[SML] Sound playback for dance

[Jim Vogel]

For dance/circus shows, I use Go Button on an iPad. Works very well in shows where I'm primarily playing music tracks.
I suppose if I needed an inexpensive backup, I could use a 2nd iPad, hit go on both at the same time, and just fade one up if the first one fails. 

On Sep 9, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Bruce Purdy via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Bill Potter wrote:
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>> Any suggestions for a dual-source system? If we go to a computer based system, (we have experience with both QLab and Macs Cue), then we’ll still need a backup. I’d imagine the backup would be a CD started at the same time as the computer based sound. The other possibility would be either a dual CD player or separate CD players. Anyone know of Dual CD decks where one button can start both players?
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> 	I would NOT recommend the CD as your backup to the computer. As you found, the CD is the most likely to mess up - far more so than the computer. If the backup fails before the primary source does, what good is it?

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> Andy will likely tell you about a dual computer setup for redundant QLab. For an extended run / Broadway I can see that, but for a one-off like a dance recital I tend to think a single dedicated computer would be far more reliable than a CD with a second CD backup. I don’t ever like to rely on CD playback.