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[@Funkbutterfly]

The best part about Rachel is she is such a technical wizard you can almost forget she has a professional-grade set of pipes. I'd like to see half the pop stars on the radio explain their gear/signal flow with her knowledge and humility. Kudos to you, Rachel (K!) Collier!

[@wayoutwestcreatives9769]

I love the way you say the word “here”

[@MattMakesMusic]

This is great!!! Would also love to see how you setup an Ableton Template before a set.

[@peerlessrecords6236]

you should check out her patreon. she's doing lots of tutorials there

[@MattMakesMusic]

Peerless Records ohh...gonna have to check that out ✌️

[@OliveOliFera]

It's inspirational to finally find a woman playing around with this kind of stuff AND showing part of the creative process. Instant sub

[@RachelKCollierRKC]

Thanks Olive - hope to see you at the Live Stream this sunday 7pm GMT xxx

[@JamesBermingham]

Inspirational. Electronic music art. Proper definition of a solo artist. 👏👏

[@keetharris2010]

So true

[@RachelKCollierRKC]

Thanks for all your comments everybody - Hope to see you all at this Sunday's live stream xxx

[@haydnr1631]

Brilliant video. Really looking forward to next week. Good luck with the launch.

[@jontardis1400]

Sounds amazing! Really cool setup also!

[@questionmarq]

Awesome ,love seeing these kind of videos ,will log on next sunday

[@midioutput5560]

Great overview and excellent setup.

[@gavinkaufmanworld]

Awesome video RKC!!! Thanks for sharing 🤩

[@majesticpillowmusic]

Thanks for showing us this

[@peedeeaerialproductions]

Great Job!!! Keep up the good work!!!

[@ClectaSkiMusic]

Very cool stuff, wish you all the best with your album

[@Onelychild]

Great show!

[@DJcndrm]

Nice rig! It looks like fun to play.

[@LEARULESFULL]

A lot of Inspiration !!! Keep it Up RKC You’re an Electric Diamond ❤️

[@NPrescott]

Your work flow is crazy! It's amazing how polished your tracks are for being completely live! You are truly one of a kind!

[@mredrollo]

Great break down!

[@joebateman8332]

well done by the way. sounds great!

[@edeneden7809]

Your voice is amazing, you're very talented in all aspects of music production and live productions

[@NicoEfstratiou]

This is Power! Thank you

[@TheDessez]

Thanks for doing this "deconstruction" video, Rachel. Very helpful.

[@INADRM]

Very informative! Thanks for the video!

[@Lowerhaightstreet]

this is very inspirational thank you for sharing!

[@NicholasBryantBonzaiSequoias]

The stars are aligned nicely.. normally (as today) I work on Sunday, but have 2 weeks hols. starting Friday. So I won't be tired and will enjoy your performance all the more! Looking (listening?) forward to hearing the full album. :)

[@clemdog76]

GOD I LOVE Rachel! "No prerecorded backing tracks!" she says. 100% LIVE. Rachel, you wouldn't believe how many streamers are getting real... they just abuse Ableton. I think I will Take your Ableton class. WE NEEEEEED people like you! Thank you so much.

[@LesProductionsZvon]

Very interesting to see how you prepare, set up and work!

[@e.k.6699]

I LOVE YOU Rachel!!!

[@mmacari]

Very cool rig. I think I need a twister. Great vids RKC, keep it up!

[@RhysP65]

Superb!

[@BathroomSolutions1]

Wow, i love to watch you work. So talented with your voice and control of equipment. Only just yesterday all performers had to worry about was using their voice and 1 instrument. You’re amazing!

[@datoubi]

Great voice!

[@marcoscontreras4432]

You are amazing!

[@joncodyrobertson3102]

Wow thank you! This helps so much!!

[@DopamineOverload]

You are utterly brilliant. I need to work with someone like you. All the love.

[@joshuaraineydrums]

This is awesome!

[@PaulNose]

Thaaanks! You’re very inspiring and so talented! ❤️🧡💙💚

[@keetharris2010]

♥️♥️♥️ thank you for your information

[@GabyxBeatbox]

Lovely Video! Nice storie 😊😊

[@bikesnbeerz]

THIS is one of your best vids.

[@AishawithanEye]

I was going to comment that comment! This was so epic!

[@adriaanlaurijsen]

Awesome Rachel K... great job. Love from Adriaan from Salt Lake

[@marcelobaus]

9:57 I love when you do this (singing what comes in mind), it always remind me of Zooey Deschanel on Yes Man movie.

[@AishawithanEye]

OMG I had the same thought o_o

[@mparkerdrums]

You are amazing!! Totally inspiring... the only direction for you I feel is.... up!! Fantastic

[@MeriaDuck]

6:42 "And that's how it works!" Still magic for me 😻🪄

[@thestever]

so cool!

