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I am a guitarist from the old school who plays 40'-60's country and pop. Gigs are paying so little these days I am stripping down to a one-man-band. I have never understood keyboard technology, but I think the time has come. I'll try and explain what I want to do and hopefully some knowledgeable people on this Forum can steer me in the right direction.
I want to play to recorded tracks with live vocals and guitar.
I want to start songs with a footswitch
I want to have a variety of backing tracks including backup vocals, strings, horns, etc. I don't care about effects or the ability to tweak them.
Here's a tricky part: Ideally, I would use a drummer to make my drum tracks using V-drums. I have used drum machines, but I can't get them to sound natural at all and I would rather have a live drummer's tracks. Would we use the MIDI out from the V-drums and import the MIDI files into a sequencer?
Am I going to be playing everything back from a sequencer, which will be like a tape machine playing the backing tracks? Will I record backing vocals straight into the sequencer?
Do I need a keyboard for a sequencer? I would only need the keys to play the horn/string parts so ideally it will be small. I want to keep my setup to a minimum. Do I need some kind of software to record to, or will a keyboard sequencer work for that?
Do I have to record to a click track?
Thanks for the help if you read this far!!!!
I want to play to recorded tracks with live vocals and guitar.
I want to start songs with a footswitch
I want to have a variety of backing tracks including backup vocals, strings, horns, etc. I don't care about effects or the ability to tweak them.
Here's a tricky part: Ideally, I would use a drummer to make my drum tracks using V-drums. I have used drum machines, but I can't get them to sound natural at all and I would rather have a live drummer's tracks. Would we use the MIDI out from the V-drums and import the MIDI files into a sequencer?
Am I going to be playing everything back from a sequencer, which will be like a tape machine playing the backing tracks? Will I record backing vocals straight into the sequencer?
Do I need a keyboard for a sequencer? I would only need the keys to play the horn/string parts so ideally it will be small. I want to keep my setup to a minimum. Do I need some kind of software to record to, or will a keyboard sequencer work for that?
Do I have to record to a click track?
Thanks for the help if you read this far!!!!