AcidChildren... lots of options mate. I think if you want the full value of adding percussion to the live rig you will go something you can play with sticks. The SPD6 is the smallest but mis-triggers a lot, so mine sits in the band storage shed with a heap of other stuff. The SPD20 is a good bit of kit though, pretty much the status quo of trigger units. From here you can add in extra percussion heads as it has trigger inputs so will act as a head unit and its reliable if a little stuffy with its midi out. All these units are really is a form of piezo element that turns the hits into electrical signals, along with circuits to convert that into sound/audio/midi. You can actually make your own piezo drum triggers really easily, and then get something to convert those signals like the Alesis D4, which would rack mount easily. You could also harvest parts from a cheap midi drum kit like the Legend range (or the Roland TD range, or the elusive but awesome Clavia DDrums). Really comes down to the form factor you want on stage and the ergonomics.

Basically lots of options including the Kat unit i linked above. In Segue we no longer bother with any of this, and even my midi drum kit has joined the acoustic one in storage. I DO do some live drum triggering on the MPC but thats kind of off the cuff improv over sequences. I would in your case suggest going a SPD20 and using Battery2 in your Ableton rig. How many laptops on stage though? I wouldnt put too much strain on it if it is your main sequencer too. Still, this lets you add more percussion (preferably the mesh head stuff from the Roland range) as you need and you can also have a midi unit like a BCR or any controller to control sends in Battery. We run one laptop as master Ableton and another in sync, and I have various bigger samples the MPC cant fit in Battery run from the MPC and separate channels/fx/sends in Ableton for it mapped to a BCR.

Sorry for the rough rambling reply, still have a cold and tired (lets call it "tiredness") from last nights gig.

My "Out of Control" bass on the Juno 106 :

http://benji.ng.Free...on/ooc-bass.mp3

I think I'm getting close

I edidted the file : perfection ! With Glasto 2000 style !

Ben_j that sounds great!

so the other day i discovered there's a nord modular at my college, and yesterday i got to use it. fuck it's fantastic. plus one of the patches "ghost jet" is pretty much what that jet sound is in burst generator. massive sounding.

Tried the emulation of the EMS Synthi AKS and fucking hell this synth is awesome ! Lots of fun with it...

http://www.emsrehber...avs_plugin.html

The only negative note is that the guys who programmed that are assholes and all the parameters are "unknown" You have to try each parameter if you want to assign midi controls...

I got a red sound darkstar xp2 the other day. That machine deserves no hate whatsoever... For $120, I got a 5-part multitimbral 8-voice polyphonic VA with 2 external ins multimode filters, 2 lfos, full velocity sensitivity, all the osc options of an ea-1 with a raw sound that's somewhere between "equivalent" and "better" than one. I'll put up some demos soon.

oh yeah, ive got the best thing of all!

a Korg EA-1!!!!!!!!!!!!!

beat THAT

hahahah hey i've got an ea1

Ben_j - yeh that's a great EMS plugin. have had loads of fun with that.

loving the moment

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Mark - gary-moore gordon-lightfoot plain www.songtexte32.com

I need a good mixer, but a cheap one. Any advice ?

Cant go past a second hand Mackie if budget is the go. Avoid the Behringer mixers, i dont know many that havent had issues well before any other mixer i can think of. Im using a Yamaha MX myself, and wouldnt really split it from the Mackie's ive owned... decent board and the pre-amp's overdrive nicely if youre into that.

I'm tired of Korg Legacy making Ableton crash >_<

do u use the controller 2

nope. I dled a newer version, it doesn't crash but the first note doesn't sound...

Electronic Battle Weapon 9... the Segue remix. Rarrrr!!!!!! :) Some synth and MPC action in this mix, plus a some light experiments with overloading the channels on my old analog desk, bussing to get a feel for some (un)natural compression. Anyway...

The Chemical Brothers - EBW9 (Segue Remix)

just wondering what peoples thoughts were on the mv8800. i am going to be purchasing that or an MPC. i am looking to hook up something with my juno.

E-MU XL-7

Novation Nova

Red Sound Systems Darkstar

Korg ES-1

Kawai K4

+ Siel DK-70

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http://www.myspace.com/designer_voodoo

I was just given CubeAce from my friends for my birthday. HOLYFRIKENSHIT! Its really hard to get used to. But im making some pretty crazy stuff. I made a remix of loops of fury and chemical beats. Now im working on some Daft Punk material. I think i`m set for life with this softwear. I can also download other fx machines into it as well. Anybody else have CubeAce?

You mean Cubase right? They bought you a copy just like that? Cool friends. Yeah its a great DAW, but not my first choice personally.

TAKESUMTIME... the MV is a decent unit and has a big following. Its getting harder to justify MPC's to new users. I've had one (just to my right, smiling at me) for quite some years and the ridiculous abuse its had at gigs has barely scratched it. The only thing wrong with her is a dead NV slider and she has taken some big tumbles.

The MV with its video output and general workflow is quite popular, though a lot of open minded and critical discussion gets swamped by the usual arguments and pointless verbosity that emerges from any thread daring to compare gear with an MPC. I avoid MPC forums like the plague these days, yet i use mine in my live act relentlessly. Good luck with whatever you purchase :)

Shit, wrong url for the myspace.

http://www.myspace.com/designervoodoo

I have one track up currently "Sunstrip". It's a live mix/arrangement of sequences running from my XL-7 with a lot of tweaking. Most of it was done with the Nova (bass, kick, high-passed pad). The ES-1 does snares and hats, the Darkstar does the faux piano sound.