Running a show

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There are two major categories of people who might want to use software like kJams: professional show hosts (whether you're being paid or not, whether you're mobile or working in a fixed location)... and everyone else.

This page is for professional show hosts.  :-)

I'm going to cover everything you will need to do, in roughly chronological order, to set up for and run a "professional" show; one that's out in public, with singers who are not necessarily your personal friends, and probably an employer who expects you to Just Do It.

THIS WILL BE A WORK-IN-PROGRESS until I take this line out; you shouldn't have seen it anyway unless you prowl Recent Changes (Hi, Dave :-), since it's not linked from anywhere.

Prerequisites

We will assume that you've already installed and updated the program, and imported your main library and/or ripped your discs. We'll also assume for the moment that you're running kJams 2, and you're running it on a Mac, mostly because I am.

You also need a way to get audio out of your computer, as well as video -- and for a pro show, that needs to be a secondary video adapter. Most laptops have dual video adapters; some desktop machines do and some don't.