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What's some essential equipment for playing electronic music live?

I want to start performing electronic music live, but I'm a complete newbie. What are some instruments or pieces of equipment I should get my hands on to get started.

I'm afraid I can't help you. You already know more than I do. Good luck though

Novation Launchpad Ableton Live Controller List Price: $249.95 Sale Price: Too low to display   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Description The compact Novation Launchpad is designed to give electronic music makers the most interactive experience possible in Ableton Live. Jointly designed by Ableton and Novation, Launchpad communicates bi-directionally with the software to give you real-time session feedback...

M-Audio Keystation 61ES 61-Key Semi-Weighted USB MIDI Controller List Price: $199.99 Sale Price: $139.99 You save: $60.00 (30%)   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Description The Keystation 61es is a 61-note USB keyboard with velocity-sensitive, semi-weighted keys that is designed to easily integrate in any computer music environment. Class-compliancy with Mac OS X, Windows XP, and Vista (32 bit) delivers true plug-and-play setup...

Native Instruments Maschine Groove Production Studio List Price: $669.00 Sale Price: $445.88 You save: $223.12 (33%)   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Description MASCHINE combines the hands-on feel and sequencing of classic grooveboxes with advanced sampling, effects, and seamless DAW integration. Now featuring 6GB of production-ready sounds, and numerous feature improvements, MASCHINE continues to evolve so you can focus on finding the perfect beat...

M-Audio Oxygen 49 49-Key USB MIDI Controller List Price: $199.95 Sale Price: $128.99 You save: $70.96 (35%)   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Description The Oxygen 49 USB MIDI controller delivers next-generation functionality from M-Audio, the leading innovator in mobile music production technology. Oxygen 49 features eight assignable knobs and nine assignable sliders, plus dedicated transport and track select buttons...

Alesis ALESIS 49-KEY USB-MIDIKEYBOARD CONTROLLER (Pro Sound & Entertainment / Musical Instruments) Sale Price: $111.95   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Description ALESIS 49-KEY USB-MIDIKEYBOARD CONTROLLER. 49-key keyboard controller for use with virtually all music software and MIDI devicesVelocity sensitive keys for expressive, musical performanceUSB MIDI and traditional MIDI for use with Mac and PC, and MIDI hardwarePitch and modulation wheels for capturing musical expressionBacklit octave up and down buttons expand your rangeAssignable volume and data-entry slider enables you to control of most-used parameterBus powered via USB, no power cable necessarySustain pedal input for complete performanceIncludes Ableton Live Lite Alesis Edition for recording, sequencing, and performing

M-Audio Axiom 25 Advanced 25-Key USB MIDI Controller, 2nd Gen List Price: $319.95 Sale Price: $149.87 You save: $170.08 (53%)   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Description The compact M-Audio® Axiom® 25 mobile controller combines all the production power and performance you need to get the most from your music software and MIDI gear. More than just a “data entry” controller, the Axiom 25 features piano-style, semi-weighted keys for a musically satisfying playing experience—yet it’s small enough to fit in a backpack...

M-Audio OXYGEN 8 V2 25-Key USB MIDI Controller 9900-41392-00 List Price: $129.99 Sale Price: $65.00 You save: $64.99 (50%)   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Description The Oxygen 8 v2 is an updated version of the mobile MIDI controller that started the mobile studio revolution. You get a fully functional MIDI keyboard with great action, plus eight MIDIassignable knobs to control any MIDI parameters you desire in your hardware or software...

Akai Pro MPK mini List Price: $199.00 Sale Price: $60.00 You save: $139.00 (70%)   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Description The Akai Pro MPK mini is an ultra-compact mini-keyboard with an impressive array of buttons, knobs and pads to provide "hands-on" performance and production control no matter your location. MPK mini strikes the perfect balance between portability and comprehensive software control by melding together the complete control offered in the popular Akai Pro MPK family with the grab-and-go convenience of the LPK25 and LPD8...

Hercules DJ Console RMX List Price: $299.99 Sale Price: $214.00 You save: $85.99 (29%)   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Description The Hercules DJ Console Rmx is a digital audio console designed for advanced and professional DJs. Stellar features include a solid metal casing, broad surface, well-designed, accessible buttons and knobs, precise and comprehensive controls, a built-in audio interface with 4 inputs and 4 outputs and an aggressive price...

Apple Logic Express 8 [OLD VERSION] List Price: $199.00 Sale Price: $178.18 You save: $20.82 (10%)   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Description Logic Express 8 gives musicians everything they need to write, record, edit, and mix. It delivers the same innovative production tools as Logic Pro 8, including full notation, 24-bit/192kHz resolution, and Quick Swipe comping...