[@medenine4828]

Love it! So impressed to see you doing this all live, RKC, totally inspirational. This is my ultimate goal to get to this stage in performing my electronic music rather than using prerecorded loops. Did you end up choosing which harmonizer you prefer?

[@harshalverma975]

I've already fallen in love halfway of video..lol 😄 Inspiring... keep it up 👌

[@pabloi3621]

Ufff...tantos botones, tantas palancas, tantas perillas.....hay gente que con solo seis cuerdas hace arte

[@rawstarmusic]

Lots of everything

[@SquarepulseMusic]

Do you time yourself? LOVE this insight into how you build such amazing live sets. Seriously, every video blows me away!

[@RachelKCollierRKC]

Lol I should xxx

[@daren.t.housse2121]

Great RKC 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎😎😎😎🎵🎵🎵 kicking it like always 👍😘

[@lucvanhove9639]

Creativity top 😀

[@joselyncifuentes6917]

Ive always wanted to make music and play it live like you do, but I never did more research (nor money either) and got oldfashioned with all tech stuff (it's hard to understand for me). I really love what you do, me favorite artist from now on

[@leonardopaz5934]

Sos una diosa. Me encantan tus clases eres un modelo de inspiración. Gracias por compartir

[@ashleasnotes]

Can't wait =)

[@brenttauromusic]

That top is life. 👕

[@LILTRACUZ514]

I think you some gold content here, I think if you made an in depth series of this people would dig it

[@HEC9]

thanks!!!

[@ewanjphillips]

AMAZING! Can i ask what/where did you get the pink base you put on top of your keyboard stand below your synths etc? Would really appreciate any point in the right direction!

[@tiaraincognita]

u are such a bad ass!! thank you for this! v inspiring

[@andi73c]

Thx for your private instrument's show! :) By the way Rachel, what do you think about classical instrument like: piano, grand piano, violin, flute, trumpet, cello, accordion, harp, lute, mandolin, horn, combalom or triangle - PLUGINS ??? :)

[@davegill7614]

This girl knows her apples...obviously a talented musician...love to see her sat at a piano singing

[@progwaver]

I love RKC Weekly, what a great idea.. it could be longer haha... Yes I would like to see how you set up an Live set in Ableton.. how you set up the channels together , also cause some like if you doing Vocal overdubs I think its going to groups then also ? Also how is the Kaoss Pad 3 routed in your live ? Vocals going like send and return ? But also sometimes I think then it switched from only Vocals to going the whole set through ? How is that done ? if its on a send channel you can via Automation send every combination to it ?? like that ? How you doing for example arming the tracks ? Cause on Push 2 always the active one is armed… With APC 40 MKII I have also in addition its finally possible to pre arm also more tracks same time, they are always ready to start a recording clip then.. So its possible to record a keys and a vocal same time.. or more

[@V4D2]

This is really good Rachel. Kudos on the approach. Artists often are somewhat out of their Comfort zone, showing the 'ugly'&RAW bits and pieces of the behind the scenes stuff. I'll be stopping by your channel more, u reckon. Good luck on Sunday. I'll watch the live show ;) Thank you ! Cheers from Portugal

[@RachelKCollierRKC]

Thank you see you later xxx

[@timn6811]

Thanks RKC. Love your stuff

[@rafaelikenaga]

Hi Rachel, you're amazing artists and tech geek, thank you so much for sharing a bit of your knowledge with us. You have pre-armed tracks, and I'm guessing more than one track routed to your mic, how do you manage which of the armed tracks (routed to the same analog input) are coming out of the main output? Coz I'm thinking they would all come out live at the same time if they all armed no?

[@eberling6735]

Yeah ^^

[@NemoCee]

Hi Rachel, very cool stuff, congrats! I have a quick question for you, how do you set the fixed 4 bar lengths for your loops? Thanks

[@danielpulgarin867]

Quien me podría dar el link de las lámparas en Amazon están excelentes

[@leejackson2505]

Will the live stream be recorded and uploaded? I have a gig so would love to see it when I get home.

[@FedericoReschini]

Hello, I love what you do, I ask you when you are doing this performans, do you always listen to the clip in your headphones? How you configure the sends to your headset and to the master that goes to the public. From already thank you very much!!

[@forrestroush]

fucking fantastic!!!!

[@RockstahRolln]

I am curious... how do you do the looping? Do you use a pedal or just control it through the Push? Brilliant stuff! Thanks for sharing your setup and process!

[@vincenzodellama7158]

Ever figured it out? I tried searching of how to set predetermined loop times and only found the insert empty clip method, and there is no way to set predetermined lenght to auto stop audio ins. But it seems in this video that even vocals and such auto stop recording.

[@spiesshiv]

[@auralponic.]

Sunday is becoming the battle of the live loopers

[@davjaramillo]

Can you share what stands or setup you use? Been struggling to find an easy setup that will hold a 61 key keyboard, 25 key midi keyboard, launcher pro and my laptop

[@westonkenyonmusic]

10:55 You look so good 🔥

[@MrRyancangri]

Awesome!!! So you basically use clips, right?

