Thanks Mitch, it's pretty straight forward ... mostly. My backing tracks are on the iPad. It mounts right in front of me on a stand that connects to the upright holding my guest mic. This gives me access to Karaoke platforms, YouTube, and my custom created tracks that I've amassed over the years. That iPad feeds INTO the mixer, then out of the AUX faders INTO the VL3. That allows the VL3 to grab the chords from the tracks for harmony purposes. If there is no track playing, then the guitar sends chord info. For a request that I don't have programmed (which is A LOT) I have the Beat Buddy ready to give me a solid drum beat to play guitar with. I can tap tempo, and trigger fills and variations during live play - it's awesome. If it's more intimate, and acoustic - the looper allows so many options for creative layering as well. Mostly, I play chords, and small riffs over the tracks from the iPad. The iPhone is playing constantly, and I mute the volume during sets, but it's ready to turn on in an instant to fill dead air. If someone comes up to talk, or I take a break .... I just pull that fader up and the music is playing.

Gotta hit the showers - I have my first LIVE show in front of LIVE PEOPLE in 1.5 hours! YIKES!