets.
What I'd actually really love would be able to have a soft synth version of my Prophet Rev 2 because my favourite PAD sound on it I use ALL the time in the studio/in my Twitch streams but I haven't been able to find anything like it that I can take to gigs (without taking my Rev 2).
Do you play live these days? If so what kind of stuff?
Na, I don’t play out anymore. Those days are over. If anything I bring my portable 7 inch turntable so instead of a guy with the guitar at a camp out, I am the fireside scratch dude, lol.😂