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   Eric Christian
   

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   For live performances I typically run my sequences off several laptops like every other shithead poser in the szene but I'm thinking about switching over to one of the workstation keyboards as an option after my next show. For instance the Roland Fantom G6 would easily handle a full set with these specs: approx. 108 min, mono/54 min, stereo (fully expanded with DIMM/544 MB) That way I could either dump in the entire wave file stems or perhaps even engage in the time consuming task of going back and reprogramming each track from scratch. It does have a nice big screen so that could be ok. Plus then I could lock it all into midi with my other boards as slaves so when I played arps they would synch up...

   What do you techie freaks think about that? Also, anyone know what high end acts like FLA, SP & Combi are running their sequences off of? Probably something rock solid with several redundancies I'm sure. A decade or so ago I know FLA had a whole rack of ADAT's going but I have no idea what they're using now. SP & Combi hide their shit real well so I couldn't see anything besides it being in racks. Same with KMFDM.

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   soillodge
   

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   The workstation ounds like a good idea if it can handle everything smoothly.

   From what I have seen of live set-ups. A lot of bands are working the backing off the stage. Like in the sound booth or just behind the scenes. I'm always hestitant about putting my backing on stage because shit can get crazy. I used to load up a MIDI sequencer live, and then moved to ADAT/DAT, and MINI disc. Now I think I could just put it on a CDr or DVD and work it from the sound booth. You can set up as a full mix, with breaks and sound cues to keep it in order and be able to implement your live sounds to it.

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   Posted 7 months ago #
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   M4RC
   

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   If you're only doing playback then try the sony PSP, nice converters easy to setup and most importantly - WILL NOT SKIP. Ours fell of table and bounced around the floor and just kept going. Solid state ftw

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   soillodge
   

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   Oh clever! Then you can play games too in the greenroom when everyone else is getting shitfaced and nasty. :P

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   Eric Christian
   

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   "If you're only doing playback then try the sony PSP, nice converters easy to setup and most importantly - WILL NOT SKIP. Ours fell of table and bounced around the floor and just kept going. Solid state ftw"

   Yeah, the PSP was one option I considered. We have one and I've loaded it with music and its very reliable. The thing I like about the laptop is the visual cues it provides though. The Fantom has a pretty big screen as well to visually keep on track.

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   M4RC
   

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   Nah, I'm too busy getting shitfaced as well >)

   Eric, visual cues from a laptop/gui should really not be used. I used to really on it for a while but then I realized something- I was spending way too much time staring at the screen. And once you memorize a song using only your ears you'll find that visual cues really aren't needed.

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   hollowman
   

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   " I know FLA had a whole rack of ADAT's going"

   I saw them in Philly a long time ago (Millennium album) and their ADAT failed. They switched to the backup and it was dead too. End of show after two songs.

   My friends and I did manage to get the guitarist to play the theme for Jeopardy though while waiting for them to figure something out so at least some amusement came from it despite the failures...

   Posted 7 months ago #

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