Approaching Live Sets

[@michaelkammeyer]

Finding this video 4 years late, it's incredibly helpful in terms of approaching live sets, in a way that isn't too gear specific. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@Mrs_Heyman]

that beat on the digitakt is so so sweet and bouncy 🤤

[@ToniLeys]

I don't wanna have a panic attack when I'm just trying to play some music. Major advice for live performances, thanks man.

[@plopper_guy53]

drink beer

[@boarthefighter]

I love that you broke this down in a way that isn't necessarily specific to the "elektron workflow" or any other hardware. Makes it easier to apply this advice to any live setup! Great job as always. Red Means Running A Tight Ship.

[@WangleLine]

I love how much you're pumping out right now, but please make sure not to overwork yourself!

[@TimothyDempsey]

I'm late to the party. I still need to comment what a wonderful time & world we live in that there are artists like you sharing knowledge like yours. Thank you 👍

[@RedMeansRecording]

Thank you ❤️

[@riskingconversations4666]

This is probably the best video I’ve seen on the live performance topic. There aren’t enough of these so thank you. Very meat and potatoes, very straightforward. Thank you for your effort.

[@finchoplays6626]

Some very good points here, having the song structure automated can be great as it alleviates some pressure, but again depends on what you’re going for.. if you’re playing a club you might want to jam on a part of a song for an extended amount of time in which case you need the control. Using an external synth like the Microfreak or minilogueXD that have a “knob per function” approach is great so you can actively change parameters on the fly without having to change channel selections on your main sequencer (say OPZ or Digitakt) but also the improvisation side is invaluable. Thanks for everything you do for the community ❤️

[@Sequencer_JY]

Really appreciate this video! I have been figuring out how to present the Digitakt Live and your use with Microfreak was what I needed! By the way that pattern you created is just great. Very Calming.

[@J_Carter]

Such a fantastic overview of options! Thank you! Super helpful

[@FreshcutFilms]

This was a great watch. I feel like after a few years with groove box’s I evolved a format similar to this. Minimize equipment and maximize control of your machine. I learned from this vid. To think of parts in mute groups is a great idea. Good stuff thank you for taking the time to put something out like this.

[@thim0]

this was incredibly clear and enlightening! I want a Digitakt!!!

[@thim0]

the 3 elektron devices is smth Stimming did very well on the Cercle video :)

[@djellisdee]

Thanks for this Jeremy, it is really interesting to see the evolution of your approach, workflow & music gear used for hybrid live sets over the last 9 years. I have learned a lot from your channel, and you explain things quite well. Keep on rockin!

[@hoobastank118]

Great video! These are two new instruments I’m currently super interested in so it was so cool to see someone using them together.

[@vitaharvey5332]

Super helpful video as always. Thanks for posting! I’m really getting used to making music this way in studio, but definitely still figuring out how the heck to do it live, especially cuz I’m a singer also, which…makes it a bit trickier to manage. Maybe I should just 100% sequence my backing tracks in Live’s arrangement mode and just hit play 😅

[@OscillatorSink]

You're getting a lot of videos out at the moment. I bet you're running a real *Tight Ship* in order to keep this schedule up.

[@RedMeansRecording]

oh you just wait, mister

[@replicantrylie]

Yea, don't let all the Heat out of those Analog boxes...

[@queencitycutty9082]

@@replicantrylie Let all The Heat out those boxes...I wanna see it

[@ggorgo]

Now I get it 😎

[@OscillatorSink]

@@ggorgo FORESHADOWED

[@amberdean1263]

Sounds like Orbital, love it.

[@Daeman116]

Thanks so much for putting this video out! Really interesting to see how others have developed their workflows, and the similarities and differences to mine :) Gotta admit I laughed when step 1 was "make it interesting" haha

[@WingHouseCup]

Great tips man. Thank you for sharing the knowledge.

[@meilstone]

I also like the immediacy of hq fx pedals such as the H9 or Strymon for live performances.

[@Rustik1722]

MFreak is special for sure....I have my Dtakt driving mine as well. Freak has impressed me more than any purchase in years.

[@ricksnowden2150]

This is super helpful. Clear and practical. Much appreciated.

