How to Run Backing Tracks From a Phone

Got a gig that has a quick turnaround in? In backing tracks but don't want anything ridiculous? This is for you! How to run backing tracks from a phone, tablet, MP3 player, pretty much anything that can handle playing music!

Also, does anyone know how to pronounce 'Behringer'?

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:25 - The Things You'll Need
2:54 - Setting up the Tracks
7:01 - Importing to Your Device of Choice
7:58 - Setting up the Rig
9:36 - Outro

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[thedrumdoctor]

I wish we’d had this tech in the early 90s! I remember DAT and then mini-disc going into a small desk and then sending the mono backing track FOH. Things have got a lot more portable.

[AJMitchell]

Great quality educational content. I love seeing your subscriber count slowly rise every time you upload, you'll blow up one of these days i bet!

[gavinrussellmusic]

Question?

For one I really enjoyed this video. Helps tremendously. However, could you use the Behringer P2 instead? I been running a 4 channel mixer, but to downsize even more..just curious if I could, what attachment would I need to make it work for the P2?

Thanks!

[riconaka]

This is PERFECT! Thank you for this. Very cost effective. I almost thought about dumping $800+ for the Roland SPD-SX!!!

[itsuh]

the way i looked for this exact video for 30 minutes

[timothyratcliffe]

Behringer.... love it. I always pronounced it as "Bay ringa" till I heard the mulitple ways other people said it!! Now of course I still pronounce it the same way, just to get funny looks or for them to say "Oh I've got a similar bit of kit from Beringer!!

[DJPhilipee]

I quite dont get it - when you give 2nd XLR with backing track to sound engineer (or a big band mixer), how will you hear the backing track? You just hear the click on the L/R ear and there has to be routing back to this Behringer P1? Sorry, I'm just beginner 🤐

[psmail]

This is a good video, but skipping the DI has two unwanted outcomes. First, if your cable run is over 20ft noise can become an issue. Second is that if your sound guy has phantom power on then whatever you're using as the MP3 player will be fried. Modern digital desks generally allow phantom power to be applied to individual channels but most analogue desks I come across have a switch for phantom power across all channels simultaneously ... So the same phantom power switch that is on for your, say, kick drum mic will be switched on for your MP3 channel. I'd use a DI.

[callumbrown]

Any recommendations for reliable mp3 players? Or apps to use to run a backing track set list?

[selfupon]

Great video! Was helpful a lot. I tried it with my P1 for kust having a click along with the feed from FoH. Used a 3.5 mm to XLR male for iPhone. This XLR to one input and the other from FoH. However click volume level was extremly low. Couldn’t figure it out. Any recommendations would be appreciated 🤞

[viktorferenczi]

Great video. Is it possible to use the Behringer PM1 the same way like this? I mean why would I need the other XLR input? Thanks!

[RaffaelHuprich]

since it's a german company, the "g" is pronounced like in the word "ring" :-D and thanks for the helpful video!

[ForgetBrennan]

I am still getting click bleed through in my FOH mix and also am only getting click coming through the P1, can you help!?

[senesiano]

I have basically the same configuration you showed in the video, BUT I'm having some bleeding of the click track to what would the be FOH end... For some reason, and even though I panned the click track 100% to the left and the backing track 100% to the right, a little bit of the click bleeds through the right channel. I guess the Y cable is the culprit here, but I don't know how to be sure about it... Has it happened to you? Great vid, by the way!

[dennismccoy]

A question for you. Why not just get a cable and go from your tablet directly into the aux input on a guitar amp?

[TonyGellaDrums]

Thanks for video! I have question: Playback and click track goin from phone with two XLR. Click one channel, playback another, right?
Headphones comes from headphones output.. i missed, how to get playback channel from, to auditory? Sorry, im not good in english 😅

[willblack]

this is an outstanding video. quick question though... since your backing tracks are in stereo, won't panning them all to the right just play the right side through the speakers at FOH? what if you have say, a guitar solo that's panned left in your mix? does this result in that getting cut out? great video again.

[hiroshiwang]

Great video! I had a question, instead of using a 3.5mm to xlr splitter cable, is it possible to use a 3.5mm male to two 3.5 mm female connectors, as in 1. Connect the left using headphones and 2. Connect the right to the sound system using an aux cable?

[edortega]

What if your backing track is stereo? With your set up, aren’t you only sending a mono signal to FOH?

[JoeyFerrisMusic]

You didn't explain how you get to hear the backing track. You sent it to FOH. Are you getting a return feed? Foes that return feed only have the tracks or vocals too?