Seems that there are several ways to handle the filler music thing. I think we probably have the simplest way. Here is our setup basically: for karaoke, we have MTU hoster on a shuttle; a 17-inch standalone monitor for Hoster application, and a cordless mouse and keyboard. We have two tv monitors (connected)... On top of the rack we have a laptop that we have loaded all our 'filler' music on (discs that we have purchased over the years, copied into Windows media player) This is thousands of songs, which are broken up into playlists (mellow, dance, hard, etc.) Depending on location, I open up a playlist, hit 'shuffle,' and use a fader to bring music up between singers. For DJ'ing, we use that laptop (which is all the rock/pop/r&b/hiphop) and another that is dedicated to just country. We attach two laptops to board, one fader for each...and an extra CD player for emergencies. Seems like the simpler this whole process is, the better. I can control the EQ on everything from the board.
Am I making this too simple???? There are laptops on Ebay available for very good prices. We are NOT computer geniuses but seem to have a system that works very well for us. Small footprint, too. One four-foot table for everything for doing things like weddings. We use the same four-foot table for karaoke, too.
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