Table of Contents -- CHAPTER 1 Using Computers Live! -- Computers in Today's Live Music Scene -- Underground Electronic Music in Los Angeles: Scenes from a Revolution -- Live at the Blue Bongo with ELM Conceptions -- Live at Coachella 2005 -- Four Tet -- M.I.A./Diplo -- Matthew Dear -- Programming Mega-Pop Concerts -- Sequencing on Tour in Asia with Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau -- Using Computers on Madonna's Re-Invention Tour -- Jason Halbert: Laptop Music Director for Kelly Clarkson -- CHAPTER 2 The (Recent) History of Computers in Live Music Performance -- Live Computer Music Starts in the '80s -- Live Sequencing in the '90s -- Digital Audio and Software-Based Performance in the Late '90s -- Desperately Seeking Software in Hong Kong: Digital Cutup Lounge -- Covert Computer Music Operations in Beijing: Christiaan Virant -- CHAPTER 3 Choosing a Computer for Live Performance -- Mac vs. PC -- Mac -- PC -- Laptop vs. Desktop -- Hard Drive Speed -- Overall Power and Performance Limitations -- Input and Output Limitations/IRQ Problems -- My Laptop Odyssey -- Me and My G3 -- Switching to Windows: My IBM ThinkPad -- My Sony Vaio: Everything Goes Black -- Calling Hewlett-Packard -- The Case of the Toshiba Satellite and the Leaky USB Ports -- The Compaq Presario 700: Welcome to My Nightmare -- Mac Is Back -- Live and Learn: Conclusions and Buying Advice -- Buying a Mac -- Buying a PC -- CHAPTER 4 Music on a Mac -- Optimizing Your Mac for Audio Use -- Turn Off Startup Items -- Add More RAM -- Upgrade to the Latest Version of Mac OS X -- Defragment Your Hard Drive Frequently -- Repair Your Disk Permissions -- Turn Off the Animated Features in the Preferences for the OS X Dock -- Remove the Shadows Around System Windows -- Remove Unused Language Files -- Check Your Mac's Hard Drives -- Change Display Color Properties.

Raise the Processing Priority of Your Audio Software -- Make Sure Your Maintenance Scripts Get a Chance to Run -- Basic Audio Troubleshooting for Macs -- Problem: Pops, Clicks, or Noise in the Audio -- Problem: My Audio Interface Isn't Recognized by My System and Doesn't Appear in My System Preferences -- Problem: System Freezes When Using Audio Applications -- CHAPTER 5 Music on a Windows PC -- Optimizing Your PC for Audio -- Using Windows Hardware Profiles -- Disable Background Applications -- Enable DMA (Direct Memory Access) for IDE Hard Disks -- Optimize Performance for Background Applications -- Reduce Graphics Acceleration -- Regularly Defragment Your Hard Drive -- Turn Off SpeedStep and CPU Throttling Features -- Adjusting the Visual Effects Modes -- Do Not Map Through Sound Card -- Turn Off System Sounds -- Turn Off USB Root Hub Power Management -- Disabling Windows' Automatic Update Feature -- Disable Windows Error Reporting -- Virtual Memory Settings -- Basic Audio Troubleshooting for PCs -- Problems with Devices Not Being Recognized -- Specific Error Messages -- Pops and Clicks and Other Audio Problems -- System Freezes When Using Audio Applications -- CHAPTER 6 Choosing an Audio Interface -- Main Factors to Consider -- Type of Interface -- Number of Inputs and Outputs -- Reliability -- Audio Quality -- Headphone Volume Level and Overall Output Level -- Software Driver Support and Features -- Specific Interface Types and Choices -- USB -- FireWire -- CardBus -- PCI -- General Audio Troubleshooting Tips -- Check Your Cables -- Electrical Grounding Problems -- CHAPTER 7 Choosing a MIDI Controller -- DJ-Style Controllers -- Hercules DJ Console -- Evolution X Session -- FaderFox micromodul DJ1 -- Behringer B-Control Deejay BCD2000 -- Mixer-Style MIDI Controllers -- Evolution UC-33e -- Doepfer Pocket Fader, Pocket Control, and Drehbank.

