Thoughts on Live Performances [Ableton Push 3 Standalone - Model1 - Octawave ]

Today, we're diving into a topic that's near and dear to my heart: live performances. As a musician, there's something truly magical about connecting with an audience in real-time, feeding off their energy, and creating unforgettable moments. But what truly enhances these experiences? The tools we use to bring our music to life on stage can make the difference.
In this video, I'll be sharing my thoughts on live performances and the tools that revolutionized the way I approach live performances: the @Ableton Push 3, paired with @playdifferently9439 Model1 and @datanoise Octawave. Join me as I explore its impact, its advantages, and how it has transformed my live sets.
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00:00 Intro jam
01:25 Some thoughts on live performances
03:55 The small device that made all of this possible
04:45 How to support me
05:15 Realizing what ties all my live setups together
05:50 Overcoming prejudices
07:45 How "follow action" freed me and let me focus on what matters
09:25 How the system works
13:04 Keeping a track for live resampling
13:54 Routing all the audio in Push 3
15:30 Few advice for live performers
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[@compucorder64]

Another good tip that performance tutors gave to me was that if you have a big concert or recital coming up. Then prepare for it by doing many small, less pressured recitals in the lead up. Even if it's to very small groups of friends, or smaller audiences or less critical environments like cafes, bars. All the better if these friends are true friends but also artists and can give gentle constructive feedback. Recording these concerts and listening back helps too. Just so that you become more of a machine, that when performance time comes, you spring into action, and just do the thing that moment, without thinking. It helps iron out some kinks and highlight areas that need to be worked on, practiced or simiplified.

[@OoraMusic]

very good advice!!

[@michaelbell9026]

God am I glad to see a video that's not about the digitakt 2

[@OoraMusic]

ahah i was left out

[@kkkanal]

😂😂 I purchased one today

[@buchanannny]

Real inspiring. Thank you

[@OoraMusic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Shurek23]

True wisdom, I'm amazed about he amount of good advice in this video. Thanks for sharing, great inspiration :)

[@OoraMusic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@iotaprime2892]

Excellent perspective and advice.

[@OoraMusic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Kevvywevvy]

Great advice 👍 to quote, David Bowie; never play to the gallery. Loose yourself in what you enjoy. Absolutely love your vibe.

[@OoraMusic]

thank you so much

[@neuzethmusic131]

Lovely words!

[@nightkondor]

man, even for a guy with a total different setup (looper Roland rc-505mkii, simple circuit tracks and hopefully soon an astrolab) your advice and considerations concerning live performing electronic music are gold. Very much appreciated, much respect!

[@jaimeross7507]

BRAVO!!❤...You are a TRUE ARTIST!!

[@OoraMusic]

thanks 🙏🏻

[@99Watashiwa1]

I enjoy all of your videos but this one stands out - thanks a lot for sharing your experience 🙏

[@OoraMusic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@SURCOlive]

Great as always! See you in a few weeks in Berlin.

[@OoraMusic]

Can't wait!

[@alehandoroMishima]

How nice to listen to you, your simplicity, your honesty, your advice, your music I love and it inspires me! thank you ! 😄😌🎧🎛🎚🎶🎵

[@OoraMusic]

thanks for you kind words ale!

[@davemahan1993]

I love all the sounds, but I think I appreciate the advice the most. It’s hard to remember that people are booking you and coming to see you for a reason.

[@CiabaMusic]

Last bit of advice is pure gold!

[@OoraMusic]

thanks mate!

[@PetePhilips]

relate with a lot you say here, thanks for sharing your process!

[@OoraMusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@gregzyeppa1711]

Hello, thanks again for all your tips, some really nice one as usual :)

[@OoraMusic]

Glad you like them!

[@Somnambule]

Big thanx Federico for sharing your workflow and to have a deep view into your creations. I absolutely agree that you do it simply for your live performances. I play over 20 years live with ableton and since the first push came out, it was a super option to present the music live to the audience on a easy way with a small set up. I love your music very much, it’s absolutely my taste;-) Hope to see you at the Superbooth this year. Best greetings from the other side of the world🖖☺️

[@OoraMusic]

Yes I will be there all the three day , say hi if you see me!

[@bienbienbienbienbien]

hey, I just wanted to say thank you. I'm having my first live performance soon. and I must admit that I am extremely nervous. You touched on all the issues that were stressing me out and your simple advice at the end was truly priceless. Thanks, I gained some self-confidence!

