Performing Live with Logic Pro - any tips?

Hello to everyone on this forum,
I only recently joined, but have been using Logic ever since I learned to engineer my own music.
I was wonderring if anyone here performing live with Logic?
I have been using this programm since version 4 and ever so happy with it as far as the recording in the studio is concerned. However the time has come to try and play it all out live.
Many of my friends suggested Ableton Live. I went ahead and purchased it. But to my great disappointment the midi section of Live is far from perfect. I couldn't get a simple task of changing programs and banks to be communicated to the external modular properly and after a week of frustration I am back on Logic's case.
Majority of my songs up till recent have all been written with audio files, where Ableton would be very useful, but all the new stuff is using the midi. So I am in split minds about the situation.
I am not quite sure how to set up a live performance of a few songs in Logic. Any tips here would be appreciated!
Also do any of you use Ableton and Logic at the same time on stage? Is it safe on one computer? I mean how likely is it to crush during the show?
Much respect to all in the know.
Natalia
imac G5   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   LogicPro7.1/Saffire/Midisport2X2/NordG2Modular/KorgER1/EA1/Novation SL37

If you do a search on this forum for this very topic, you should find your answers there. Hope this helps!
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