HOW TO RUN BACKING TRACKS FROM AN IPHONE

_______________ HOW TO RUN BACKING TRACKS FROM AN IPHONE -- A quick lesson on my extremely small and portable setup that I use to run tracks via my iPhone in a live setting. Leave a comment below and let me know you were here!

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Cymbal Setup From Left To Right:

All Zildjian

Hats:
16" EFX Crash on top
16" K Light Top Hat on bottom

18" Kerope Crash

21" K Custom Special Dry Ride

22" Bounce Ride

Drums:
Yamaha Recording Customs

Sticks:
Vic Firth 5A

Drumheads:
Aquarian
Classic Clear on toms and snare resonant
Response 2 on toms batter
Hi-Velocity on snare batter
Regularor (Ebony) on kick resonant
Super Kick 10 on kick batter

Alclair In Ear Monitors

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[duncanhazlewood]

"You don't have to get paid for everything in life, people. Some things are just cool to tell other people about." Right on!

[GinoDiCarlo]

This guy is a great communicator, down to earth AND full of simple, stage knowledge...

[mfkato]

I use the SAMPL app for iPhone with my band. Same app concept, very consistent and... FREE!

[baylorbrouwer]

Could you make a video on how you record/all of the equipment you use to do it?

[Space_panda_]

amazingly simple setup...we've been using the whole laptop w/ mini mixer etc etc etc...so much gear! thanks for this tip...seems much more efficient, cost-effective, and reliable!!

[fajarp]

Been using ipod classic with this set up for the past 10 years. I used macbook beforehand but it was pain in the ass. Now i’m trying to find another option to make it simpler.

[toonhead]

Good system that is. I've worked with a band that does that system and it really works well.

[sirwafflefries]

This is an awesome video. I also want to throw out there that for guitar players, you can also use the boss Rc-3 to load up your backing tracks on. I started doing this about a year ago and it is amazing for those who want full control out on stage. The pedal allows you to store up to 99 different tracks and you can switch between tracks with an external foot switch and you can run the tracks out to A DI and then to a mini mixer just like in this video. The key is that you don't have any inputs going into the pedal and you just run the pedal with an output to a DI and then to the board and this gives you a foot controller with all of you were stored backing tracks ready to use on stage

[AmrddH]

this really helps me a lot! I've always wanted to do it with my bands but it felt like such a production to invest in to. my bassist does live monitors for big bands and always tells me about their whole protocols rig. this however seems very achievable and practical for someone at my level, so thank you! !!

[chadbierman]

Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for! God bless, and Peace!

[nickpovy]

what timing. i am literally needing to do this exact thing now!

[martijnwarren]

i bought a Behringer Xenyx mixer for my in ears and have to post one notice with that. The mixer sends out constant phantom power and can trigger the main PA mixers protection and shut it down. I have therefore switched to a small Yamaha mixer with switchable phantom power.

[ClaxtonDrums]

Awesome video Stephen, very insightful! I've always wondered how people ran this setup and you've made it sound so easy with this app and what minimal money you have to spend! So thank you!

[steve]

A few questions,
1) first how do you load your track onto your phone?
2) the Di to the desk, is that what the extension is for?
3) the mic input isn’t needed for baking tracks right?
4) is the desk just to control the volumes?

[jamescrutchfield]

What is the app? I can’t find it. Thanks in advance.

[SamuelginTV]

there's a similar app to sound cue called Prime. it allows you to run tracks and click and also mix them as well. it's the cheaper way to do clicks and separate tracks without ableton. it's free but I believe all the uploading has to be done through the cloud. I would use it for my stuff if I wasn't also using ableton to control lights to the click and tracks

[nelsonbenson]

Looked on both Apple and Android and could not find SoundCue. Great lesson!

[vkiperman]

that was awesome and very helpful. thanks.

[Makittha]

Hello Stephen, where do you get your backtrack? Most of the songs I want to play were not recorded on the click, its really hard to align them on the click. how do you do ?
thanks

[diegobriones]

Stephen, thanks so much for this video.

2 questions.

1) what exact splitter cable is that? (The one in the video) is it just the Live Wire cable?

2) when making the tracks in logic, do I basically just pan the click to the left and the rest of the track to the right and then export it? Or do I have to do something else after I export it? And also, if the backing track has multiple instruments/elements on it, do I need to get it professionally mixed so it sounds good through the venue's PA?