[LAU] Single Play MP3 player

[Bob van der Poel]

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.



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