Ins and Outs

Tom and Garrett are both multi-instrumentalists. We really took that into consideration when designing this setup.

Inputs:

1. Vox A

2. Amp Mic

3. Bass DI

4. Moog DFAM

5. Moog Grandmother

6. Guitar DI

7. ToneDexter

8. Vox B

9. Kick Mic

10. Snare Mic

11. Yamaha DTX L

12. Yamaha DTX R

13. Drum OH L

14. Drum OH R

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Input Breakdown:

1. Vox A is a Sennheiser e935

2. The Amp mic is a Sennheiser e906 in front of a 70’s Musicman amp

3. Bass DI signal

4. Moog’s DFAM is a really cool way to build some analog synth rhythms and percussion type sounds. We control the BPM through CV sent from the Moog Grandmother

5. Moog Grandmother connected to our Ableton Live set via USB

6. Guitar DI is coming off of a pedal board which can change based on artist

7. ToneDexter gets us access to a ton of instruments with one input. It has a tuner and a mute function on board which is super helpful when switching instruments live. We have a number of instruments programmed into it, including a Mandolin, Ukulele, Classical guitar, Acoustic guitar, Cello, 12 String. It’s quite versatile, especially in the context of looping.

8. Vox B is a wireless mic right now that we’re mainly using to communicate to each other in rehearsals, but that ideally would be setup and ready to go for guests to join us in performances

9. Sennheiser MD-421 on the Kick

10. Shure PGA98D on the top of the Snare

11. Yamaha DTX drum machine mounted to the kick drum where the Toms would be. This will give us a ton of options for sampled sounds and/or MIDI Control of Ableton.

12. YAMAHA DTX

13. Drum OH Royer SF-12 stereo Ribbon mic. This allows us easy setup with no phasing issues between Left and Right inputs. It also provides a great looping send for live drums to be looped on the spot in Ableton.

14. Drum OH

Output Breakdown:

1. PA L

2. PA R

3. IEM L Main mix coming from our Motu Mixer

4. IEM R Click + Cues

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6. Guitar Re-Amp send goes to Amp. This includes the Guitar DI Signal coming from the pedal board, as well as a send from our Guitar Loopers. This way, anything looped with the guitar, continues to come through the Amp on stage.

7. Bass Re-Amp has a similar idea. The Bass DI send is routed via the Motu mixer. Any Bass Loops in Ableton can be sent to the bass amp as well. The Moog Grandmother’s audio goes to the Bass Amp as well

8. Tuner is a rack mount Tuner. We send that tuner the Bass DI/Guitar DI signals.

This leaves us room to grow/change in the future, however it currently has a lot of flexibility in a very small footprint.

On top of these inputs, we have two MIDI keyboards programmed to software synths inside of Ableton.

The first keyboard is an Akai MPK Mini which we currently have dedicated to a bass synth. The rotary knobs are programmed to control faders in Ableton. The top row of knobs controls the inputs (Vox, Rhythm, Bass, Drums). The second row controls the volume of the Loopers (Vox, Rhythm, Bass, Drums). The A/B banked pad buttons are programmed to different light presets which we’ll get into in a bit.

The second keyboard is an Alesis V49. This is set to control a “cheap piano” synth in Ableton, with the exception of the top octave of the keyboard. That top octave (Pink Tape) is set to control a Pad synth which will trigger for about 2 minutes before fading out. The last note (Red X’s) on the keyboard is a Kill switch for the Pad synth.

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