Members Keith2 Posted August 11, 2004 Members Share Posted August 11, 2004 Need some advice on wheather or not to try this.Goal: To pre-record keyboard and or rhythm guitar parts of a song, and be able to play live with these. ? - Is this a difficult task? (ie. plan on TONS of time and $$$)? - Will we need to play the whole song to a click track and start the song and recording together or can it be triggered and sync'd?? - Point me in the right direction w/ info, gear rough $, etc. Looking more for keyboard than r. guit. Thanks,Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stunningbabe Posted August 12, 2004 Members Share Posted August 12, 2004 Keith...what do you play?. How many other musicians playing with you?. Type of music?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dboomer Posted August 12, 2004 Members Share Posted August 12, 2004 I worked with a MIDI intensive corporate act for years. The biggest help I can suggest is that you have SUPURB monitors if you are gonna play to tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tubes4tone Posted August 12, 2004 Members Share Posted August 12, 2004 Our band just played a gig a couple of weeks ago and the band that followed us had some pre-recorded tracks or samples. I'm not sure if it was CD based or not, but the loud hits from the subs (both FOH and drum monitor) were causing the unit to skip:eek:! They had to restart several songs and finally just gave up after about 4 songs. Like I said, it might have been CD based, so a solid state unit (like an MP3 player or something) MIGHT work. That's not something I would have thought about until I actually experienced it. It was not fun for them Just something to keep in mind; good luck finding a solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Old Steve Posted August 12, 2004 Members Share Posted August 12, 2004 I haven't tried it live, but I can tell you a little bit about what you'll run into and what to think about: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrcpro Posted August 13, 2004 Members Share Posted August 13, 2004 Originally posted by tubes4tone Our band just played a gig a couple of weeks ago and the band that followed us had some pre-recorded tracks or samples. I'm not sure if it was CD based or not, but the loud hits from the subs (both FOH and drum monitor) were causing the unit to skip:eek:! Karaoke CD's (CDG's) are very prone to skip if the player is too close to subs. Don't know if it's the format or the players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Black Frog Posted August 13, 2004 Members Share Posted August 13, 2004 We occasionally use a Roland 8trk rack mount hard drive unit for sequenced tracks. We learned the hard way that it is prone to glitching with serious low end rumble on a stage. We cured that by putting the unit in its own rack case and laying it on a layer of acoustic foam to absorb any shock. No worries now........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mick LoMauro Posted August 13, 2004 Members Share Posted August 13, 2004 I have been through this scenario as an engineer hundreds of times. Adat 8 tracks out to monitor world and FOH Cool - because one could mix the tracks to tase. PIA - because 7 tracks of audio and 1 click for ears was an issue in smaller clubs with not enough inputs. Computer cool because all mixes already done, click and music split left and right. PIAcomputers crash Digi MultitrackSame as computer SamplerIts a friggin computer CD/ Mini disc Seems to be the best option so far.they work 99.99% (especially with anti-skip buffers)can be bought as rack mounts (shock cases please)you can back up data easilysplit left and right for click and music. In ears always seem to work best in these situations. My $0.02YMMV Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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