[@tomthumb2062]

Thanks Jeremy, I just found your channel and I love your honest, teaching approach. 😁

[@cesarsbeats]

Thank you. This was helpful. I definitely don’t like the idea of performing with a lot of machines either 😅

[@DylanParisMusic]

This was super rad to watch! I've been trying something similar with the OP-Z and an iPad using AUM. Never done an IRL live performance though, relate to that nervousness.

[@baqcasanke]

Ultra Choice wasup ultra i recognize you

[@BunnyMast]

Very very very helpful! Thank you!

[@markfontane1298]

For live sets I ended up producing tracks in Ableton and then using the audio with the octatrack while making the beat on the digitakt and adding the analog 4 to switch between synth lines/basses and making transitions interesting. That way you can mangle your sound the way you feel like in the moment and mute/play with effects/get into the parameters on the A4 for build ups, breaks and releases. You can even carry your gear around in a backpack because it is so reduced :)

[@ttswsmusic]

Very informative information. Going to go practice my live set now.

[@LindzHoward]

Thanks dude super informative. Just got a drum brute impact and I'm already worried about where the heck my hands are going to go next! Plan on adding a looping station to free me up live because I'm trying to go 100% live possible with real instruments...wish me luck!

[@samshrimpton407]

Love this. More Digitakt performances would be ace! Such a cool device!

[@franeklubi]

No way I love you Jeremy

[@quietfire286]

great video, thanks

[@quantummonastery]

informative - inspiring - Great video!

[@samaBR333]

very informative! thanks Jeremy!

[@INADRM]

The philosophy of mutes is excellent

[@waverider6496]

Great vid great content!

[@JoeCohenSaxophone]

Great video Thankyou!!

[@ast_rsk]

What a great breakdown. Thank you for showing us some of your secrets. I had one clarifying question: where does red, green, and blue go? What do they connect? Midi? Monitor? And how are you capturing the audio from both devices?

[@RedMeansRecording]

Those are just audio cables going into an audio interface

[@ДумАтмосферыч]

Oh! It was recent! :) Jeremy - is so Jeremy :)

[@luchofrancisco]

Thank for share, very usefull!!

[@MrRealAmericanvalues]

Is there a reason why you don't hook the microfreak up to the digitakt for a live performance? Or is it just too much to mess with sounds on the digitakt via the midi buttons (9-16)? Thank you, I am a new subscriber and just getting into electronic music -- all I own right now is a digitakt and microfreak

[@clashclashbangbang]

I don't like this Elektron stuff, but I like your performance!

[@yvesb.5190]

Very interesting video. I'm always wondering how you do to learn (and master) so much new (and divers) gear so quickly. Do you have any recommandations? And also, how to you do to build a full show of 60 or 90 minutes... for the perspective of variation but also from a perspective of programming... e.g. how to go from one 'song' to another if they are on the same machine...?

[@Paragraph8]

very nice video :-) How long did it take you to learn the Digis?

[@MrTurboKovrik]

Amazing video! Big ups from Russia! Fell in love with the track u performed on Digitakt, where can I listen to it? (The one that begins @7:30)

[@jerem680]

Red means beauty, and super good songs !

[@thb-music]

Mmmmmmmm.... tasty BCR2000. That beast sends paramerterized sysex on knob tweaks. Take THAT overpriced Roland programmers!

[@twr412]

Yeah. They really did something right with that one. It's so easy to program NRPN, which made the BCR a go-to controller for my Muse Receptor.

[@thomasswoodward]

Dude, I love what you do, and how deeply you understand it. Had a workshop accident and the best of my guitar playing days are over. But this, this gives me hope that I could actually properly make music again. Wish good fortune to you in these troubled times.

[@sponkerdahooman]

Oh shit homie, that sucks. Hope you can find other ways to channel your creativity.

[@GregRobsonUK]

Red Means Performing! 😀

[@FaOut]

true!! hahaha

[@7177YT]

Very well done Jeremy!

[@richerlariviere]

Thanks for asking that question. Even though I do not own the gear presented, I learned a lot. Cheers!

[@DerAykac]

@@richerlariviere The little lesson about muting alone was worth it.

[@1Meak1]

mute groups and pre sequenced effects are my go to. still trying to get comfortable playing the keys 🙌

[@INADRM]

Write a book about live performance

[@OmriCohen-Music]

That was very interesting! It's amazing how much you can get out of one machine... (Digitakt).

[@snoopyoverthehills]

it's so powerful!

