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Do you use your ipad on stage?

I use Onsong. I developed slight dementia over the last 10 years, and can no longer memorize lyrics...music OK but not lyrics. The iPad has been a boon! I made my own clip which makes it hard for anyone to walk off with my iPad during breaks and it would survive my stand being knocked over.

All my music for my band, for my single gigs, etc is on there. I work songs out on my computer, put them in Dropbox, pull up Dropbox on the iPad, and move them to Onsong, then distribute the songs to set lists. I have had no need for the bluetooth footswitch.
 
I am having trouble with Onsong and tech support didnt help and they just closed my case. I get one or two songs on the screen then when I move to the third 2 different things happen Onsong will shut down or one little square of the song will display and maybe 20 seconds latter another square will open .Anybody have a fix for this?I actually deleted Onsong and reloaded it to no avail. Great app when it works for me.You know I forgot to mention that I have the Bluetooth pedals too. I wonder if there is some correlation with this setup?
 
Not an iPad, but I use my iPhone 4S to run Jamup XT with the bass expansion.

My rig is bass->Apogee Jam->Jamup-> DI-> split to FOH & amp for monitoring.

Best bass tone I've ever had.
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What do you use for your monitor amp? Did you sell your normal rig? What makes the Apogee Jam better than an iRig or the peavy interface? I already have everything that you list except the Apogee Jam. Do I need anything else to be able to go to a full iOS set up and ditch my amp/speaker/effects conventional system for live play?
 
What do you use for your monitor amp? Did you sell your normal rig? What makes the Apogee Jam better than an iRig or the peavy interface? I already have everything that you list except the Apogee Jam. Do I need anything else to be able to go to a full iOS set up and ditch my amp/speaker/effects conventional system for live play?

My normal amp stays at home. I've started using a stripped down version of a PA as my monitor on stage. I use a 12" monitor and a powered sub for stage volume but only because I have a very LOUD drummer.

The Apogee Jam differs from the Amplink and the iRig in that it uses the 30-pin digital input as opposed to the headphone/mic jack, which leads to crosstalk and noise.