Running movie sound clips live

[b-bottom]

What is the best way to do this? My band is thinking of adding a few things here and there in our songs (kind of White Zombie-esque) and I have no idea how to approach it. I would like to be able to hit a foot switch in order to activate them but again I'm not sure what kind of hardware I would need. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[walker rosewood]

If it's just audio your trying to do then the Boss RC-3 or RC-30 would do the trick. It's got a usb input and you can store samples. Just save the audio as a .wav file and transfer them to the pedal.

Bonus, it's even got two tracks with stereo ins and outs so you can send the movie clips to a separate amp (or DI straight to FOH) while using the other track and output for bass stuff.

 

[b-bottom]

If it's just audio your trying to do then the Boss RC-3 or RC-30 would do the trick. It's got a usb input and you can store samples. Just save the audio as a .wav file and transfer them to the pedal.

Bonus, it's even got two tracks with stereo ins and outs so you can send the movie clips to a separate amp (or DI straight to FOH) while using the other track and output for bass stuff.

Thanks man I'll be sure to check those out

 

[runmikeyrun]

back in the day I hooked the headphone output from a tape deck to a direct box to the PA. You could use an ipod with an 1/8" stereo to 1/4" mono cable, then plug that into a direct box. cheaper than buying a sampler. You can set it on top of your amp or even tape it to a mic stand.

 

[walker rosewood]

That would be difficult to trigger clips on the fly, especially while busy playing bass. You'd have to program complete songs, which opens up the whole 'playing to a track' can of worms for the entire band.

 

[MNAirHead]

Zillions of ways...... Midi or usb