Playing Live With Eurorack By MATTHS 

Thank you! I really enjoyed that set!

Same! Not sure I got around to your booth somehow! ES9 is such a great module! I need to get the new firmware on the Disting EX too - Im missing out on all the fun.

Nice one! Always wanting to put back into the community. So many have shared such great advice with me in the past.

Ooh okay that sounds like it may do the job. Thank you. Glad you found this useful etc 👍🏻

No worries. It's all about adding and subtracting envelope shapes for me. Those Ladiks are super useful

@@matthsmatthsmatths it's all... MATTHS 😂😂

@@PnPModular it sure is!

I use force and love it but in your case I would only do it if you dropped two other things. I was sitting there wondering what you could put in the rack as a sequencer to lose the laptop and bsp and es9 For myself I practice in headphones now so I can prerform in headphones. On force I have a high pass to the headphones to make it easier on my ears.

Absolutely - I always tend to user in-ears though to ensure that the mix is what I consider 'right' - I cant rely on wedges and PA's. The sound person then has the job of just making sure it sits right in the PA with correct gain structure and some light EQ

Yeah, headphones are pretty much essential for playing live. If you’re playing at a festival, or a venue you’ve not played at before, you don’t know what monitor is in the booth. I’ve played venues with superb monitors in the booth, and I’ve also played in venues where there’s only a half knackered 8” monitor in the booth. Since I do love my low end, crap monitors are an absolute nightmare (because I can’t hear the notes I’m playing aside from the muffled bass of the FOH) Also having headphones on is a great way to ignore people. Most of the time when I’m playing, people want to ask me questions about my setup. Just playing is enough of a workload. Doing that whilst answering questions is a bit of a pain :) Also, if you’re looking for a 2 octave keyboard, I’m using the endorphines ground control (big thumbs up from me!). Given that it has its own power supply built in, you could stick it into an unpowered 48x pod case. Not sure if that supports polyphony though, so that might be a deal breaker. I’m a fan :) In terms of actually playing live, I just wing it and improv everything! I tune everything by ear on the fly (which is why monitoring is so important!) The last few gigs I’ve played have all been in surround sound. I’ve got a mono sum into my headphones for tuning mainly. I’ve played those sets both in the middle of the dance floor (which is actually super cool! The only time I’ve ever been able to hear exactly what the audience is hearing), and also in a booth (which isn’t quite as much fun, but you do have the benefit of being able to hear the rear speaker stacks!)

I’ve had one on order for about a year. Still waiting for it. 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

You are every welcome Todd. Thanks for leaving the nice comment :-)

Awesome, thank you! Glad you enjoyed it and found this helpful. 👍🏻

@@matthsmatthsmatths oh and yes to a 1u keyboard module that’s playable and can be set to record loops 👌🏼 … looks like this one has the first part: Modulaire Maritime Klaviatura

Glad it was helpful! Also looking forward to the Nerdesq update! Thats my go to sequencer in the studio

Wicked - thanks and will defo check that out

👍🏻 yes it was. I’m awaiting footage of the video and then it’ll go out at some point. My Bandcamp subscribers will get the audio as part of their package too🕺

Good idea!

Me too! Something I struggle with. I just kind of crossfade between one track and another by taking out most of the parts and stripping it down to something simple, then add loads of effects on things and wish for the best. Somehow - that works!

No not at all. It was more about space and what I need to interact with when playing live. I don’t need to interact with the notes or arrangement. I need to interact with the sound. Nerdseq is very much at the heart of composing in the studio though 👍🏻

Im still waiting for the footage sadly. As soon as I have it and edit it then we are golden 👍🏻