Johannes Biegl

Live

Kasimir1441 — Frauenfeld Openair 2022
Kasimir1441 — Splash Festival 2022
Shadmehr Aghili — Atlanta, USA tour
Kayef — Live in Suhl 2023
Aryana Sayeed — Drum Playthrough
Stella Gamella — Eros Ramazotti (Drum Cover)

On Stage

Ableton & Playback

What is Ableton — and what do I do with it? For anyone who doesn't know it from the studio: Ableton is the software that ties together almost everything on a modern live stage that doesn't come straight from an instrument. In my rig it runs:

  • backing tracks & playback
  • click & tempo for the whole band
  • digital instruments and effects
  • hybrid drumming: the electronic sounds from my sample pads live in Ableton too
  • light and video cues via MIDI/OSC
  • MIDI controllers and hardware synths

So nothing falls apart on stage, the whole thing runs twice over: two MacBook M1 Pro (Ableton Live 11 & 12, AbleSet, PlayAUDIO12). If one machine fails, the second takes over without a gap — the show just keeps going.

I've built and run rigs like this for Kasimir1441, Navid Zardi, Sogand, Micha Hirsch, Hanak, Timey and Bahar, among others.

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Ableton Live session with setlist control (AbleSet) and arrangement
Ableton session with setlist control (AbleSet) for a live show

Rehearsal Studio

Before a show goes on stage, it has to work as a band. The live set gets built from the studio productions and rehearsed until it runs.

There are two rooms: one 30 m², one 50 m². In both, up to eight musicians get their own stereo in-ear monitoring, and on request I record the rehearsal multitrack. For the breaks in between there's a lounge area with Wi-Fi, coffee, tea and cold drinks.

The 50 m² room also has a separate control room, where the sound engineer sits apart from the band. With space for external production gear, it also works for production rehearsals of larger acts.

Rehearsal studio in Cologne's Südstadt with two drum kits
My rehearsal studio in Cologne's Südstadt