When using NWC for accompaniment, there are a capella passages (like a cadenza) or the other instrument hasn't come in yet such as Ashokan Farewell before the guitar enters. Someone else would hit the "Resume" key (or soloist with a foot pedal) when the accompaniment returns.
Has anyone else run into this problem? Any workarounds?
TIA
One somewhat technical solution that comes to mind would be having a separate "click track" that sends on a MIDI channel which is only heard by the band members (i.e. through in-ear monitors) so they can keep track of the tempo to know when to come in. Of course if there are significant tempo changes, this could still be a challenge.
Another idea similar to the "click track" would be a "blink track", driving some sort of MIDI-controlled flashing light. Same idea, the light flashes would indicate the tempo.