My Setup: Dasha Rush
Freihändig den Sync finden mit Machinedrum, FL Studio und Reaktor 5
Please describe your setup on stage!
Laptop with several FL applications running at the same time, NI Reaktor 5 standalone and as VST in FL, Elektron Machinedrum (not always), Kaoss Pad 2, external soundcard Edirol FA 101, and an audio mixer 8 to 12 channels. As well as my head and heart …:)
Which ingredients make a setup perfect?
Probably the imperfections of it 
It leaves me space to improvise. As I do not use midi to sync during my performance, because i love to do it with my ears, little accidents, slightly decaying sounds on purpose or not, are creating a certain groove. And it brings sometimes funny and wonderful sound – surprises to me and audience.
What do you need your setup to do?
It has to be functional, but not to strict, not prerecorded and too arranged, space to improvise!! I need my setup to play with me a little while I am playing with it..:)
What kind of problems are you always facing while performing?
Technically not so many, electricity buzz from the Kaoss Pad maybe, or places where electricity is not very stable. Very rarely high CPU – usage caused by the amount of VSTs, and laptop screen limits, so i need two of them. But these are not really big problems.
Laptop yes or no?
Yes for me, but I think both ways are good. Each artist has to see for him/her self. I think that the relation between you and your machines has to be a bit like a fusion. Digital or analogue or both, any way is good. In the end I think it‘s not what kind of instruments you use is most important, but how and what you do with it and how you transmit your ideas and energy with it. Find your own way technically and musically is the best way, I think.
