I'M SICK OF IT

Laura_Live · Post by **Laura_Live** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:17 pm

I am sick of the fragility of computers on stage. Whenever I play live I can't fully enjoy it because of the fragility of it...

two issues here: heat and vibration

and macs and pcs are totally the same here

I mean, harddrives are so 1980

I hope compact flash will become more widespread as a hdd replacement

I think I will go MPC when playing live

Who plays MPCs live?

Atomikat · Post by **Atomikat** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:23 pm

Hip Hoppers?...

Now serioussly...heat and vibration are an issue not only for computers but a lot of equipment. What I did to remedy this was getting a cooling pad and a music stand for my laptop, this way whenever I play my lappie is as cool and stable as always...

SMonk · Post by **SMonk** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:26 pm

Solid state drives are already available. Still kinda expensive, but if you don't need a big one they should be in the "buyable" prize category.

I'm not sure what good an MPC is live, except for pad-whacking sample trigging.

TITBAG · Post by **TITBAG** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:28 pm

ARE YOU A CHICK

Laura_Live · Post by **Laura_Live** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:31 pm

I am not a ... chick

if I play live, I want to jump around and not worry about my system crashing

an MPC doesn't crash when shaken

leisuremuffin · Post by **leisuremuffin** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:34 pm

maybe not. but don't kid yourself, they do crash.

the mpc is still a computer.

That said, i performed with a mpc as the heart of my setup for 5 years and it only crashed once on stage. but, y'know what? live has never crashed on stage for me. maybe that's just luck.

.lm.

Machinesworking · Post by **Machinesworking** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:48 pm

leisuremuffin wrote:maybe not. but don't kid yourself, they do crash.

the mpc is still a computer.

That said, i performed with a mpc as the heart of my setup for 5 years and it only crashed once on stage. but, y'know what? live has never crashed on stage for me. maybe that's just luck.

.lm.

Same here, only thing that led to a restart is fucking USB and USB drivers for MIDI and audio hardware. Hardrives, and the system itself are fine. USB on the other hand..... blah.

TITBAG · Post by **TITBAG** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:21 pm

Laura_Live wrote:I am not a ... chick

YOUR NAME IS LAURA. ARE YOU A TRANNY

ThrowAway · Post by **ThrowAway** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:15 pm

havent we been through this before?

oblique strategies · Post by **oblique strategies** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:22 pm

Some info on Solid State Drives -maybe a time table is included in this article (or in the thread) -I confess I haven't read the whole thing.

http://www.macrumors.com/2008/08/08/zfs ... rformance/

timothyallan · Post by **timothyallan** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:54 pm

TITBAG wrote:
Laura_Live wrote:I am not a ... chick
YOUR NAME IS LAURA. ARE YOU A TRANNY

That's a valid question.

forge · Post by **forge** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:02 pm

TITBAG wrote:
Laura_Live wrote:I am not a ... chick
YOUR NAME IS LAURA. ARE YOU A TRANNY

are you really a bag of tits?

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:46 pm

forge wrote:
TITBAG wrote:
Laura_Live wrote:I am not a ... chick
YOUR NAME IS LAURA. ARE YOU A TRANNY
are you really a bag of tits?

I would confidently answer 'yes'.

MartinOM28V · Post by **MartinOM28V** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:40 am

I am really a Martin guitar, so I suppose anything's possible.

forge · Post by **forge** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:46 am

I guess the question is how many of these can you fit in a bag and which one is the spokesman: