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<blockquote data-quote="Landon Evans" data-source="post: 13619" data-attributes="member: 10366">Howdy,I need some help here. Trying to figure out a better way to do soundcheck a for our band. We we are a five piece country band. Though we do play some venues with a house PA and sound engineer, the majority of gigs for bands our level require us to provide our own PA and run sound on our own. We had a good sound guy, but he just moved out of state. This has left me (frontman) as our default sound guy. In addition to the fact that I know next to nothing about running sound and music tech, it&#039;s fairly difficult to listen to how we sound and adjust levels when I&#039;m singing and playing guitar. Generally I just play guitar (with my wireless system) and move around the venue to get the music set, then go back up and sing while our steel guitar player listens to the vocals. If I&#039;m understanding correctly what a virtual soundcheck is, I think that would be a good option for our situation. I could just set all the pre-recorded levels for the room, and then the band could play live and just have the merch girl check and make sure it sounds okay. I don&#039;t know really where to start on getting this accomplished though, so any advice or resources would be greatly appreciated. My main question is does this require a laptop, or can I just record and replay using a flash drive? We use a Behringer X32 rack. I don&#039;t own a laptop, and really don&#039;t want to buy one. I have a nice Mac desktop and an iPad, and I really would have no use for a laptop other than this one application. As a broke college kid, I can&#039;t afford to drop money on a computer for just this purpose; I&#039;ve probably already spent around $8,000 on music equipment for the band in the past year. Any help on how to get started with a virtual soundcheck is appreciated. Thanks!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Landon Evans, post: 13619, member: 10366"] Howdy, I need some help here. Trying to figure out a better way to do soundcheck a for our band. We we are a five piece country band. Though we do play some venues with a house PA and sound engineer, the majority of gigs for bands our level require us to provide our own PA and run sound on our own. We had a good sound guy, but he just moved out of state. This has left me (frontman) as our default sound guy. In addition to the fact that I know next to nothing about running sound and music tech, it's fairly difficult to listen to how we sound and adjust levels when I'm singing and playing guitar. Generally I just play guitar (with my wireless system) and move around the venue to get the music set, then go back up and sing while our steel guitar player listens to the vocals. If I'm understanding correctly what a virtual soundcheck is, I think that would be a good option for our situation. I could just set all the pre-recorded levels for the room, and then the band could play live and just have the merch girl check and make sure it sounds okay. I don't know really where to start on getting this accomplished though, so any advice or resources would be greatly appreciated. My main question is does this require a laptop, or can I just record and replay using a flash drive? We use a Behringer X32 rack. I don't own a laptop, and really don't want to buy one. I have a nice Mac desktop and an iPad, and I really would have no use for a laptop other than this one application. As a broke college kid, I can't afford to drop money on a computer for just this purpose; I've probably already spent around $8,000 on music equipment for the band in the past year. Any help on how to get started with a virtual soundcheck is appreciated. Thanks! [/QUOTE]

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