I'm a singer... My wife is a singer. I program my own tracks because that's what I do. I playback MIDI files that I create and WAV files from MIDI files completed on other keyboards in my studio. I create the tracks I use... Never purchased or built from an arranger. I never use the general MIDI sounds of a workstation... I use the best sounds at the time. I've been doing this for over 20 years. My audience appreciates the mix of song selections, the quality of the music, and the talent of our voices. I work as a solo and duo act.

It takes talent to sing songs from a broad base. So, people don't think any less of our act because we use tracks. I play overtop of most the songs with piano or a solo sound. I also play live piano to prove to the audience I know how to play. We always get positive comments on our voices and our theme.

I could record my wife's vocals when she can't make a gig... But I don't for the reasons stated in this topic. I could build it into the act in a nice way but that doesn't work for me or the audience we built.

Pre recorded vocals don't work for us... but pre recorded files created by me in the studio works for us.