This is not a snarky question, I'm just curious what that actually means in these modern times of ableton live? Looking at the Demf lineup I saw plenty of (live) next to some names, and I'm wondering if that really has much meaning anymore? As more and more people are switching to laptops with built-in manipulation capabilities, it seems that designation is becoming far less special. As always it matters what you do with what you have in front of you, but it might be a very arbitrary term sooner rather than later.
I'm not nearly as old school as most of you but I do remember when live meant you had a rack of gear in front of you and you were piecing together/reshaping music on the fly. I'm not getting into the argument about the regular vinyl DJ creating music, I believe that, too, but you don't see "live" next to a traditional vinyl set, and I get the feeling some of the new "live" stuff isn't very far from it, just mp3 tracks with a little laptop FX help. Anyway, thoughts? -Arturo
