This is a great discussion and I appreciate everyone's thoughts and suggestions.

I guess I didn't realize the added equipment expense of converting my BIAB / RB songs over to MP3 equipment. Most of what has been suggested seems to be MP3 players with on-board mixers. With the purchase of an EV Evolve 30M, I had thought that I would have had the mixer part nailed down...this "live" stuff is all new to me so I may be way off base here.

Where I'm still stumped on all of this is that the Evolve 30M has an 8 channel Dynacord mixer built in...4 XLR/1/4" combos for line equip, 2 XLR / 1/4" stereo, 1- HiZ, RCA stereo input, 3.5mm stereo input, plus bluetooth input.

Why would I need an MP3 player that has mixing capabilities? Isn't there such a thing as a simple MP3 player that I could mainline into the Evolve 30M and get around the headphone jack issues using the 1/4" inputs with adapters, RCA or bluetooth inputs?

I do appreciate everyone comments and advise. Like I said moving from a "studio" setup to "live" setup is proving to be more of an undertaking than I thought.

Jeff

Last edited by MountainSide; 04/01/21 04:08 AM.
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