M-Audio X-Session Pro USB MIDI DJ Mixer Controller $89.95 The X-Session Pro USB MIDI controller is the easiest way to bring traditional DJ mixer-style control to the world of computer DJing and live performance. With a single USB connection, you get dedicated tactile controls for volume, pitch, EQ, cueing, transport and a crossfader. As a class-compliant USB MIDI controller, you can use it to control applications like Ableton Live, Traktor DJ Studio or any software that supports MIDI Learn, enabling you to bring DJ-inspired crossfades and filter sweeps into your live performances as well as studio productions.

Your Ableton Live Studio $29.99 YOUR ABLETON LIVE STUDIO will show you step-by-step how to get in on the action using Ableton Live as the central component of your home-based audio-production studio. What’s more, YOUR ABLETON LIVE STUDIO will help you create a mobile-based studio so you can take your music to the people. You'll discover what you need to do and buy to create your Ableton Live studio in both scenarios. Once you have your studio's computer in place, you've chosen the version of Live you want, and you've decided which audio interface will do your bidding, it's time to fill in the rest of the essential hardware. You’ll look deeply into what kind of speakers you'll use to listen to your productions as well as what headphones you should have. You'll also learn about microphones, MIDI controllers, and the many little things that play a huge role such as cables, adapters, and much more. After your physical studio is set up, this book teaches you how to use Ableton Live to make and record music. Everything is covered, including Live's interface from top to bottom, MIDI, assembling and launching clips, audio manipulation, editing, and mixing, Live’s built-in devices, automation, creating arrangements, exporting your production, ReWire, Max for Live, and much, much more. You'll even learn to set up a mobile studio and how to optimize Live and your computer for live performance.

Ableton Live 6 CSi Master $49.99 Get ready to master the key operational techniques and cool new features of Ableton Live 6! "Ableton Live 6 CSi Master" is a hands-on training DVD-ROM that provides you with a unique way to take your music to the next level with Live. If you’ve been using Live and you want to get more out of your rig, then you’ve come to the right place. You’ll cover the major topics as you work through more than four hours of movie tutorials. If you’re a new user and need to get up to speed with Live, use the Introduction topic to take you through set-up, basic definition, and the new features added in Live 6. Ableton Live 6 CSi Master is full of movie tutorials that include not only basic functionality, but also production techniques, special shortcuts, key commands, and before and after audio examples. Work your way through easy-to-follow tutorials, including What’s New in Live 6, File Browser, Hot Swapping, Session To Arrangement, Warp Modes and Markers, Sampler, Built-in MIDI Effects, Operator Automatic Tempo, and much more!

Your Ableton Live Studio, 1st Edition $29.99 YOUR ABLETON LIVE STUDIO will show you step-by-step how to use Ableton Live as the central component of your home-based audio-production studio. What's more, YOUR ABLETON LIVE STUDIO will help you create a mobile-based studio so you can take your music to the people. You'll discover what you need to do and buy to create your Ableton Live studio in both scenarios. Once you have your studio's computer in place, you've chosen the version of Live you want, and you've decided which audio interface will do your bidding, it's time to fill in the rest of the essential hardware. You'll look deeply into what kind of speakers you'll use to listen to your productions as well as what headphones you should have. You'll also learn about microphones, MIDI controllers, and the many little things that play a huge role such as cables, adapters, and much more. After your physical studio is set up, this book teaches you how to use Ableton Live to make and record music. Everything is covered, including Live's interface from top to bottom, MIDI, assembling and launching clips, audio manipulation, editing, and mixing, Live's built-in devices, automation, creating arrangements, exporting your production, ReWire, Max for Live, and much, much more. You'll even learn to set up a mobile studio and how to optimize Live and your computer for live performance.

Ableton Suite 8 $454.95 Ableton Suite combines Ableton Live with an inspired collection of Ableton instruments in a consistent workflow.

Ableton Max for Live for non Max5 users $238.95 Max for Live puts the power and potential of Max/MSP inside Live. Create all the instruments, effects and extensions youve ever wanted. Go beyond the common and predictable, and transcend the limits that conventional tools impose. Build completely unique synths and effects, create algorithmic composition tools, or fuse Live and controller hardware into radical, new music machines. Join a society of makers and share ingenuity.

Ableton Live 8 $329.95 Ableton Live 8 enhances the Ableton vision of creative, real-time digital music with a wealth of new techniques, effects and most-wanted workflow improvements.

