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I'M SICK OF IT
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:17 pm
by Laura_Live
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?
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:23 pm
by Atomikat
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...
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:26 pm
by SMonk
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.
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:28 pm
by TITBAG
ARE YOU A CHICK
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:31 pm
by Laura_Live
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
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:34 pm
by leisuremuffin
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.
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:48 pm
by Machinesworking
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.
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:21 pm
by TITBAG
Laura_Live wrote:I am not a ... chick
YOUR NAME IS LAURA. ARE YOU A TRANNY
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:15 pm
by ThrowAway
havent we been through this before?
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:22 pm
by oblique strategies
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/
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:54 pm
by timothyallan
TITBAG wrote:Laura_Live wrote:I am not a ... chick
YOUR NAME IS LAURA. ARE YOU A TRANNY
That's a valid question.
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:02 pm
by forge
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?
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:46 pm
by sparklepuff
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'.
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:40 am
by MartinOM28V
I am really a Martin guitar, so I suppose anything's possible.
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:46 am
by forge
I guess the question is how many of these can you fit in a bag and which one is the spokesman:
