Hi Bob, your probably getting sick of me by now. I'm understanding a little better the advantages of the computer being along. Also the need to test out the mix in a similar enviroment. Let me tell you how I go out to sing. Someone might say to me: "Hey Russ, we got this or that going on down at the VFW comming up. How about comming down to sing a few songs for us" So I agree, and if I get a free meal I'm happy. Now my amp is an "Acoustic AG60" which I purchased at Guitar center several years ago; 60 watts, plenty of punch for my needs. It has 2 channels with 2 inputs per channel with seperate volume controls for each input. Thats 4 total. I plug my accoustic guitar into 1 and my live mic into the other, set the dials to what sounds good & it is. Now I'm assumming & I hope corectley that the 2 imputs per channel means that my amp has spliter plugs built into it. I'll need to find that out. Then if I do like you say this will give me some control by seperating the bass & drums from the other correct? As I said, if I'm out singing, it is always in a quiet enviroment or I won't do it. I will not sing for people if they are moving around talking and making noise. This must not be a problem because I keep getting asked to sing. I do understand that the accoustics in differnt places can vary & how my laptop with BB can help with the right mix, you have made that clear & I believe you. Now getting back to sound modules. I need to pick one that has the onboard audio player, as you put it in order to do something with the Realtracks. Does the Roland SD-50 have that? My plan is to not do anything with RT until later, maybe much later, but I'd like to have that option. I'm going to start out with just midi & try to keep things simple. I might start with just 1, yes you heard me, just one midi sound! Maybe an organ, accordian or piano backing me up, then adding instruments one at a time later when by then I hopefully know what I'm doing. If I have to upgrade with a different amp or extra speakers then I will, but by God I will get me a little extra musical back up. I will continue to monitor the forums.
russ66