[@OoraMusic]

Very happy to hear that

[@JamesRussller]

Fantastic video 🙌🙌

[@OoraMusic]

thanks!

[@neuzethmusic131]

Federico, I really love your honesty! Seldom in this world full of pretenders...

[@OoraMusic]

i try to share only what i know , happy you can appreciate that

[@mchest7000]

Wise words thanks.

[@OoraMusic]

my pleasure

[@bikesbeersbeats]

@17:41 this single piece of advice extends to everything in life. I made this mistake in business, I assumed that everyone else could do or see things that were obvious to me, how wrong was I.

[@OoraMusic]

realizing that you have some superpowers that comes easy for you is a pivotal moment!

[@willswitchcraft]

so interesting.............BTW - in my 'live, ambient, improv' videos, I'm generally playing everything live, everything is a risk, but that's the beauty of improv...........................love all your videos............masterfully presented

[@OoraMusic]

thanks! i still want to do fully improvised set of course, they are unique and exciting!

[@francescomilloni]

Bel setup e bel concetto di live performance. La giusta miscela tra pronto ed improvvisazione

[@OoraMusic]

grazie Francesco!

[@marcelsmoorenburg]

Federico, thank you for your great insight and a very well thought solution with Ableton Push and Model 1 by use of ADAT.

[@OoraMusic]

My pleasure!

[@Robert_Babicz]

always like

[@OoraMusic]

thanks Robert!!

[@FerIsella]

bravo

[@OoraMusic]

Grazie!

[@samplebricks234]

Thanks for your great work - always a relaxing joy to watch and listen to your dreamy sound architectures! One question: What is this fader box at the side?

[@OoraMusic]

It is the 16n I got from slate + Ash

[@gianfry1980]

great man

[@OoraMusic]

thanks

[@tobiasvonhofsten]

great tip about the octawave. the way i've been keeping the element of risk in my live sets throughout the years has been to always replace at least one unit in the rig. 😅...looking for the perfect beat. thanks for sharing!

[@OoraMusic]

Thanks for watching Tobias

[@tobiasvonhofsten]

@@OoraMusic sorry, i updated my comment before i saw your answer. here goes: question: since you're not running the kick and bass etc through model1, do you have anything configured to allow you to process (filter?) the main audio as 'one package'? (such as like the master filter on model1.) thanks!

[@rm3950]

Good Stuff! With the dozens and dozens of things that can go wrong live, from time/performance delays, setup problems, power interupptions, etc., advising to make 'everything simple' (even packing up equipment if traveling) should be the number one piece of 'golden advice' people should consider and take to heart. I remember doing a gig years ago (was playing guitar for that show), and right before setup I had to pee REALLY bad, but all restrooms had lines. Nervous people backstage?? Anyway, i ran out to the alley and peed outside (i had to go). After, i ran back in to help setup the gear, and things went pretty smooth...so i thought. About halfway into the 2nd song I feltl my pants getting loose, and actually start to fall. Talk about nervous! I decided to stop playing so I could quickly turne around, and sort of hide myself stage left. Luckly i was able to properly buckle my belt while my guitar was kind of hiding what i was doing (it didn't seem people realized what i was doing until i told them later). I turned back around and finished the song. Talk about 'anything' going wrong? It can, and it will... one day at one show.

[@OoraMusic]

ahah thats a fun story!! the important thing is how you get out of troubles and keep doing your thing with a smile !

[@qwertySnowy]

Very inspiring video!! I'm trying to setup a live set with push 3 stand alone. I've been finding sometimes I get some clicks or pops and my set isn't that big. Have you found that. It's intermittent, I don't get it when hooked up as a controller. Trying to figure out why.

[@qwertySnowy]

Interesting also routing the model one into push then out from push, that's just to apply some Mastering only? Cool idea. Does it sound much different if it just comes out of the model one to speakers ?

[@Heavee773]

Damn your voice is soothing

[@OoraMusic]

good to know :)

[@el_dani]

Very inspiring video and thoughts, thank you! But is there no great dj mixer that has like adat in?

[@OoraMusic]

Not that I know of.. would be great tho

[@chrisfjonesutube]

Even if there was, it's better to handle that in another small device. That way, when the Push 4 comes out (or whatever the next thing is) you don't need to buy/learn a whole new mixer... just swap out the adat box for something else.

