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Post by tomasz.goblyn on Sept 29, 2023 7:39:00 GMT -5
Hey!
It's a thread for those of you who play or consider playing live DS shows.
It’s hella interesting and also a pretty wide topic, so I would like to look at it from a couple of sides:
1. Technicals/ gear-talk What is your setup? What kind of stuff do you use and how do you play it live?
2. Atmosphere What is the general idea behind your show? What do you want to achieve when it comes to a general feeling of the show? What means do you use to achieve this (scenography/costumes/visuals/storytelling and so on)?
3. Audience involvement I know, I know... it is probably not a typical thing to ask, but personally, I find looking at one guy, standing in one place and playin' his tiny synthesizer for 30 minutes straight kinda boring ;P. sooo. do you consider some kind of involvement from the audience or use other unconventional ways to make your show more interesting?
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Post by istarion on Dec 14, 2023 9:59:58 GMT -5
I've been thinking a lot about playing live, so I've come up with a setup that seems to suit me so far. Here's a short video of the setup youtu.be/iGV4JSm5fX4The setup is: Novation Circuit Tracks into FOH Korg Volca Keys (controlled by Tracks) into a bass amp Yamaha PSS-F30 into a guitar amp for soloing Yamaha Reface DX (controleld by Tracks) into another guitar amp I wanted to ditch my PC, be able to layer synths and have some sort of a drum machine. Speaking of the atmosphere, the place has lights and a fog machine, so I've asked a friend of mine to help me during the set. He will also bring a CRT TV so I've got to make a fantasy video reel. If I'm brave enough, I will also tell the audience the lore of the world\tracks.
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Post by amnor on Jan 15, 2024 20:45:21 GMT -5
istarion, I like the look of your setup. I formed my musical tastes on Prog Rock and I loved the way that Wakeman and guys like that had their banks of keyboards surrounding them. This is a lot more compact and high-tech, but I like the concept of playing everything manually when performing live. I've never played DS live; I've played medieval music live on acoustic instruments and wished for a way to loop.
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Post by arillius on Jan 21, 2024 12:06:52 GMT -5
My current live set up for the upcoming NEDS: imgur.com/a/XiiVqSI-Yamaha PSR 540 -Roland D-05 Boutique hooked up to MIDI controller -Roland SPD-One drum pad -Novation Mininova -Novation Bass Station II chained to Behringer Delay pedal -Waldorf Streichfett String Synthesizer (hooked up thru midi from Mininova) -Electro Harmonix 22500 Looper pedal All going through a 16 channel mixing board (off screen) then into my Scarlett USB interface into the laptop. Because I promarily write my compositions with trackers, I do not use MIDI functionality in a DAW; rather I use my tracked music and strip layers off the songs and play those. Ideal set up? Not really. But fun as hell to play. I have so many improv sessions with this setup but have never released any of that.
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Post by amnor on Jan 22, 2024 0:08:09 GMT -5
That looks good.
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