quoted 7 lines techno acts vary in their approach... some use mostly taped material. some>techno acts vary in their approach... some use mostly taped material. some
>bring all the gear but have the computer play it back. some actually make it
>up live on the spot. single cell orchestra has a good system - he has a few
>drum machines and a synth or two. he starts patterns running on the various
>pieces and mixes between them, rather like a DJ mixing between two records.
>so although all the pieces of the show are recorded ahead of time, how he
>mixes them and manipulates them is tailored according to the crowd reaction.
I think this is the easiest way for a techno act to perform - record everything in advance on some kind of multi-track recorder, then mix in the different channels live. This way you don't have to bring a bunch of gear with you and worry about it failing. Then again, if someone knocks over your main playback machine or spills something on it, you're in deep shit.