Ipod or Alternatives for Playing Tracks Along with Live Musicians?

[rip]

The tracks would be mostly bass and drums - pretty high quality recordings made with Sonar and mixed down to stereo with the bass on the left and the drums on the right for tone control in two separate channels in the mixer. The rest of the 'band' is live vocals, guitars, and keys.
Features needed the most are:
1. ability to stop and start easily - like when the songs over, stop, talk, pray, whatever. Or just let it keep going.
2. song/set lists
3. ability to change or ad lib easily (find a song fast) if the need arises

thanks for any input,
Dana

 

[Mopetar]

Any reason you can't just use a notebook? It can do all of those things, and would probably be easier to operate on the fly.

 

[rip]

Any reason you can't just use a notebook? It can do all of those things, and would probably be easier to operate on the fly.

Yeah, I've definitely thought of that but, I'm trying to spend a little less money. A notebook would require an external sound/audio interface (USB or Firewire) for the quality I'm looking for.

 

[XenIneX]

I'd consider the iPod way too small to be used like this; trying to hit teeny-tiny touch targets when you're tired and trying to keep the set's momentum (yikes, alliteration...) is an exercise in frustration. An iPad 2 or Mini might be less of a hassle. The wealth of mixing and DJ apps means there's probably one designed to do exactly what you need. (A brief look netted me Set List Maker, which seems to be exactly the app for what you're trying to do.)