Using a click track live

mystixboi1

mystixboi1

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What are you all doing to keep in time live? My band just had a huge gig and it went fantastic. Amazing energy and the crowd really dug it. We got immediately invited back. When I went back to watch the video footage, I did notice that we were speeding up at times. Really due to the adrenaline that must’ve been pumping the night of the show.

Yesterday, I purchased a Bluetooth receiver and I plan to add it to our PA system and have it run through our in ear monitors and then just control the click track tempo with an app on my phone.

Is that what you guys are all doing as well? Or do you have a different option? I obvious concern is that I don’t want the audience to hear it so I imagine it can only be sent through the in ear monitors.
 
we used them in the radiohead trib. have a digital mixer thingy that could send things just to monitor mix.

don't do it for the first time live if you never done it before. it's a little disorienting at first and can make everyone stiffen up. but after you get used to it it's great. assuming your drummer is VERY comfortable playing to a click of course. he's the key
 
If you have a drummer who can reasonably keep decent time on his own and don't need it for backing tracks or lighting like micwalt said, I really don't see the point. Just one more thing to complicate matters.
 
The last thing I want to hear is a click running while I'm trying to lock with the drummer.

We note BPMs for every song, and the drummer has a BPM meter running next to his kit for real-time confirmation.
 
When I played live, we never used a click. The drummers were the time keepers. Perhaps, it’s a good idea for some types of bands. I can understand Industrial Music type bands playing to click tracks live, for example.

As a fan of live music, I prefer human timing. Perfect timing is overrated. Sometimes, it’s exciting when a band starts speeding up the tempo. Also, plenty of older studio recordings, where bands never used click tracks, had a certain swag that’s missing once the beats get quantized. I think it’s ok to let the music breath, ebb, and flow.
 
If the tempo changes are an issue and not just an organic part of the song... Maybe consider the drummer using a click that they can turn on and off..... but you then continue to follow the drummer. If there isn't a seamless way for them to trigger this on and off... at least try using the click for rehearsal.
 
baimun said:
If the tempo changes are an issue and not just an organic part of the song... Maybe consider the drummer using a click that they can turn on and off..... but you then continue to follow the drummer. If there isn't a seamless way for them to trigger this on and off... at least try using the click for rehearsal.
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There is a product made that can help a drummer with tempo. I forget what it’s called as well as the name of the company that made, or makes it. Maybe, more than one company has made a similar product. The kit attaches to the drummers body, waste or leg, etc. There is no sound. The click is silent but the drummer feels it via vibration.
 
jrockbridge said:
There is a product made that can help a drummer with tempo. I forget what it’s called as well as the name of the company that made, or makes it. Maybe, more than one company has made a similar product. The kit attaches to the drummers body, waste or leg, etc. There is no sound. The click is silent but the drummer feels it via vibration.
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"The kit attaches to the drummers body, waste or leg, etc. There is no sound. The click is silent but the drummer feels it via vibration."

So, a shock collar for his penis? That ouhta fix his timmig. :grin:
 
jrockbridge said:
There is a product made that can help a drummer with tempo. I forget what it’s called as well as the name of the company that made, or makes it. Maybe, more than one company has made a similar product. The kit attaches to the drummers body, waste or leg, etc. There is no sound. The click is silent but the drummer feels it via vibration.
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Soundbrenner… it’s like a watch that can vibe to rhe beat
 
Bob411 said:
"The kit attaches to the drummers body, waste or leg, etc. There is no sound. The click is silent but the drummer feels it via vibration."

So, a shock collar for his penis? That ouhta fix his timmig. :grin:
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Hmm....maybe a shock collar for when the drummer deviates too far from the original beat. Sounds Shark Tank worthy. :idea:
 
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