Mixing music live on a Laptop

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Mixing music live on a Laptop

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(oppologise if this is the wrong board to ask this on)
There seems to be a few music producer-y type people on this forum, i was wondering if any of you could help. I've been making tunes on my laptop for a while now, using mainly Reason, and i want to try mixing my music live.
I can't figure a way of mixing live on Reason alone, could you suggest a way of doing i've not thought of? Or suggest another program i should invest in to help me? Any help would be apreciated :)

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ableton live is pretty well regarded for playing live :)
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Yes I would agree with the hippy.

I use Reason when I play at gigs, but I have created a "noise mixer" where I trigger a few sounds to hide the transition between tunes. I have been told that Ableton Live is the answer but I really cant be bothered... lazy.

Maybe you could rewire 2 Reason windows into Cubase. Using a channel on Cubase per Reason. Maybe the internal clock would synchronize the two open versions of Reason?
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Cheers dudes,
I checked out that ableton. It seems to be what i'm lookin for.
But if there's any more suggestions keep 'em coming :)
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I seem to recall someone making a performance tool for Reason too, allowing for some live interpretation. Buggered if I can remember what it was called though... I read about it in Computer Music aaaaages ago.
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i use ableton live for live stuff and logic for the recorded stuff.

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