Hi,
I just saw a national touring company put on "Gypsy" this weekend. The pit consisted of a conductor/keyboardist, a 2nd keyboard player, two reeds, one brass, and a drummer. Everything else was sequenced/triggered. I thought they pulled it off quite well.
I really wanted to find out what they were using to trigger the sounds. During the intermission, I peered in the pit, and noticed the conductor had a laptop running Kontakt2, but that was obviously only used as a sound module. The 2nd keyboard player had no fewer than three laptops! I couldn't tell, however, what software he was using. I did see two boxes sitting on his keyboard (about the size of a D.I.). One had a red button, and the other a green. While watching during the second act, I noticed he was using those buttons to start and stop the prerecorded music.
Anybody know where I could even start poking around online to find someone who might know more about this?
Thanks,
Tom
I just saw a national touring company put on "Gypsy" this weekend. The pit consisted of a conductor/keyboardist, a 2nd keyboard player, two reeds, one brass, and a drummer. Everything else was sequenced/triggered. I thought they pulled it off quite well.
I really wanted to find out what they were using to trigger the sounds. During the intermission, I peered in the pit, and noticed the conductor had a laptop running Kontakt2, but that was obviously only used as a sound module. The 2nd keyboard player had no fewer than three laptops! I couldn't tell, however, what software he was using. I did see two boxes sitting on his keyboard (about the size of a D.I.). One had a red button, and the other a green. While watching during the second act, I noticed he was using those buttons to start and stop the prerecorded music.
Anybody know where I could even start poking around online to find someone who might know more about this?
Thanks,
Tom