Ableton Live Intro $99 Ableton Live Intro gives you the essentials of Ableton Live at an unbeatable price. Whether youre a talented newcomer or a seasoned professional, Live Intro has got what you need for writing songs, making beats, recording, remixing, DJing and performing your music live on stage.

Ableton Live 8 Power! $39.99 Ableton Live 8 Power! is the all-inclusive guide to making music with Ableton’s revolutionary live performance and studio software, Live 8. Written for all Live users, from digital audio beginners to seasoned pros, this book explores each fundamental feature in Live. The book provides power-user tips and insider tricks for integrating Ableton Live into your home or professional studio. But Live’s in-studio capabilities are just the beginning. Every last feature, button, fader, instrument, and effect in Live 8 was also designed with the live performer in mind. Ableton Live 8 Power! is a book written for musicians by a musician who uses and teaches the software on a daily basis. Whether you use Live for producing, composing, DJing, or film and television, Ableton Live 8 Power! will help you put the fun back into making music with computers, while taking your music to the next level.

Ableton Live 7 Power! $39.99 Ready to unleash the awesome power of Ableton Live 7? As its name suggests, Ableton Live 7 was designed with the live performer in mind, but it goes well beyond that. You can integrate this live performance and studio software into your existing home or professional music studio to produce, compose, DJ, and much more. But how? "Ableton Live 7 Power!" is the key you need to revolutionize your studio by incorporating Live 7. Written for musicians by a fellow musician who uses Live on a daily basis, this useful guide explores fundamental and advanced Live features, and provides insider tips, tricks, and interviews with Live power users to provide you with a comprehensive overview of the ins and outs of this powerful software. Whether you are a beginner in the digital audio field or a seasoned pro, "Ableton Live 7 Power!" is the reference you need to take your music to the next level.

M-Audio EX-P Universal Expression Controller Pedal $23.95 M-Audios EX-P expression controller pedal works with any MIDI controller that has that has an expression pedal input, including all M-Audio MIDI controllers. A built-in polarity switch ensures compatibility with most other brands of controllers and keyboards. Use the EX-P to control any assignable variable MIDI controller value including volume, modulation, panning, filter sweep, and more. Durable molded construction with integral cable.Polarity switchHeavy-duty molded constructionIncluded cable with 1/4" plug 

Ableton Live 5 CSi Master $49.99 Get ready to master the key operational techniques and cool new features of Ableton Live 5! Ableton LiveTM 5 CSi Master is a hands-on training CD-ROM that provides you with a unique way to take your music to the next level with Live. If you've been using Live and you want to get more out of your rig, then you've come to the right place. You’ll cover the major topics as you work through more than four hours of movie tutorials. If you're a new user and need to get up to speed with Live, use the Introduction topic to take you through set up, basic definition, the and new features added in Live 5. Ableton Live 5 CSi Master is full of movie tutorials that include not only basic functionality, but also production techniques, special shortcuts, key commands, and before and after audio examples.

Midi $4.99 We believe it is important to preserve what makes music special, and make it easy to craft listening experiences. At MOG, browse millions songs and play them instantly. Or just turn on radio where you can stop and replay songs. You can also create playlists for any occasion, and even download songs to your mobile. We are dedicated to employing the cleanest but most powerful technology so you can enjoy music as much as ever.

M.I.D.I. $4.99 We believe it is important to preserve what makes music special, and make it easy to craft listening experiences. At MOG, browse millions songs and play them instantly. Or just turn on radio where you can stop and replay songs. You can also create playlists for any occasion, and even download songs to your mobile. We are dedicated to employing the cleanest but most powerful technology so you can enjoy music as much as ever.

Ableton Live 8 and Suite 8 $44.95 Learn how to create, produce and perform a whole new way; prepare to unlock the power of Live! In this brand new title for Ableton Live 8 and Suite 8 users, author Keith Robinson details exactly what Abelton Live can deliver. The book is engineered to follow Live's non-linear music environment - the book look and feels like the program! Its unique format utilizes the terms and creative features of Live - tabs, keys, pointers, and labels. Packed with professional testimonials, concepts, definitions, hundreds of tips, tricks and hidden features, Ableton Live 8 and Suite 8 covers the software's nuts and bolts and creative technique to create, produce, perform and make music on the fly. The accompanying website contains "Live sets" and web pointer information to sync and download as well as interviews, additional hints, tips and video * Inspiring and exciting structure and graphic format mirroring the GUI of live * Author is worldwide lead clinician and training manager for Ableton Live, learn from the industry experts * Includes new and inventive tricks, be a successful and proficient Live user * Understand Ableton Live terms and features, provides a comfortable transition from other DAWs

Empire (Midi) $10 Empire (Midi) - August Burns Red