live plaback machines for giging

sprig

I make dub..
I am looking for a simple solution to onstage mult track playback,
What i want to do is take multi track recordings from the studio, and play em back live into seperate channels on a desk , Snare on 1, kick on 2, hihat on 3 and so on, then i can then dub them up alongside my vocalists and live brass & percussions.
I know the easiest way to do this is a laptop and soundcard but i dont like the crashing stalling rebooting vibe creeping into the stage show,

I was thinking bout some kind of band in the box zoom or roland desk but the problem is they dont seem to have multiple assignable outputs ( i need a min of 8 and hopefully like 12)

is there some kind of machine that does this already that i have just missed out on??
budgets in the 100 ball park
any thoughts r welcome

cheers
df

DamagedTrax

you could go for an 8 track ADAT. seen them go for anything between 30 and 300 depending on condition.

Doge

You're right, theres a big lack of multitracker's with more than 4 outputs.

I think Damaged Trax suggestion is the best for a budget that low.

You could always try grouping the drums sounds to 4 groups
e.g all hihats sent to an output for instance, rather one for each hihat.

Not as nice but might be doable.

Another alternative would be to buy a multitrack with its own EQ built in, but that would likely be over budget.

I've had the exact same craving you have for having dedicated drum channels going to a mixing desk.
Only recently bought an expansion card that will add 6 assignable outputs to my groovebox.

BTW: Got any dub tracks you're willing to let us listen to?

sprig

www.soundcloud.com/the-dub-doctor

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PaulBrewer

ADAT probably isn't a great choice - dealing with tapes and essentially a video recorder mechanism wouldn't inspire me to relax on stage - and that's not allowing for carboot to stage condensation.

One possible solution is the ADAT replacement - The HD24 - even though it has hard drives (which will eventually fail) it can take 2 so you'd have an onsite backup.

Something like the Tascam HS-8 would be my choice - 8 outs and no moving parts = reliability.

http://tascam.com/product/hs-8/

Doge

http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/43453-tascam-hs-8-8-channel-professional-solid-state-recorder.html

Not at that price!

Cheaper alternatives include:
Akai MPC 1000: 4 assignable mix outs, plus stereo out.
Akai MPC 2500: 8 assignable mix outs, plus stereo out.

Doge

http://www.adverts.ie/pro-audio/price-drop-alesis-hd-24-24-track-hard-disk-recorder/339714