#42

My most minimal setup that I love dearly is a Digitakt + Marantz PMD430 cassette recorder. And then some kind of handheld digital recorder to make data out of the recorded cassettes and to also capture field recordings.

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#43

it requires a little bit of rescripting, but since softcut isn’t a standalone engine you can load an engine inside of mlr and tell softcut to listen to it. I’ve had some quick success with @jah’s R engine and cranes!

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#45

Laptop + portable audio interface + Ableton Live + cassette player/recorder.

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#46

Laptop + Ableton + Max + field recorder + headphones is my personal minimum setup.

Ideal minimal setup would add guitar + audio interface to that.

#47

Zissou + Grids + Ziploc full of cables for me!

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#48

What kind of case is that and does it come with the 1u modules? If not where are those from?
And is it powered?

Thanks!

#49

Is the cassette for playing into Ableton? If so, do you also use an audio interface?

#50

It’s a Pulp Logic Lunchbox LBZ54. The 1U tiles are sold separately and are very fairly priced imo. It’s powerexd from a +9V to +18VDC adapter. A battery pack could be used tho

#51

Cassette machine is for record to & from Ableton, I love doing it.
You’re absolutely right: in this case I need an audio interface.

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#52

My dream minimal touring setup would be this, but filled with 5 x Danelectro Black Liquorice pedals, plus a pound-shop karaoke mic

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#53

That sounds like fun!

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#54

My H5 solves a lot of I/O problems for me (4 channel mixer, headphone amp, 2-4 channel mic preamp, onboard mics, onboard limiting) besides being a great little recorder on its own so it always comes with me. The rest is more dependent on my mood. I usually also bring my DT-770 headphones. I typically only bring something like the below combinations but all of this fits into a ~18"x~13"x ~5" aluminum camera case if I wanted it to. Cables included.

  • H5 + OP-1
  • H5 + Norns + Grid
  • H5 + 104hp skiff + Grid
  • H5 + laptop + Grid/Arc
  • H5 + Acoustic guitar
  • H5 + Organelle + OP-1

(EDIT: the 104hp skiff does NOT fit into the case, I usually just shove that in my backpack if I bring it.)

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#55

I swear every time I bring gear with me while traveling, I still only end up using my laptop and headphones. The best travel controller I’ve found is the Sensel Morph: https://sensel.com/pages/the-sensel-morph

I end up using that as it provides a MIDI keyboard, an MPE keyboard, drum pads, and control dials. It’s great for me, as I can use it to test practically anything on our products if I’m away from my main setup. I can also recommend the Faderfox UC4 as a great, small MIDI controller, but I’ve never travelled with it.

My current favorite travel buddy is TidalCycles. It barely uses any battery, and it’s nice to use only my keyboard when I’m on a cramped plane. I’ve made it through four hour flights with only that, whereas something like Max, Ableton, or Bitwig will burn my battery down in 1.5-2 hours tops.

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#56

I just want to say I am really enjoying this thread, and I’m hopeful it keeps rolling for awhile. I often think about getting some sort of super-travel-friendly guitar, but in the end I always realize that when I’m not home and I have some music-making time, it’s best to just focus on non-guitar stuff. In many ways, VCV Rack and my (mini) Launch Control alone can fill my time, and yield satisfying results. Given more time and focus, add inAbleton or SuperCollider. Or in a pinch, my iPad. That said, edging up a bit in terms of a setup (audio interface, controllers, maybe another instrument) is beneficial, and all the discussion in this regard is very helpful.

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#57

My buddy Tim Barnes has been playing a lot of leaves and branches and plastic lately. I’d probably bring an Octatrack or computer running MAX, my LS100, and some LOMs/Naiants and mess around with weird samples and summon my inner Barnes (or Jerman :slight_smile: ).

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#58

OP-1, Korg Volca Modular, and an acoustic instrument of some kind (maybe Yamaha GL1 for ease of travel) would keep me happy.

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#59

I have a ton of portable devices, including an OP-Z. But if I want to go really small, I could get by with this PO-Sub and an iRig for recording into my iPhone. Even with the hard shell case, the whole setup fits in my jeans pocket. I can even fit a spare set of AAA batteries in there.

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#60

I’m on my 2nd “away from home” long-term creative residency in the last year. I too brought only what can fit in a Pelican 1510!

I came in here to say the same thing - I also use it as an audio interface.

I brought an OP-1 USB’d to an iPad (running Patterning, Chordion, Ribbons, Ripplemaker, Model 15, etc). So between those and the Zoom I can get tons happening without touching a computer.

But then I can form them and my laptop like Voltron and use the OP-1 and iPad to control Ableton. it’s hands down my favorite setup I’ve ever had.

The rest of the Pelican is filled with all the boring but useful stuff :slight_smile:

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#61

Yeah my travel kit is a Zoom H5, my Make Noise 104HP skiff, and a bunch of patch cables, all packed into the Intellijel 4U 104HP Gig Bag. I also bring along my DT-770 headphones in my backpack. All makes a really nice travel kit.

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Heading to New Zealand for three weeks (!) vacation and decided to go with this setup.

I had thought about taking the full intellijel 7u stealth case but felt it was too much of a theft risk as I’ll be away from my car backpacking for a few days.

This case is a 3d printed rail system in a cheap amazon basics “pelican” case. I don’t think I’d recommend the rail insert as it’s rather poorly crafted with imprecise plastic pieces hot glued together. The good thing is the whole case including power was $150 USD!

I’m using a Jackery PowerBar which give my about three hours of juice. Last summer I brought a 7u case to Iceland but had to run power through the rental car battery as I realized my larger power bank was not TSA approved (TSA power bank rules).

Do to theft concerns I’ve decided to leave my laptop at home as well. I’ve been toying with “mastering” audio on my iphone instead of waiting to get back home. I am surprised at how few options there are for audio mastering but have found a couple apps I like. I’m beaming the files to the phone with a Tascam DR-22WL which has local wifi file sharing.

(Update)

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