Hi I'm doing a music project at the moment, writing songs, music, etc.my genre would probably be considered alternative/electronic rockMy current vision for my set up is an electric guitar and my macbook.I create most of the music via macbook (drum parts, synth parts, basically all the programing)Playing live i suppose i'd play these songs on my laptop. While i do this, i sing, and play rhythm guitar along with the samples and instrumentals on the macbook.My question is, how do I connect all this stuff on stage? Could anyone out there recommend anything that I could use to connect my macbook to speakers for performing live.p.s I know nothing of playing with electrical equipment (been doing acoustic for a very long time) all I know about live equipment is connecting a guitar to a guitar amp.so is there like a way to connect a macbook to an amp? or speaker of some sort?Thanks in advance.
In order to get the most from your Mac as sound generator use a reasonably good audio interface (like the E-mu 0404 usb or something from M-audio). This should be connected to a mixer and this one to the PA system. You also should connect your microphone and guitars to the mixer too, so you can control the volume of each instrument, including the Mac. Although you can connect the mac directly to an Amp I won't do that in order to get control of volume and have better sound. Computers generally don't like live performing. Electric voltage can be unstable (heavy power consumption and lights on-off pattern). Use the appropriate electric equipment to make sure the computer always receive the correct amount of voltage. If not, it can fail and ruin your performance. Make a test where possible.
