software for live gigs

alan kelly

alright guys.. use logic pro and an imac at home.. have been bringing it 2 gigs also but lookin at gettin a laptop now.. probably a mac book.. wonderin what is a good software solution for triggering songs to start by a midi controller.. prob gonna put songs to seperate wav files so to open them one by one. ableton live says it all in the name but can it do this.. also seen ableton live 7 le for about a hundred quid and thought this might do.. any of u guys know an easy solution.. cheers in advance

old gregg

ableton will do that job quite well. if you find yourself requiring an external audio interface then you may find Ableton bundled with it for free. The scenario you've described is pretty simple to deal with so almost any older version of ableton will do.

edit: just remembered ... maybe take a look at http://www.mixxx.org cos it's free and may work in the way you are considering though I've never used it so can't vouch for how well it deal with midi triggering or even if it does

alan kelly

got ableton live delta for free but guessin it was probably crap for some reason.. got live lite 6 free with an m audio controller.. was thinkin free means crap also.. would i be better off buying a version of ableton live le

old gregg

it's a few years since I used v6 but if you can have two audio tracks and then drop your songs into these and then use your midi controller to switch between tracks. Very easy.

edit: the 'cross fader' feature will allow you to move reasonably seamlessly from one song to the next.

In some ways it's almost overkill unless you want to start doing things like beat matching.

Looks like the v6 freebie would do the job without you spending any money.

alan kelly

no man,, not doing anything too crazy,, getting the songs sorted first then triggering them 2 start in gigs.. downloaded that program u were talkin about.. will mess around with it and see what happens.. cheers

Rockshamrover

alan kelly wrote: »

alright guys.. use logic pro and an imac at home.. have been bringing it 2 gigs also but lookin at gettin a laptop now.. probably a mac book.. wonderin what is a good software solution for triggering songs to start by a midi controller.. prob gonna put songs to seperate wav files so to open them one by one. ableton live says it all in the name but can it do this.. also seen ableton live 7 le for about a hundred quid and thought this might do.. any of u guys know an easy solution.. cheers in advance

Do you not have Mainstage with your version of Logic? As far as I know, it will do what you want on stage. I've never used it myself but it may be what you need and possibly have.

http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/mainstage/

tubedude

Rockshamrover wrote: »

Do you not have Mainstage with your version of Logic? As far as I know, it will do what you want on stage. I've never used it myself but it may be what you need and possibly have.

http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/mainstage/

+1

fitz

Yup, Mainstage should do all you want and more.

alan kelly

im an idiot.. dont use it at all.. dont even know what it does never mind how to use it,, guessin i should take my finger out.. wondering can i pick and choose on the night what songs to play in whatever order and trigger them by midi controller to start when i want.. also need the metronome seperately going to the drummer..

SeanHurley

Mainstage can pretty much do anything you want, it is totally customisable.

As for a click going from the drummer you could just route it to a spare output on your audio interface. The click could just be sent to the wedges so FOH won't hear it.

alan kelly

cheers man.. deffo gonna try that out.. dont wanna b lookin like a clown live going back and forth to d computer after every song lookin like a bleedin amateur..