Hello, my name is Kevin. I apologize for joining this site purely to get advice an a specific subject.
I live in Taipei, and have been performing music in clubs for many years. But I am planning to change my musical focus from performing in clubs to busking. Mostly because I no longer want to lug my electric piano around anymore (I’m 64 years old).
I’m thinking my path forward is to:
- Record myself on the piano, using 1/4” connections. Hopefully eventually have 80-100 songs that I can access and play through a busking amp.
- The reason for me wanting to record myself on the piano for my backing tracks (instead of using canned backing tracks from the internet) is because I have developed unusual arrangements of songs over the years - and I want to continue using these versions when I perform. Plus, I have a half-dozen original songs I routinely include in my Set Lists.
- I do not need a lot of “features”. I just want to record a single track from my piano - nothing more
- I don’t need additional inputs; no overdubbing; no imitation strings or sax or drums. And I do not want to record any vocals
- I also do not need the capability of editing those songs once captured. If I ever decide to modify a song, I’ll just re-record it
- I’ve been told that for me to begin busking - using songs I want to record at home on my piano, I will need to purchase two devices:
1) An audio interface (that will function between my electric piano and sone kind of storage device - iPad????).
2) A battery-powered busking amp
I envision for my live performances, I will only need two inputs into this busking amp:
1) An iPad or iPhone containing the songs I recorded at home on my piano (via the audio interface???)
2) XLR or 1/4” cable for a microphone (which I will sing into during my live busking performances).
So I kinda have an idea of what I want/need to do. But the fuzzy part is how the audio interface works between my electric piano (the source) and the iPad (the eventual storage device). And what features should I be looking for (and which features I will not need).
I appreciate any advice and guidance!!! Thank you very much!!!
I live in Taipei, and have been performing music in clubs for many years. But I am planning to change my musical focus from performing in clubs to busking. Mostly because I no longer want to lug my electric piano around anymore (I’m 64 years old).
I’m thinking my path forward is to:
- Record myself on the piano, using 1/4” connections. Hopefully eventually have 80-100 songs that I can access and play through a busking amp.
- The reason for me wanting to record myself on the piano for my backing tracks (instead of using canned backing tracks from the internet) is because I have developed unusual arrangements of songs over the years - and I want to continue using these versions when I perform. Plus, I have a half-dozen original songs I routinely include in my Set Lists.
- I do not need a lot of “features”. I just want to record a single track from my piano - nothing more
- I don’t need additional inputs; no overdubbing; no imitation strings or sax or drums. And I do not want to record any vocals
- I also do not need the capability of editing those songs once captured. If I ever decide to modify a song, I’ll just re-record it
- I’ve been told that for me to begin busking - using songs I want to record at home on my piano, I will need to purchase two devices:
1) An audio interface (that will function between my electric piano and sone kind of storage device - iPad????).
2) A battery-powered busking amp
I envision for my live performances, I will only need two inputs into this busking amp:
1) An iPad or iPhone containing the songs I recorded at home on my piano (via the audio interface???)
2) XLR or 1/4” cable for a microphone (which I will sing into during my live busking performances).
So I kinda have an idea of what I want/need to do. But the fuzzy part is how the audio interface works between my electric piano (the source) and the iPad (the eventual storage device). And what features should I be looking for (and which features I will not need).
I appreciate any advice and guidance!!! Thank you very much!!!
