u/Soul_Techie

It's taken quite a few iterations and selling stuff that didn't work out to get to the looping / live production setup I'm happy with now. While doing that I created an app to help us get clear on our goals, and what gear we have and need to achieve them. It asks you smart questions, deeply researches solutions, and delivers you a gear proposal within your budget, with curated training resources and links to real products from suppliers in your country.

1. Go here to try it out for free: https://soultechie.co/gear
2. Give it a creative goal you have which needs some gear (eg: "I want to expand my keyboard rig into live looping", "Live stream performances in multicam with automatic switching", or single items like "Battery powered PA with USB streaming and 2 mic inputs"
3. Add your relevant existing gear and answer questions to get your requirements nailed
4. Let the app do the heavy lifting and get your 1st free gear proposal with real supplier and training links - all independent with no affiliate commission involved
5. If you're happy you can share your plan, gift one to someone else and receive 2 credits for anyone who signs up
6. Chat in the app to let me know what new features you want or any other feedback

I want to use Amazon less for a number of reasons, and so the app currently works harder to find other suppliers - I'm curious what you make of that and if you'd rather a switch to include it? Also working on including 2nd hand market to get more for your budget.

I've been building an app to help us save time on all the gear research needed to curate the best set of gear for our creative goals, make best use of what we already have, and reduce that gear pile to sell (or is that just me?)!

It steps you through a workflow to build your requirements, log your inventory, come up with a gear plan, and then when you're happy it does the heavy lifting of researching products, suppliers and training, and delivers this as a proposal.

At this stage I'm looking for feedback particularly on your experience, the quality of the recommendations, and whatever you'd like it to do for the software roadmap. There's a tonne of features I could add but currently this is a solo endeavour so need to prioritise!

If you have equipment you're looking for and you'd like to try it out let me know and I'll post more details.

Hey I'm planning to take this combo of gear out for gigs, so wanting to get the best case and stand to support it with wiring as permanently managed as possible, to reduce setup time and cable fuss. The Arturia Keylab is 61 keys and exactly the same width as the MPC+APC controller which need to hover ideally like this for arms length access to everything without breaking connection with the audience. Ideally some sort of custom build might work but to get started I imagine a 2 tier keys stand with the MPC+APC set up on a single shelf (metal or wood). Ideally the XAir18R mixer would be wired in permanently and so could somehow hang under the raised edge of the MPC shelf. I'm happy to spend 2-300 to get something going.
Would appreciate any ideas for stands, shelving and cable management solutions or better ideas for making this portable and protected? I have basic DIY skills and know someone who can work with metal.

There is also an iPad Pro and USB hub to go somewhere, but they could be out of sight to the left or right on a stand.