live use of the 404

[eyecam]

Good morning everyone. I have been making some thoughts lately on the live usage of the 404, since that's the main reason i bought it.
I was planning to play keyboards on stage and have the 404 for the backing tracks but since i might not be able to control the 404 while playing the keys, i was wondering if i could just load the whole wav file on a pad and trigger each song separately.
The capacity will not be an issue since we're talking about 5-6 songs, which i believe coud fit in a 1 gb card.
Waitin for your thoughts!

[admbmb]

A lot of people do the same thing. You can just let the whole song play out and just drop random effects over it to keep it interesting.

[Idiom]

you can trigger the 404 with a MIDI controller.

[half hour handshake]

but isn't that a bit boring?

[Jim Y]

It will work to use the 404 for backing tracks like that. The alternatives add strain either more things to do or cost more money.
You needn't play to a fixed song for everything - you can always split a tune into sections and do some improv' over a loop for solo's. It isn't too difficult to find a hand free for odd moments to work the pads.

Jim