Behringer B-Control Fader BCF2000 and B-Control Rotary BCR2000 -- Keyboard Controllers -- M-Audio O2 -- Edirol PCR-M1 and PCR-1 -- M-Audio Ozonic -- Alesis Photon X49 USB/MIDI Keyboard Controller -- Korg KONTROL49 -- M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 -- Percussion-Style Controllers -- Akai MPD16 -- M-Audio Trigger Finger -- Roland HPD-15 HandSonic Percussion Controller -- Specialized and Custom Controllers -- Korg KP2 Kaoss Pad -- FaderFox LV1 and LX1 Devices for Use with Ableton Live -- Doepfer Pocket Electronic -- Continuum Fingerboard -- Lemur -- Eobody Sensor Interface Hardware -- CHAPTER 8 Digital DJing -- How to DJ: Understanding the Basics -- l From One Track to the Next -- More DJ Mixing Tips -- Traktor DJ Studio -- Setting Up Traktor's Preferences -- The Traktor Interface and Controls -- Example: RD -- FinalScratch2 -- Virtual DJ -- VirtualDJ Features: Comparison with Traktor -- And the Winner is… ? -- Performance Technique: Using a Computer to DJ with Live Musicians -- Serato Scratch -- Example: DJ Haul and Mason -- Other DJ Programs -- CHAPTER 9 Live Looping and Ableton Live -- Setting Up Live's Preferences -- The Audio Preferences -- The MIDI/Sync Preferences -- The Live Interface -- Audio and MIDI Clips -- The Arrangement View and the Session View -- Live's Browser Windows -- The Transport Control Bar -- The Clip View -- The Live Mixer -- Using Effects in Live -- Audio Effects -- Built-In MIDI Effects -- Plug-In Effects and Instruments -- CHAPTER 10 Performing with Ableton Live -- Working with MIDI Instruments Live -- The XY Controller -- Live's Built-In MIDI Instruments -- Warping and Syncing Samples in Live -- More Expert Tips for Using Live Live -- Assigning MIDI and Keyboard Controls -- Syncing Live -- Performance Approaches Using Ableton Live -- Using Live as a DJ Tool -- My Solo Setup as Digital Cutup Lounge.

Upcoming DCL Band Gigs in SE Asia: 2 Laptops Plus Bass, Drums, and Keys -- [a]pendics.shuffle -- Prof -- Remote Viewing -- Recording from Session to Arrangement -- CHAPTER 11 More on Looping -- Music History in a Loop -- Looping Around the World -- Looping in the 20th Century -- Looping Today with Computers and Software -- Other Looping Software: Alternatives to Live -- Acid (PC) -- Reason -- radiaL -- MAX/MSP, Audiomulch, and Other Modular Software -- CHAPTER 12 Live Sequencing -- What is Sequencing, Anyway? -- Software -- The Big Five -- Ableton Live Again -- Reason -- Performance Approaches -- Playing a Complete Sequenced Live Set -- Augmenting a Live Band -- CHAPTER 13 Live Sound Generation -- Steinberg's V-Stack and the VST Standard -- Using V-Stack to Expand Your Studio -- Other Virtual Instrument Hosts -- Reason -- Ableton Live Again -- Matt Piper's Performance Setup with Live and Reason -- CHAPTER 14 Designing Your Own Live Applications -- Max/MSP -- edIT -- Andrew Pask and Live Control -- Alternatives to Max -- Pd (Pure Data) -- ¡Max -- SuperCollider -- AudioMulch -- CHAPTER 15 Conclusions and Speculations -- Changing the Means of Production Changes What Is Produced -- The Aesthetics of Failure and the Influence of the Net -- The Internet Provides the Means of Production -- SoundRaider -- AudioMulch -- Mining Raw Musical Materials Online -- Falling Costs of Digital Music Technology -- The Folk Music of the Future -- Getting Easier -- Fight the Power -- Postdigital Music as Social Prophecy -- Changing Models of Consumption and Production: Getting into the Act -- Future of Electronic Music in the US? -- EPILOGUE Return from Kuala Lumpur -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.