Lishy
Lishy the backing tracks i've downloaded are mono but I do see Peter's point about losing all information on the left.
I'm just trying to figure out how I would route this all in my mixer so that only the drummer hears the click and backing track but the rest of us and the mains just get the backing tracks.
How are you able to play a 1 stereo track and be able to speed up/down your tracks out of interest?
Hi Lishy,
I will give you information to how I would do it to achieve your need, this is the simplest and most flexible way from editing and setting up the mixer.
Firstly in the Daw make your files a single mono file so all the audio information from left and right are mixed to a mono track and then pan this track to the LEFT when you have it done.
Create another mono audio track and record your click on that , then pan this to the RIGHT channel , now export your final mix that would be at full level to a new wav file as a stereo song, now you plug your stereo headphones out to the mixer the left out to one channel say CH1 of the mixer and leave the pan central so now you have your audience happy, the right click channel plug in to another channel say CH2 and make sure you don’t feed this to the audience but feed it to an auxiliary out let’s say aux4 to be your drummer this then gives him click in his in ear or FB wedge now you go to CH1 again and bring up AUX4 and mix it in with the click till the drummer is happy with the mix and you are set.
To keep things easy always record your backing tracks and click the same levels that way you don’t have to fiddle on stage to correct the drummers mix.
This I have used many years with my band and it’s very reliable and easy the trick is to have a reference recording you always use to make sure when you create new songs they all end up similar this makes life on stage easier.
I use Audacity to create a mono file from stereo files, then I load the mono file to Logic Pro pan to left and create mono audio track and record the click on that and pan right , export as stereo file and it’s done.
From there on it’s a breeze and now having ST3 it’s an absolute dream on stage.
To speed up/ down the music you have two ways to do it, on the playback device itself or you can have a Bluetooth foot or hand control to do this , you can assign the two buttons next to Stop/start button or buy an AirTurn foot pedal that you assign two switches where you can step up or down in speed this is really cool if you play an instrument, To set it up its really simple and reliable to use I strongly recommend it.
To get precise info just read the instructions or watch Peters fantastic videos, this will help you a lot.
Cheers Damir