ÅNGEL

The M-Audio Oxygen is what I use to play all the VTS inside MainStage. It is also fully custom midi-mapped to control my live loopers, select pre-sets, and toggle between different live inputs and mute them as needed.

Ångel uses both electric and acoustic guitar effects through this guitar using a Shadow SH-145-BK soundhole pickup. He chose Guitar Works because they were designed by a local guitar shop in Richmond Virginia and GW is their house brand. He also wanted a Honduran Mahogany guitar for personal reasons.

I use the Westone In-Ear monitors since I do not use floor monitors. I also have a metronome feed into my right ear while playing live.

The Roland DPD-SX is my live "drum set." I use some of the built in sounds for improvising live, and use custom kits built with uploaded drum sounds I used during production.

The 502 is what I use to route all my live instruments and live locals into MainStage before it comes back out of the 900NEXUS. It allows me to add 4 more inputs which is mostly for looping as well.

MainStage was one of the biggest reasons I choose to use a Mac. I can easily turn mastered tracks in Logic into a fully playable song/show as all instruments/VTS's available in Logic are in MainStage. I Also use it for all my bass and guitar effects and use it for live looping.

The MacBook is a key part to my live setup, running Traktor and Mainstage together during the live show.

The Mikro is controls everything I need and use inside Traktor Pro without needing to look at the computer or use a keyboard. It is fully mapped using a custom midi mapping that has taken 2 years to develop and is constantly being changed as my live shows needs shift. It also has a group/page bank that controls 3 more loops inside mainstage, and I can also trigger video visual clips in a third group/page bank.

The 900 NEXUS is literally the heartbeat of my whole live show. Every live audio, VTS, mics, is patched and routed through the 900 and the soundcard is the powerhouse pushing all the audio through my Macbook into the house PA. I'm confident I push the 900 far beyond it was ever intended to be pushed.

Traktor Scratch Pro 2 is the center of all my sampling and turntable based needs. I currently use it to play backing tracks as well.

I use a single 1200 primarily to manipulate audio/word samples during my songs with Traktor. I also use it like a instrument with various sounds and chords with custom key shift mapping on my mixer, or the pitch slider and cross fader. It's part DJ tool, part unbridled instrument.

Ångel uses the Mobius looper with 3 separate loopers.

Angel now uses this keyboard live and routes it into is looper directly.