> Wouldn't it be easier - it would. It would also be a lot less engaging for the audience. There's a million reasons why artists go through the headache of translating their songs for the stage in this way, and I think it's hubris to underestimate it.

@@machinate "Hubris?" It was an innocent question. Maybe, instead of pontificating, you could illuminate them/us on a few of those "million reasons." Many of us may simply not be BTS 'black t-shirt' guys.

This whole setup is crazy minimal! It just looks complicated because he spent a lot of time talking about MIDI/network connections. P is doing a lot of stuff himself that would normally be taken care of by lighting techs. But it looks like he sorted out the light show himself and integrating it with the GrandMA3 at FoH. If P wants to use live DSP autotune with Ableton and an Apollo, then obviously they need a computer. Listen to what he's saying. They've got everything in Ableton, and each track has different autotune presets. They've got a super streamlined setup for using backing tracks + external gear + live autotune + lighting cues + per-track presets for everything. Live acts with hardware usually show up with several huge cases of rack gear. Look at Orbital or Tangerine Dream. Chromeo has a much simpler setup when they're not using that crazy chrome modular stuff. Think about it from an organizational standpoint. If they're using external gear they need patch management. If they're not keeping track of patches/program changes in the DAW then that's added complexity. If they're limiting the number of patches they use and doing all their patch management manually then that's extra work just to make sure that their hardware is in a show-ready state. Their setup is really flexible, too. I'm sure they can change which instruments they want to noodle around on from one show to the next just by triggering different clips. That's a lot better than having to play the same type of part over the same backing tracks every show. But I think they do simplify it sometimes by just DJ-ing their own songs and singing over them.

@@CentaurusRelax314 @machinate You guys both sound like dorks. Shut up.