Re: informal poll

[Mech <mech@m3ch.net>]

At 1:08 PM -0500 11/15/07, Nemoguitt@aol.com wrote:
>a question for anyone who played y2k7 and the just finished london fest 
>.....
>
>1. is your set up laptop or hardware  (no need to get too 
>philosophical.....:))

Both.  But my laptop went down before I got a chance to use it (see 
below) so my set actually ended up hardware-only.

>2. did you at any point in your set (s) have problems with your "kit"

Yes.  My first number was solely hardware (VG-99 & Looperlative).  I 
was going to use the laptop only as a sound source (I had a few 
VSTi's booted for use via MIDI).  But when I went to bring up the 
laptop's audio channel, no sound.  :P

I spent about 15 seconds (seemed like an eternity) before punting the 
laptop and moving on, continuing with the hardware-only setup.  And 
that's why you always have multiple backup plans.

After the performance, I figured out it was Ableton Live that had 
screwed me.  Due to the compressed set up schedule, I had set up the 
laptop ahead of time then put it to sleep.  However, about twenty 
minutes after that, I realized there was one quick tweek I needed to 
make.  So I opened the lappie, made the edit and put it back to sleep 
again.  Unfortunately, I woke up the laptop without having the 
interface attached.  Ableton noticed that there was no soundcard, and 
killed all audio output without giving me any warning.  Later, I set 
up the computer with the soundcard once more attached, but the audio 
engine was already disabled, so no sound came out.

This would've taken all of five seconds to fix, had Live bothered to 
warn me (which it usually does).  I'd imagine my second number 
would've been a little less "wandering" if I hadn't had to spend a 
couple minutes figuring out what the hell I was gonna play.  Such is 
the charm of Live Looping, however.  ;)

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