I know that the ipad mounted on a stand is used by some to provide lyrics and chords to songs and can probably provide backup music if made ahead of time. And even has a few nice programs for viewing individual tracks. I still can't justify getting one though. (I would just "put up with" my using bulky macbook-LIMB)

The words and lyrics can be easily mounted with a cheap clip holder which i use now (unless you were doing requests and you need a thousand songs immediately at your disposal).

Occasionally I would like to have some backing tracks play and since the ipad is ruled out as a very expensive and delicate (and amazing)toy, I was wondering if anyone uses the cheaper tablets to provide any kind of backup music and also for reading lyric/chords? Are their any programs that you can view the individual tracks as wav files) and adjust the volumes on the fly? I am not looking to record (nice but not necessary) as this would be done ahead of time in the convenience of my home using the desktop and BIAB , power tracks etc. And then just converting the tracks to wav for use on the tablet.
(if i didn't want to adjust/mute the individual track levels I could just use a 15 dollar mp3 player for "set in stone" backup music.

So, has anyone any advice on the what tablets can do and probably more importantly, are there any apps to play and see the backup tracks as mentioned for adjusting/muting on the fly? It looks like they are starting to come down in price.

Super K

Kristen of "Blues Matters"
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