I gigged live with BIAB/Laptop and PA a number of times back 20 years ago. I was very selective regarding where I played. Only close friends and family. Mainly because my level of talent was marginal (can you believe 20 years later and I would decribe my playing exactly the same). But I can tell you it can work fine. No need for the juke-box feature, which was marginal then and I don't belive that has changed. I had the set list ready to go from a dedicated directory, with a couple pushes of the buttons.

I only had one very bad experience and it was not the fault of BIAB or the laptop. I had a small mixer I was using to output to my amp. Vocal Mic, Guitar and Computer all into the mixer going to the house PA. I sat on stage sweating bullets for 10 minutes trying to figure out why no sound was coming out of the mixer. A damn button had been pushed which I fialed to recognize and could not find for the life of me. Some kind souls came up and found the button for me, but it was pure trama. This was a church group and I believe they were all praying for me! I eventually got rid of the mixer and purchased my own small PA. And I learned what all the buttons do to keep it working.

Dan

BIAB – 2025, Reaper (current), i7-12700F Processor, 32GB DDR4-3200MHz RAM, 1TB WD Black NVMe SSD, 2TB WDC Blue SSD, 1TB WD Blue, 2 TB SK NVMe, 6 TB External, Motu Audio Express 6x6