I have been playing live with a Korg Triton Extreme and using its
sequencing powers to play drum, bass and keyboard parts while I play
guitar and sing.  I begin by taking MIDI sequences and many changing
their sounds to samples inherent to the Korg.  People have told me
that they can not believe how it sounds like a real band.

The only drawback is sometimes I don't want to drag the 76 key
keybaord in its case to a small gig.

What other options do I have?  I thought perhaps -

1) Rack mount Korg Triton or the like, or

2) A computer software packsge that would do the same.

Does anyone have any recommendations for software for live
performance?  Mainly I want bass and drums.  I have over 1,000 MIDI
sequences that I have bought, created or traded for and it seems as
though it a good place to start.  I tried some sequencers that played
MIDI, but not samples and they sound very fake at times.

Any ideas?

dtyler@aac-usa.com wrote:

>I have been playing live with a Korg Triton Extreme and using its
>sequencing powers to play drum, bass and keyboard parts while I play
>guitar and sing.  I begin by taking MIDI sequences and many changing
>their sounds to samples inherent to the Korg.  People have told me
>that they can not believe how it sounds like a real band.
>
>The only drawback is sometimes I don't want to drag the 76 key
>keybaord in its case to a small gig.
>
>What other options do I have?  I thought perhaps -
>
>1) Rack mount Korg Triton or the like, or
>
>2) A computer software packsge that would do the same.
>
>Does anyone have any recommendations for software for live
>performance?  Mainly I want bass and drums.  I have over 1,000 MIDI
>sequences that I have bought, created or traded for and it seems as
>though it a good place to start.  I tried some sequencers that played
>MIDI, but not samples and they sound very fake at times.
>
>Any ideas?

Why not just dub your sequences off to an MPEG player, CD-R, or some such?
Pre-recorded tracks are pre-recorded tracks whether they are stored as
MIDI data or audio and audio is a lot less gear to lug around and get
damaged or stolen.

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                                   |   two, one and one make one."
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<dtyler@aac-usa.com> wrote in message 
news:358efd92-1d6f-4111-930b-b587e39f01ec@d5g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>I have been playing live with a Korg Triton Extreme and using its
> sequencing powers to play drum, bass and keyboard parts while I play
> guitar and sing.  I begin by taking MIDI sequences and many changing
> their sounds to samples inherent to the Korg.  People have told me
> that they can not believe how it sounds like a real band.
>
> The only drawback is sometimes I don't want to drag the 76 key
> keybaord in its case to a small gig.
>
> What other options do I have?  I thought perhaps -
>
> 1) Rack mount Korg Triton or the like, or
>
> 2) A computer software packsge that would do the same.
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations for software for live
> performance?  Mainly I want bass and drums.  I have over 1,000 MIDI
> sequences that I have bought, created or traded for and it seems as
> though it a good place to start.  I tried some sequencers that played
> MIDI, but not samples and they sound very fake at times.
>
> Any ideas?

I use a Yamaha Motif Rack, it's excellent, being one of other options. It's 
more physically robust than a PC at a gig, also be careful with soft synths, 
they really suck up computer power, and you could end up with things like 
latency problems or sampling noise. Particularly with laptops, and 
particularly if you're trying to run a sequencer concurrently.

The other nice thing about physical sound modules is that you simply plug 
them in and play. No 'software' problems to waste your precious time.

Hi -- i use the triton rack live with a viscount galileo sequencer --
it blows all my other yamaha and roland sound modules out the water (
ive used the yam tg100, mu50, and mu128, and roland sc) What makes my
korg triton sound even more impressive is to add a "stereo exciter /
enhancer -- effect no 11 to channel 10 (the drums) -- absolutely blows
your mind. Its probably your best bet as well since you have already
rejigged your midi files to suit the triton sound list. The galileo
sequencer is excellent -- it uses smart media cards for midi or mp3
files, and allows you to crate playlists, or punch in files on the fly
-- i.e. if your in the middle of a song and the punters are dancing,
then you can get you next song all lined up whilst still playing so
that it fires right away at the end of the song to keep them dancing
etc -- very impressive unit

Hope that helps

oh p.s. -- i play keyboards, along with the sequences, and i also use
a trton studio as part of my setup -- excellent machines.

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:18:54 +0900, "Bruce Varley"
<bxvarley@weastnet.com.au> wrote:

>
><dtyler@aac-usa.com> wrote in message 
>news:358efd92-1d6f-4111-930b-b587e39f01ec@d5g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>>I have been playing live with a Korg Triton Extreme and using its
>> sequencing powers to play drum, bass and keyboard parts while I play
>> guitar and sing.  I begin by taking MIDI sequences and many changing
>> their sounds to samples inherent to the Korg.  People have told me
>> that they can not believe how it sounds like a real band.
>>
>> The only drawback is sometimes I don't want to drag the 76 key
>> keybaord in its case to a small gig.
>>
>> What other options do I have?  I thought perhaps -
>>
>> 1) Rack mount Korg Triton or the like, or
>>
>> 2) A computer software packsge that would do the same.
>>
>> Does anyone have any recommendations for software for live
>> performance?  Mainly I want bass and drums.  I have over 1,000 MIDI
>> sequences that I have bought, created or traded for and it seems as
>> though it a good place to start.  I tried some sequencers that played
>> MIDI, but not samples and they sound very fake at times.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
>I use a Yamaha Motif Rack, it's excellent, being one of other options. It's 
>more physically robust than a PC at a gig, also be careful with soft synths, 
>they really suck up computer power, and you could end up with things like 
>latency problems or sampling noise. Particularly with laptops, and 
>particularly if you're trying to run a sequencer concurrently.
>
>The other nice thing about physical sound modules is that you simply plug 
>them in and play. No 'software' problems to waste your precious time.
>