Project -WATCHING YOUR BACK- backing track player

[Dorffen]

@Dorffen 

I attended a concert at the Strathmore Music Center in Bethesda, MD, last night. When Chris Botti implored the audience to light up the suddenly darkened hall with their cell phones, roughly 1500 lights appeared in the dark.

What does this have to do with your project? It reminded me that your player's WiFi and Bluetooth subsystems will likely live in a very active RF environment, even if you will be playing to a much smaller audience. If you depend on either or both during performances, you'll need to think about the possible consequences. 

Regards,
Kent

Yes, you are most certanly right and thank you for pointing this out, Kent.

In performance situations all but my bass will be wired (i do always bring a ‘panic-cable’ tho, in case of interference). I only use wireless on my bass because i always gets tangled up when i use a cable…. For whatever reason…

I might be a little oldschool or conservative, but i would never rely on a pure wireless setup e.g. the same reason as you mention. Not that i really like cables, but in the end of the day, they’re very easy and quick to test and replace. Actually, i even have a cable tester on my pedal board - plug both ends and it’ll return a ‘good’ or ‘bad’.


For my intended use, when the player is ready, the wireless subsystem on the Rpi will only be used for (Updates ofc and probably double as streamer when at home) transfering audio files, which will either be at home or in our rehearsal room.
Everything e.g. playlist etc. would be set up beforehand but with the option to alter xxxxx on spot.
The default playlist will be the drums backing tracks, which should make it unnecessary to access the player with anything other than the foot switches in performance situations (in theory).

I hope the alu enclosure can contribute to minimizing interference and ‘trespassers’, as security is a viable concern too, but i guess passwords other than ‘1234’ and the like, should handle this well enough.

Thanks.

Kind regards
Rock