Jeff Sandys wrote: > Bob, > Why don't you just use the MIDI files on your laptop? > With MIDI unlike mp3 you can change the tempo and > transpose the key in a flash. If your playing with a Yes, correct. But why would I use MIDI on the laptop. I still have to convert them to some kind of audio. I could (easily) play the midi files on the laptop out to a real synth ... but it's just as easy in that case to stick the midi files on a memory card and plug that right into the synth. One less piece of gear :) > vocalist this is indispensable. And if your backing tracks > are created with your MMA program then MIDI becomes Of course they are :) My vocalist either sings at my tempo and my key or shuts up (she's also my wife, so I need to tone this down a bit!) ... seriously, everything I do is well rehearsed and we figure out key/tempo well in advance of any performance. I would never go on stage and "just wing" something and try to figure a tempo/key out with folks watching. > another way of showing off your talent. Most people > don't like going to a concert to see a musician performing > with an ipod, MIDI is much more live than mp3. Not quite a concert ... just playing for a local dance (ballroom type) instructors xmas party. Like I said in another post, the quality of the internal soundcard audio or the "ipod" sound is a bit on the muddy side. I've decided to just continue to cart my synth (with the backing tracks in MIDI on a memory card) around. And, yes, it looks a bit more impressive :) > -- Jeff Sandys Thanks. -- **** Listen to my CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars **** Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** EMAIL: bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
