Well, my band's live setup depends a lot on the venue and ammenities of the house. (And it's industrial/alt rock/near metal stuff, so it might not be comparable). But...I'm always, no matter what, running my synths into my 828mkII. Most of the time I use it as a stand-alone digital mixer to get the synth stuff mixed down before it hits the house mixer. DAT is synced to 828mkII, and I send a click to the drummer. If the house has a video screen (and we have plenty of time to set up); we'll bring a computer with us. This allows us to use something like cubase or digital performer to play the DAT backing tracks, send the click, maybe run a soft-synth, and play the video. Just be sure your system is stable...my old one wasn't very stable and we would occasionally have all the computer duties drop mid-way through a song. That's no good. My new setup is G5 Mac w/DP4, runs solid as a rock, but I don't know if I wanna bring the whole computer to shows, you know?
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