Does Airport Express Need an Airport to Transmit Music?

I have an old Airport Express that I spent hours and hours trying to get working. Gave up last year. Am trying again now. I no longer use an Airport base station. I just want to transmit music from my computer to a remote location. Do I need an Airport base station to do this? Thanks.

You don't need an Airport Base Station (or any existing wireless network for that matter).
If you want to use an Airport Express as a standalone device not in association with an existing wireless network: Do a factory default reset of your Airport Express to get it into a known state. Then run the Airport Setup Assistant on your Mac, and follow its guidance to configure your Airport Express as a base station. That's it. Note that you (a) may see an error message to the effect your Airport Express is not able to connect to the internet and (b) the Airport Express status light will always and forever flash amber. Both can be ignored.
The advice above is only applicable if you want to use the Airport Express as a standalone device. If you currently use wireless internet access from a non-Apple wireless router, and if you want to be able to maintain wireless internet access while simultaneously streaming music to the Airport Express, you must configure the Airport Express to wirelessly "join" the existing wireless network created by your non-Apple wireless router.

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