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JayBone
New Contributer

United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/07/2012 : 02:32:46

Hi

Me and my band have started experimenting with backing tracks as there is a lot of extra production in our music and we want to re create this live.

We basically have bass and synths and some percussion coming from backing track. The way I have triggered this so far has been from logic pro on my macbook and then sending the signal for synths through output 1/2, click through 3/4 and bass through 5/6 so they can all be separated and sent to different channels/amplifiers via my audio interface (8 outputs). This works fine but I was wondering if anyone has had experience with a solid state machine for this very purpose which eradicates the need for relying on a laptop?

My setup is this:

Drums
Vocals
SPD-S

(from laptop)
Synth backing track (PA system)
Bass (bass amp)
Click (obviously just for me)

Any insight would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Jay

logic_user99
Advanced Contributer

United Kingdom
10151 Posts

Posted - 09/07/2012 : 06:57:37

You could use one of the Roland, Boss, Fostex etc HDD recorders for the job - we used to do that some 10 years ago - but it is, for my mind, very inflexible and they're expensive if you've already got something like a Mac.

FWIW, I'd stick with the MacBook.

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