This guide separates the project into two technical workstreams: an audio system that turns loop tracks into movable sound objects, and a visual system that delivers a TouchDesigner composition to the venue's large projection surface.
Audio and visuals are separate delivery systems. They meet through timing, control data, rehearsal procedure, and operator coordination—not by sharing one application or computer.
Keep hands-on loop creation on the RC-505mkII. Route its five tracks as five mono signals so the WFS system can position them independently. Add Ableton only when recording or expansion beyond five objects is needed.
Run the working TouchDesigner project on a prepared workstation and send the finished image to the venue over NDI. Qualify the venue's experimental Linux runtime as an alternative rather than treating it as a drop-in replacement.
The starting configuration keeps each specialist working in the system they know, while making the technical handoffs explicit.
Owns loop recording, overdubbing, stopping, undo, faders, and looper effects on the RC-505mkII.
Owns channel ingest, WFS object assignment, object position, movement, monitoring, and audio recovery.
Owns the TouchDesigner project, live controls, NDI output, projection framing, and the visual fallback state.
Work from the recommendation outward. Do not prototype the more complex alternatives until the basic venue interfaces and artistic requirements are known.
These items affect both workstreams and should be captured in one versioned venue sheet.