Live-Rig Research · Wave 3 · June 2026

Notes from a Berlin live-improv rig.

4 reports live English edition Updated June 2026
01

Synth research

The cornerstone + its companion
Report 1 · The big one

Multi-Out Synth Module Mega-Report

Every multi-out hardware synth that can actually feed separate stems into an iPad, scored honestly.

Seventeen modules and fifteen keyboards put through thirteen weighted axes: multi-out capability, real iPad path, engine depth, parametric control, acoustic credibility, MPE handling, price, form factor, maintenance risk, future support, voice pool, MIDI depth, poly-AT. Plus the Outbox 8 deep-dive, the full Elektron lineup, two-box combo recipes, MIDI/CC maps, output-routing diagrams, size comparison against an iPad and an Erae 2, five-source research on multistem-to-iPad reality, twenty-four YouTube-transcript insights cross-referenced against the specs, and buy-links per device.

17 modules 15 keyboards 13 axes 24 transcripts Interactive scoring
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Report 1b · Combo builder

Synth Combinations

Two boxes done right beat one box done loud.

The companion to the mega-report: best two-box pairings built on the principle of base breadth plus character spice, mutually substituting so neither device is a single point of failure. Combo recipes with routing, why each pair works, where each one breaks.

Pair logic Recipes Failure modes
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02

Method & vocabulary

Two deep cuts
Report 2 · Bussing method

CTZ Method

Twelve loops, no clipping, no pumping, no apology.

Clip-To-Zero: a structured bussing method for stacking loops cleanly on a constrained live rig. Interactive workbench with cascade routing, signal-chain visualizer, ducking grid, and preset scenes. Self-contained reference, works offline, runs in any browser.

Interactive workbench Cascade router Preset scenes
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Report 3 · Vocabulary

Kristof7s Compendium

Live looping as an instrument, not a backing-track factory.

A compendium built around Kristof7s methodology and translated into a working Loopy Pro vocabulary. Mindset, performance structure, building blocks, signal flow. The piece that finally made the rig feel like an instrument instead of a playback device.

Mindset Performance structure Signal flow
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