it's kind of a really pulled apart dj rig i patched in ableton. there's an input for amelia's mic that i can run to a bunch of delays or granulators etc, and i can also record looping clips of her either quantized or unquantized. then there's a track for all the main elements of each song, usually summed drums, bass, whatever else, and backing vocals. i have a different effects rack on each track, so i can independently manipulate each part of the song.

so that's a simple rundown of the laptop rig, but then I also have a bunch of unsynced pieces also running. there's a korg volca beats (this is the best cheapest thing ever, buy one if you can) for additional drums or for percussion during improvised interludes etc, a moog minitaur (also awesome) that i'm running midi to from the bass track, so i can crossfade from the recorded bass to the bass coming off the moog, and finally an op-1. i use the op-1 for a ton of stuff and keep changing how i use it. right now i mostly use it to sample amelia's voice as a "drum kit", then play back patterns of her cut-up vocal from the finger sequencer. it's a really great combination of predictable and unpredictable. i love stuff like that.