(visual artist) and Markus (electronic musician) have been fighting their gear for two hours. Markus's Ableton session is flawless — clips, returns, MIDI mapping to his Push 2. But Lena's SoftProber instance won't lock to his MIDI clock. Every time she hits "auto-sync," the 3D meshes stutter like a scratched DVD.

Would you like a technical how-to for setting up that kind of routing (Ableton → virtual cable → SoftProber audio reactive mode)? Or more of a fictional narrative?

They play the set. No click track in their IEMs. Instead, Lena "plays" SoftProber like an instrument — mapping its parameters to an old Korg nanoKontrol. Markus listens with his eyes, Lena listens with her faders. Halfway through, the crowd gasps as the projection of a face tracks a vocal glitch and smiles back .

Since there isn't a widely known single "story" about these two together, here's a plausible good story — one that blends technical accident, creative discovery, and live performance magic. Berlin, 3 AM, backstage before a sold-out AV live set.

The result is .