[@athamz9872]

Hey Rachel! Or anyone that might help! I´m starting out with writing and performing with push 2 and on the "practice your ass" thing but know, reaching the second part of the track, when I mess up it´s very annoying to go back and delete everything by hand and resseting controls (I know about undo, even slower). Is there a way do go back to lets say, default position and settings? All the best!

[@bloomyoga4kids285]

I'm looking to build my gear. As a beginner what would you say is the first piece of equipment to get me going? Abelton Push 2?

[@jere.pe03]

So nice!! Question: what computer are you using? 😊

[@Jedislayer_]

Damn that’s a lot of gear, I have the push 2 and I thought that was a big investment 😂

[@RockstahRolln]

hahaha same here!

[@peerlessrecords6236]

I don't even have the push I'm still on akai stuff and pedals xD

[@Jedislayer_]

Peerless Records doesn’t matter what you have but the talent pretty sure you are good with those!

[@peerlessrecords6236]

@@Jedislayer_ Agree. but I still want the push 2. especially for live performance and big projects it's a MUST HAVE ^^

[@joshvishnu2434]

realistically if you have push you don't need most of this, just get a mic and interface if you wanna record vocals and play all the synth parts on software synths with push. having hardware synths and effects is great in a lot of ways like feeling (and looking) much more like you are playing various instruments (this can help build a mental image of whats going on in your set for the performer and the audience), with only one real but somewhat big downside of having to carry lots of stuff with you as opposed to a simple laptop/push setup which would fit in a backpack easy. but tbh, best thing to do is get amazing with what youve got, then one day get a new piece of gear, otherwise you'll be drowned in gear you only kinda know how to use! (thats the trap ive fallen into haha oops)

[@Amzsounds97]

How do you conect the synths and the usbs if you dont have space in the computer?

[@laverne506]

Hi I Love your sound do you a Amplify hooked up to all of your equipment can you tell me the name of your speakers.I have aTCHelicon don't no.how to used it.Thank you

[@totoosarts]

Bless your heart, your success is our wishes come true. Stay beautiful :)

[@crispykartel]

How do you record the audio of the whole performance?

[@zachstarr2543]

how is the midi fighter controlling individual levels in your headphones? What is it mapped to?

[@RachelKCollierRKC]

mapped to how much I am sending to my sends xxx

[@joebateman8332]

wait, i missed how you loop. do you use the looper plugin? how do you preset how long you want to record each part for?

[@alexbetanzos1035]

its all in Ableton in session view, you can set fixed length in each clip or set it in real time and she's triggering it with the push.

[@follydub]

Also the push does have a "fixed length" button, so you just have to arm and start recording

[@MarcWSilva-vi4jl]

Show. 😘

[@Vegantweedy]

do you need a computer to operate the push?

[@ramonbannister9498]

What I want to know is what kind of computer hardware you need. Obviously, all that sound is going through a computer. Or is it? I'm a musician and I've set up PA systems (mixer, amp, speakers, mics), but nowhere near as complex as your setup. I'm more of an acoustic musician with panpipes, charango, etc. So, does all the sound get processed by a computer and then go out to the amp? Or is the audio going directly through the sound machines, then mixer, then amp? What role does the computer play in your music? What would be interesting is a how-to series for beginners. Not that I'm going to buy all that equipment - I'm a videographer, not an electronic music specialist. But I'd still like to see how it's really done out of pure curiosity.

[@dantemusica]

❤️🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@alexismetallinos]

Hey Rachael! When you say stripped back live performance what you mean :) ?

[@alexismetallinos]

@@elpximso6771 okkk now I seen it :P I'm a Greek guy commenting inappropriate things without him realize it cause his ensligh sucks Sorry Rachael hehe

[@alexismetallinos]

@@elpximso6771 lol I wish it was :P (Still not a weirdo just bad English and lack of sleep)

[@AdamMundok]

Great job! Thanks for sharing. Oh, may I suggest adding a couple of led PAR lights to your travel setup. They hardly draw any power and you ca set them on the ground or wherever to throw some color and make it look a bit more pro. Lights go a long way!! Hope that helps. Cheers!!

[@jammer777]

You and Neon Vines need to connect and do a joint project. That would be amazing!

[@neuronmind]

Are you gonna wear your XLR cables next week ? :-)

[@productionplatform7145]

one day when i make beautiful music i will find you:)❤

[@MrTravisDCook]

I just paused at 5;44 Tears of divine joy 120 I hope to share some day its epeic wow yes you are much more than that star on hollywood you are ~ oh my gosh the key m us ic as uc b4me wow Inter i can dream and they are big thank you blackout

[@Dwilly132]

What's the song in the video intro?

[@RachelKCollierRKC]

From my album which is OUT NOW woooo xxx