Mark Leiter
Second Unit
- Joined
- Aug 9, 1999
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Hey all. As a hobby I belong to a group of actors that perform for charity functions. Lately I was thinking that it would be cool to add some equipment that could simulate prerecorded sounds while we are performing. For example door kocks, wind, thunder, maybe intro and exit music and so on. I was looking for some type of machine that along with speakers and an amp to power the signale would be able to do this.
From the DJ world I came across the Roland SP-404
linked here: http://www.roland.com/products/en/SP-404/index.html
This device would fit the bill. I could download whatever sounds i need to my computer edit them to the way I like and then load them onto this machine assigning each sound to a specific pad on the 404. The only problem is that the roland seems a little over kill for what I want to do. It also has a lot of sounds effects and things intended for DJing that I will never use.
I was wondering if anyone out there works in the live theatre world would be familar with what type of machine I need. Something that is cost effective as well. The Roland is priced at about $400 at Sam Ash. So something a little more modestly price is what i'm looking for. Again since this is just a hobby of mine i plan on buying some inexpensive speakers and 2 channel amp and hope to keep the entire project under the $500 dollar range.
Anyway any help would be appreciated
Mark
From the DJ world I came across the Roland SP-404
linked here: http://www.roland.com/products/en/SP-404/index.html
This device would fit the bill. I could download whatever sounds i need to my computer edit them to the way I like and then load them onto this machine assigning each sound to a specific pad on the 404. The only problem is that the roland seems a little over kill for what I want to do. It also has a lot of sounds effects and things intended for DJing that I will never use.
I was wondering if anyone out there works in the live theatre world would be familar with what type of machine I need. Something that is cost effective as well. The Roland is priced at about $400 at Sam Ash. So something a little more modestly price is what i'm looking for. Again since this is just a hobby of mine i plan on buying some inexpensive speakers and 2 channel amp and hope to keep the entire project under the $500 dollar range.
Anyway any help would be appreciated
Mark