The following list is all of the content I intend to cover. Much of it builds upon itself, so this document is my plan and your “sitemap” for what is covered.
Things may change, ideally only in a growth sense. Here’s what we have on the agenda. (drafts not visible)
Ableton Template Theory
The “plate” approach: Managing your sets [draft]
Ableton Template+Script+Performance
Full general walk-through of template, Ableton view
Full general walk-through of template, controller(s) view
Full general walk-through of template, with live instrumentation
Template theory, generation, use, and long-term management
Control script explained, and the horrible truth. [draft]
LivePA or what is this called?
Ableton
The Focus Pane: A little treat and quick win few know or leverage
Use of a MIDI group for blocking with regard to plate use
Listener channels and the separation of plate drops from core template operations (safeguards)
Daisy channels after the listeners
Effects sends route to normal channels (possibly outdated approach)
Standardizing parameters in effects racks and approach
Neutralizing faders uniformly in routing
Scratch Box
Origin
Theory
Build your own (loose plans)
Live Performance
Keeping latency and CPU low (<5% on an old laptop)
Keeping the system reproducible
No to all the things you don’t want to hear but need to start coping [draft]
Are you redundant?
Don’t use Windows, use Apple, deal with it.
Document your work; use all available datastores
Traveling, compact rigs, the meta gear for a complicated task
Dangers of live looping [draft]
Laptop+legacy hybrid performance
Know Your Routing: You are going to need to learn to mix and monitor
Mixers are your friend
Your interface matters, a lot. But it can be dropped in an emergency