Not the situation you are looking for, but I often use a BIAB track to back me up on solo horn. I never use the BIAB soloists (that's my job), so there is nothing to mute. I might do this in, say, a coffee house where there is little chance of anyone else there being able to back me up to play jazz. My wife might be the featured performer and they know I am also a musician, so I do a little playing of my own music.

It is always very well received. Most have no idea it's a computer playing behind me. Of course, I generally only play one or two tunes, so the 'mystery' of what I am doing remains. Nevertheless, if I had to do a solo gig, I am confident it would work fine.

[Rather than take a laptop anymore, I prefer to prerecord the backing track onto my iPod as a .WAV file. Less to set up and less to go wrong.]


BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.