13 Nov
2008
13 Nov
'08
2:54 p.m.
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Bob van der Poel <bob(a)mellowood.ca> wrote:
I've got a little gig at the end of the month for which I'll be using
backing tracks. In the past I stuck midi files on my synth and lugged
the beast to the gig. This time I figured it'd be just as good to create
mp3 files of the midi's and play them off my laptop (using the laptop
just because the screen is big enough to read for old guys like me).
Only problem with all this is to find a suitable mp3 player program.
What I really need is a list of the songs (preferably in playlist order,
but that's not critical) and then I want to click a tune, have it play,
and STOP.
Just about every player (noatun, amarok) I've fooled with wants to play
each song in its playlist. Not what I want ... I really do need to
pause. I suppose I could write a little script with a <wait for key>
loop, but there must be something I can use.
Thanks.
I'd just convert them to wave, load them on separate tracks in Ardour
and let Ardour play them one at a time. I personally wouldn't mess
with files live. I'd space them in Ardour to give me some time between
songs and a little room to pause the performance between songs without
the audience knowing what's going on. That's a single key in Ardour
and gives you the choice of rearranging songs on the fly should you
choose.
Of course, I'm comfortable with Ardour. You could do this in any of
the multi-track recorders - Rosegarden, Muse, Rui's player - I forgot
the name. Any of them will work.
Cheers,
Mark