Performing live with a click/sequence

TubDrum · Newbie Alert Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Posts: 1

My band recently recorded a new CD and it's very reliant on sequences that our keyboard player put together. During the practice sessions I would simply run a click that was seperate from the sequence and that worked out well enough for practice. However, our idea for performing it live is that we'll re-record the sequences mono in one channel and a click in the other, and run the click to me via in-ears. My question is is there a way that I can controll the start/stop of the sequence via triggers. I've got an old Roland TD-5 and would like to be able to use it to start songs. In any other situation I'd be fine having our Keyboardist hit the changes but we don't stop in between songs (song ends, immediate 4 count and go), and I don't really see any effective method of having him hit the sample and me pick directly up on the click for the count off.

Any suggestions?

Radialprofan · Grizzly Bear Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 728

I could be wrong but unless your sampler would hold the entire sample, I don't that would work. You may be able to trigger it from a computer hard drive. The easiest way would be to have a sound guy start the track for you. or set the keyboard playing the sequence with in reach. I'm no expert on this and may be off the mark here!

Cezar11 · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:43 am Post subject: Sequence Triggering...

We do exactly the same thing you guys do.. We've been doing it live for about 10 years now..

I used to use an mc-50 sequencer, load all the songs into it.. then just hit play ... the click would give me a 4 count ( then usually another 4 count that I would use to count the band in )..

But now, what i've done it just record the sequence on a CD.. the PA side on one channel.. the click on the other... then I got a rack mount CD player ( but an Ipod or sony walkman type would work just as well...).. then just hit play...
It may not help if you want your keyboard player to control the start/stop.. but if you did it.... it would work great..

We play stuff like
Subdivisions - Rush
Cars - Gary Newman ( updated version )
Don't do me like that - Tom Petty
Smooth - Santana..

all with keyboard sequences...

You can also get an SPD-S sampler.. and just sample all the songs.. that you can start and stop with a pad hit... ( you could even assign an indivual song to a pad... then you wouldn't have to stop it...)
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drob · Newbie Alert Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 2

I just got one and maybe I' m just slow but the thing is kind of hard to figure out. I'm sure that when you get the hang of it is easy but I'm having a time with it. We have several songs that I'm not in on until like 16 bars in and the keys start them vey softly. Problem is the keyboardist has issues with his own time and we want to be able to program in loops to start and stop easily and still have effects activated (gong for example) when we need them. The instructions aren't that easy to follow so any input from you folks would be appreciated. Figuregthand since you brought up the SPD-S this would be a good place to ask this.