Now that we seem to be coming to an end with the Covid pandemic, I'm thinking about reviving an old thought and playing live on the nursing home circuit. My mom really enjoyed the music when she was in a nursing home and I hope someday that would be available for me as well.

As you can see from my sig below, my system is setup for studio work. So the question is: How do I convert over to live work with minimal equipment and cost?

I recently acquired an Electro Voice Evolve 30m that has an 8 channel Dynacord mixer with bluetooth built in. For live use, I'm thinking about a keyboard, an external synth module with DIN from the motherboard, a couple of mics and an acoustic guitar. All audio outs would feed the mixer and I would run USB between the computer and the keyboard and module.

So my questions are:

1. How do I get away from the desktop computer? Laptop, notepad, chromebook? What processor (i5 or i7) is needed and what type of storage? I'm thinking SSD for programs and mechanical for RT / RD.

2. Since I'm running live and using a mixer, would my MOTU 828 interface even be needed since no recording is involved?

3. How would I run my saved songs with RT / RD's out of the computer with no interface, currently its all USB to the interface? Headphone jack out to the mixer? Bluetooth to the speakers? MP3 player?

Would appreciate some thoughts from some of you live players.

Jeff

Win11, Intel i7 7700K 4.2Ghz, 32Gb RAM, 2x1Tb HD, 500Gb NVMe, BIAB/RB 2025, MOTU 828MK3 audio, MOTU Midi Express, Yamaha Montage 7, DX7II, TX802, Motif XS Rack, Roland Fantom XR Rack, Oberheim Matrix 1000, VoiceLive3 Extreme, Kontakt 6, SampleTank 4.3