Playing live over backing tracks?!
Question: My rock band is going to be doing gigs soon. We have a substantial amount of synthesizers, electronic drums, and string instruments in our music. To play these parts live would be impractical, so we want to have a live backing track playing.
I understand that the drummer will have in-ear monitors/headphones with a metronome playing while the speakers project the backing track. And I also know that this is done by making the backing track audio have two channels; on the left have the metronome for the drummer, on the right have the actual backing track.
So my question is this: How do I split this stereo (R + L) signal into two mono signals so that I can send one to the headphones, and one to the loudspeakers?
Answers: My rock band is going to be doing gigs soon. We have a substantial amount of synthesizers, electronic drums, and string instruments in our music. To play these parts live would be impractical, so we want to have a live backing track playing.
I understand that the drummer will have in-ear monitors/headphones with a metronome playing while the speakers project the backing track. And I also know that this is done by making the backing track audio have two channels; on the left have the metronome for the drummer, on the right have the actual backing track.
So my question is this: How do I split this stereo (R + L) signal into two mono signals so that I can send one to the headphones, and one to the loudspeakers?
It's very simple: in any audio/eletronic store you can find a cable with one stereo jack on one side and two mono jacks on the other. Good luck with the concerts! :)