[@Spamn4]

Is it possible to connect mono signals to your model 1?

[@OoraMusic]

i do it with the delay ( mono ) without any issue

[@Expectaz]

Thanks for these insights!

[@OoraMusic]

My pleasure!

[@closerau]

This is great, could you use master fx from ableton which will come out of the model 1?

[@OoraMusic]

yes with some different routing , will experiment on that

[@closerau]

@@OoraMusic please do and let me know, I have the model 1.4 but I use master fx on ableton so I can’t get them if I’m running out of the 4 channels

[@ChancellorAllen]

Hi, would you mind providing a link to the Mac for live device you spoke of? Variations? Thank you so much!

[@OoraMusic]

here www.ableton.com/en/packs/performance-pack/

[@ChancellorAllen]

Thank u! 🙏

[@radiice]

Wow bellissimo set up e bellissimo contenuto. la musica poi mi ha fatto volare. Mi sei stato di grande ispirazione in questo video, perchè anche io suono con il mixer da dj con digitone e digitakt, ma mi sentivo tipo "cavolo ma la gente mi scambia per un dj" o peggio "ma forse se suoni live non devi usare il mixer da dj" , però a me sinceramente piace e vedendo che anche tu lo usi in maniera analoga mi fa sentire safe ahahahah. Voglio trovare un metodo però per dividermi i suoni come fai tu perchè effettivamente sarebbe una grande hit poter modificare singolarmente all'unisono differenti tracce, cosa che con la digitone e la digitakt non puoi fare. e quindi volevo chiederti se conoscessi qualche prodotto che possa permettermi come la octawave di dividere le tracce su digitone e digitakt? Grazie mille e complimenti :)

[@OoraMusic]

grazie! Dividere i suoni delle macchine Elektron che hai e' impossibile se non passi prima da computer. Usando Overbridge potresti poi uscire con tracce separate da sound card dentro al mixer, pero' ti vai a complicare la vita ...

[@radiice]

@@OoraMusic ho capito, grazie mille, spero di poterti beccare presto di persona :)

[@qwertySnowy]

Does the variation tool work ok? I was finding it to be buggy and would change other parts of the set that I didn't want. Like mixer volume when I just wanted it to change the clip variation.

[@qwertySnowy]

Woukd be great to see a video oh how u use it. Awesome video!! Lots to learn from here

[@rman2x16]

please do a video about the follow-up actions on ableton!!

[@OoraMusic]

It will come

[@onyx_track]

Magía

[@OoraMusic]

grazie caro!

[@sergiishust9858]

👍

[@OoraMusic]

🙏🏻

[@dimitrifrolov2548]

If only the Octawave was a class-compliant usb device… I could use some extra outputs on my MPC One.

[@OoraMusic]

they might be working on something !

[@Iredidv]

Doubting about the model 1 and pioneer v10 (for small midi setup, not dj)

[@OoraMusic]

I like the idea of a fully analog mixer, so it doesn't get obsolete

[@KarlisVitols-db2sh]

do Ableton Push 3 standalone is considered dawles?

[@OoraMusic]

I guess is up to you. I never really married the lawless concept. An octatrack is like a daw for me, so whatever get the job done is ok. :)

[@judor5705]

2 and a half grand for a mixer... Come on... The compact Adat by octawave is a great idea though...

[@Judasz696]

Cool but for more cash you could buy ferrofish pulse 16 so you could connect model 1 as you pleased.

[@OoraMusic]

interesting will check

[@marcogatto9742]

@@OoraMusicferrofish is good device buy needs 2 adat ports (16 channels). Ableton push3 has “only” 1 adat port

[@WaroftheLightningBugs]

Are you wearing an AI pin?

[@OoraMusic]

no what s that? i have a microphone

[@HarryKelvin]

Doesn’t the fact that the Model 1 doesn’t have panning drive you nuts? So annoying. Though obviously you have some panning options on some synths. Your stuff a ounds great as usual. Love the heavy verb.

[@OoraMusic]

I have asked myself many times why they dint put pan, but I guess its bc it was thoughts for club performances

[@radiationbabies]

Thank you. Another great video. Those are awesome tips and great advice to tweak my live setup. I want to play some live ambient sets in the park and this video pointed me in the right direction. I'm really looking forward to how you use the Iftah performance tool. Peace

[@OoraMusic]

iftah really created some cool stuff