[@jpescalona]

Thanks Jeremy! Great stuff! Really fan of what you do! Thank you thank you!

[@NickYoung79]

Dude. So many great tips! Thank you for sharing - this was a great learning experience for me! I love your music - can't wait to see what's next. Bravo! Edit: JUST WATCHED TIGHT SHIP!!!! Damn that's good!

[@lorro5002]

Thanks! Very reassuring to hear you say you get overwhelmed easily and that's why you have so many grooveboxes. That sounds a lot like me! But with less grooveboxes! :)

[@Yavor_B]

Great and informative video, but one important point is missing: how do you approach multiple tracks, muting elements of single ones and mixing them with the next track etc. Do you use banks and patterns? Maybe a video around this? :)

[@wallbrown1876]

Pattern mutes are your friend mate ;)

[@RandomNoise]

excellent live tips. I am glad that you switched to Elektron boxes, they’re perfect for live performances. I’ve been using them exclusively for my sets, and every day I have a new breakthrough with how to use them. And the muscle memory is easy developed :-)

[@chris.dillon]

Yeah some things are the same but switching (or bringing one back into the flock) is like ... "oh wait, you're that one with scenes" :)

[@vitaharvey5332]

Oh and I would love it if you did another presentation at Patchwerks! I attended your presentation on generative composition a few months back and had an awesome time.

[@AlmostHomeSounds]

so how much more is there to the digitakt than you showed here? did you do all/most of the sequencing on the machine or load patterns in? and how does it handle chords? can you play chords from the synth and easily record as an audio loop? i’m looking to get my first sampler to make production more fun and also to jam live for ideas etc, i was kinda sold on model: samples but wondering if the digi wouldn’t be that much harder to learn.. any input appreciated :)

[@andrewstanworth529]

Subscribed! After several videos. That was excellent! Im about to do a live electronica set & i was planning to make everything up as i Go! Perhaps I'll rethink that.. ;)

[@WasabiNoise]

Love the minimalism of this setup. I'm super introvert and could never put myself in front of an audience and play but I love to see how you can compensate for that by trying to make your session minimalistic. Thanks for sharing these tips!

[@jas_bataille]

Never say that you could never do it. DeadMau5 is still so shy he HAS to wear a mask! Don't get your fear stop you!!

[@pickleboxmedia]

Mate that was one of the best talks on performance i have come across, thank you. Thinking about the digitakt for myself and potentially getting two to use with a central mixer... bit like DJing with two groove boxes!

[@snoopyoverthehills]

just take the fucking pressure off!! i'm approaching my first solo live shows and i'm so nervous. but my goto has to be: less is more! thank you jeremy

[@TVS34]

Red Means *fking subscribs guys wtf this channel is fire it deserve more !*

[@tweakmygroovebox608]

Thank you for your excellent insights. I know what it's like having performance nerves- but the need for expression and creativity is stronger and I feel that nerves make for a better performance (as long as you understand that feeling nervous is entirely normal and that many pro level performers feel nerves before every performance, though they can hide them).

[@Aoleep]

Hey bro, i absolutely love your work man! Cheers from fan of norway!^^

[@MarnixMohrmannPiano]

Being around DJ's a lot has peaked my interest in playing for crowds, but i'm no DJ. Though I am a pianist and producer, that's why I am investing time in setting up a live set, this helps me so much! Thank you!

[@colinjones7047]

I got a Digitakt en route and it will be first piece of hardware to date so this vid was extremely helpful so thank you thank you thank youuuuu.

[@Aldoistaken]

Great choice man, have funnnnn

[@colinjones7047]

Aldo I love your vids man (-‘:

[@Aldoistaken]

Oh thank you

[@RedMeansRecording]

me too. you do great work.

[@Aldoistaken]

Wow, thank you so much!

[@EarlyMist]

I love the Microfreak. I would like to have mine sequenced over playing it. This is a great tutorial. I will watch this again, and again after the Elektron Rytm arrives.

[@machmar]

9:05 o "muting the t p stuff"

[@Knobs_and_Ends]

Once again, an actually useful video without all the extra fluff. Always wondered what was considered “enough” when producing/performing a live set, so this really helps. Hoping to try a live set soon!

[@simaoski5560]

mute your phone

[@mushuhaku632]

Realy helpfull

[@dr.feelicks2051]

Fun to be in class, with a class act.

