I use an ipod with a Griffin Air Click. You just plug the ipod into your P.A with jack leads and adapters into the mixer.

The air click plugs into the bottom of your ipod and runs of a small lithium CR2032 battery (I think) and the remote control is about the size of a lighter and can be hooked onto your back pocket.

Once you’ve got used to the 5 control buttons on the remote, it is quite easy to operate and can be switched to use a frequency so no one else can tamper with it using another Air Click.

It is effective but not recommended for precision triggering. Every now and then you’ll hit the ‘play’ and it won’t trigger first time, so if you are trying do complicated songs with timed intro points on a live set, it can be a gamble so best to use it for simple start, stop, forward operations.

I use an ipod because I found that some mp3 players give out a tiny ‘click’ when forwarding through a song list. You can’t hear it normally, but at gig levels they are often unuseable. I use an ipod 5th generation which switches between tracks cleanly. There are a few remotes available for the ipod, I chose the air click as it is fairly cheap and simple with large buttons.

I’d give it a 7/10. It does the job and is usefull, but not a ‘perfect’ triggering solution. There may be other more effective remotes on the market nowadays. Could do with updating mine actually.

Hope that helps.

K

How can I do that with an ipod (which i do not yet have)?

Your comments will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Tom