Originally Posted By: eddie1261
If you build your sound files correctly, there is no need to play them back in RB. Do your mixing at home.


I have to offer a side note to this. When I use RB on a laptop, I DO mix everything down in advance. But there is something to be gained by streaming from a sequencing program: MIDI control of all your gear. It's like having a dedicated sound man.

When I just use stomp boxes, I have to keep notes about the settings and make manual changes between songs...adjusting gain, EQ, reverb, Key for harmonizers, amount of reverb etc etc. There's lots of opportunity to miss something or get it wrong.

With MIDI, you can take all the time you need to get all the settings right once, then save the settings with the sequence. Forever after, all the changes happen magically without me ever having to look down, find the right pedal in a sea of pedalboard madness, and stomp it at exactly the right moment.

I don't mind complication when I have time to think about it leisurely... but on stage I really do like things to happen automatically... and with perfect timing.

Midi can also control stage lighting if you like that sort of thing (I don't)

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ey71h8ep047758h/AAC12jNM0Hz9Q8zsh5iDeqNHa?dl=0