Re: Electronics live

Agreed, a laptop, ipod or equivalent is the more reliable way to go.

-S

On 8/2/05 2:03 PM, "-MIKE-" wrote:

>> CD Player/Minidisc - is much more reliable,...
>>
>> Michael
>>
>
> I don't agree with that. I've seen far too many shows (mostly drum
> seminars) in which the CD player, and yes, minidisc player started
> skipping or stopping. Most of the problems people have with laptops are
> due to all the other crap on them that interferes with the
> music software.
>
> A pro will have a separate partition drive that is set up with a
> stripped down startup system that runs the music software and only the
> music software-- no internet or gaming drivers, no extensions or
> extraneous anything that has to do with anything other than running the
> music software and interface. This clears the path of any possible
> system conflicts and clears all the ram for the music apps, midi and
> interface drivers.
>
> Yes, $h!t happens and even the best machine, set up in the best possible
> manner might glitch. Happens to NASA, it'll happen to you. :-) But
> I've seen far too many CD players, minidiscs, and DAT machines, mounted
> in isolation rack cases, flip out and cause embarrassment to an artists
> or clinician, to want to trust them over a properly set up laptop.
>
> I would go with a flash drive or similar player, before a CD player.
> I'm seeing more and more artists riders that are including, "stereo
> direct-ins for iPod."
>

--
"Timpani! Take your drums to Brooklyn, play the same volume, you'll be
fine." -Otto Werner Mueller on my "Piannissimo" entrance in a Juilliard
Orchestra Rehearsal, C. 1997

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