Exporting click/extras for live use

[Executioner213]

We're "testing" with a laptop running Reaper to the following:

-Live Samples (w/ Click obviously)
-Run Drumagog for kick trigger (slate samples live!)
-Control our lights to the show (DMXIS KICKS ASS)
-5 Independent in-ear monitor mixes

And putting it all in this:

Using one of my Profire2626's 8in-8out analog this takes care of it all! No FOH mixers, Reaper is our mixer! Load up the tracks, volumes of eachother are consistent from show to show. Just run Preamp out from guitars, split the DI from bass and vocals and put it all into the profire. Stereo samples, headphone jack in the front for our drummer, rackmount 4 sennheiser iew, have all the routing and data saved in a Reaper session for our show. Drummer the number of the song track, gives him 2 measures to lead in and he's locked. Then we can all control how much of eachother we want to hear. I'm still working out a few kicks still... but overall it's running amazingly! Backup live will be an iPod of course though...

If anyone remembers i started a thread asking about live dmx laptop controlling, i saw animals as leaders do it, nile did it, plenty others too. The best program i've found was $260 comes with the interface too. It runs as a VST so you can control it with midi flawlessly! This sort of live stuff has been eating away at me for the last 2 months but i've figured most of it out. I'd be happy to help anyone if they are more curious about my setup as well!

Is it this?:
http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/American-DJ-MyDMX-Lighting-Control-Software?sku=801688

 

[Z3R0]

And then the soundman gets his hands on your mix and it all goes to hell...



That's been my experience with the laptop rig. Works SO GOOD when you get a good mix. Doesn't work at all when you don't.

yeah, we have yet to use it "live"

hopefully i can talk to the engineer before hand, i've made it as simple as 3 feeds to him (kick, samples L+R) but yeah, you're probably right they will always find a way to screw it up.

but i think it's better to at least give it a go, i've seen some people pull it over in the worst of venues properly.

 

[HeadCrusher]

We're "testing" with a laptop running Reaper to the following:

-Live Samples (w/ Click obviously)
-Run Drumagog for kick trigger (slate samples live!)
-Control our lights to the show (DMXIS KICKS ASS)
-5 Independent in-ear monitor mixes

And putting it all in this:

Using one of my Profire2626's 8in-8out analog this takes care of it all! No FOH mixers, Reaper is our mixer! Load up the tracks, volumes of eachother are consistent from show to show. Just run Preamp out from guitars, split the DI from bass and vocals and put it all into the profire. Stereo samples, headphone jack in the front for our drummer, rackmount 4 sennheiser iew, have all the routing and data saved in a Reaper session for our show. Drummer the number of the song track, gives him 2 measures to lead in and he's locked. Then we can all control how much of eachother we want to hear. I'm still working out a few kicks still... but overall it's running amazingly! Backup live will be an iPod of course though...

If anyone remembers i started a thread asking about live dmx laptop controlling, i saw animals as leaders do it, nile did it, plenty others too. The best program i've found was $260 comes with the interface too. It runs as a VST so you can control it with midi flawlessly! This sort of live stuff has been eating away at me for the last 2 months but i've figured most of it out. I'd be happy to help anyone if they are more curious about my setup as well!

Great stuff. Been dreaming abou that for a while. One day I might run a rig like that as well.

 

[arv_foh]

Sorry to hijack this thread with another question, but i see that Z34O said that he will be using slate samples for live.. well..

I've got a question for the FOH sound guys, what would you suggest for a kick drum sound ?

I've been using slate's black kick, but somehow it doesn't cut it, lately a band came with a td3 and thir stock td3 kick had way more punch, although it wasn't as high fidelity as our slate kick, i think it sounded way better in a live setting...


I'm kinda lost on what kick drum samples to follow, and I don't have the comfort or testing out different kicks before a show

I would use either kick5 or kick10.

dedicated sound guy

Most definitely the best idea, find a guy that mixes your band well, and hire him to do all your shows...

 

[Z3R0]

Is it this?:
http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/American-DJ-MyDMX-Lighting-Control-Software?sku=801688

no, this: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DMXIS

I tried 3 or 4 other programs including that one (mydmx) and they all were just extremely uncompatable with what i was trying to do by running an auto light show. This one can run in a VST and is controlled through MIDI in Reaper, no other program is going to be like that. And btw Sweetwater is the cheapest place to get it.

Most definitely the best idea, find a guy that mixes your band well, and hire him to do all your shows...

This is what we plan to do