[@aishanvali]

This is your best video yet! So much value in 16 minutes.

[@wallbrown1876]

Was wondering,would the micro freak be perfect sequenced from the Digitakt instead?And 8 midi cc assigned to it,almost all control goes on the DT. That’s how I tend to use my old JP8080.And pattern mutes...Thank lord for that!!!😂

[@robertsyrett1992]

Digitakt is the best thing Elektron has ever made. Loved hearing how you have come to use it, as my way is the same but different.

[@Pampa87]

This is a masterclass. Gracias por compartir el conocimiento.

[@j.Felix25]

How do I get better at constructing a song :( cause I know how to make loops but don't really know how to make a song :/

[@CzechNeight]

I was given the advice to just copy the arrangement from a song you like. Listen to it and count how many bars the intro is, and the verse, and the chorus, and then the return to the verse. I think this is good advice, but what I found I was missing was the glue between sections. That you can't just smash from one loop to another and call it an arrangement. And by glue, I mean fills, risers, and impacts. You'd be amazed at how much just sequentially dropping parts out in the last bar of 8 really sets you up to hear something else. And I got to that knowledge by critically listening to tracks I wanted to emulate. Just listen to their songs, and transitions, and write down what you're observing while you're listening. Go try to implement what you heard, be disappointed with what you made, give up for a few weeks, and start the whole process over again with more listening. You'll get there. I believe in you!

[@j.Felix25]

@@CzechNeight thank you for this new information!! THANKS!! :)))))

[@wernerhaider2338]

good video! My personal approach to performing is to keep in touch with the audience. Luckily I have my tuba that serves me very well in terms of sound and aesthetics. Greetings from Vienna!

[@spoony303]

It's so great to hear someone who gets it. Some fantastic structural and compositional ideas for live performance here. Live performance can be so nerve-racking, especially when people come up to you *during your performance* and just start talking to you like you're DJing. (lol) I use a Deluge and Machine+ (with a Hapax on the way) for live performance of psytrance, which as a music style is always rapidly changing, so being super-prepared and rehearsed is key. Again, so refreshing to hear from someone who keenly understands how hard this stuff is to pull off. Thanks Jeremy.

[@Pedeplei]

Thanks! I rewatched this today to steal some of your idea for a dawless demo jam I’ll have in two weeks. You’re totally awesome, Jeremy!!

[@Unifono2012]

great video. My approach is very similar. You can really achieve a lot of variety with simple muting/unmuting and use of effects

[@kalubandali2241]

very helpful thanks mate

[@ohstirfry]

I need to master my drum machine. I m pretty solid on My tb-03 but I need to get better acquainted with my SE02

[@JakeG]

7:53 that finger motion going right with the sound *italian chef kiss*

[@therockingbandman]

I just keep coming back to this video for more tips on building my set

[@mimisaiko]

5:30 what's that small gadget in the right down corner?

[@RedMeansRecording]

a remote for the dome light in the upper left corner.

[@mimisaiko]

@@RedMeansRecording hehe thank you

[@probarsukov]

I have the same journey as you do! Now landed in digis world; the main question what I want to ask you, how you will do the transition between the patterns, the problem that audience do not care which device you playing and they expect the same lvl of transition as cdj provides. So if you just switch the patterns it can sound really shity, as far as I understood you need a looper function to do it smooth like DB4 mixer , which solution you use?

[@theoliviaarchives4794]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing your insight.

[@Val_Cla]

I have a Microfreak too ! lovely machine :)

[@thebmxband1t]

Subscribed. THAT CHOON YOU MIX in the demo is GORGEOUS😜❤️🕺☯️

[@VictorSteiner]

Could you do a breakdown on that Digitakt Set? Rebuild it?

[@gizmodyne]

Great advice. Love the simple set up, Digi+1

[@MilesKvndra]

Just discovered this video and it is super insightful as I'm currently looking for some companions to build a live set around my Digitone, which I just love. This video has given me so many inspirations, so many thanks for that! 💚

[@mofateam1]

cool inspiration to implement in my workflow !

[@DylanParisMusic]

Thanks Jeremy! My microfreak gets here tomorrow, I think it'll pair super well with the MPC Live

[@KosmoDeuz]

Thanks bro, more of this plz

[@Subzearo]

Or you could just skip all that and hire performers.