Re: Packing a laptop setup (with trombone) into bags

["L.Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com>]

> I'm curious myself: while I've noticed you as an EDP user
> in the past,
> just recently you had a lot of trouble with IEEE1493 and
> the like -
> have you moved to Mobius as well?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>               Rainer

Yes ever since i came back from Y2K8 in Santa Cruz california i started 
observing the staggering prices for excess baggage,damaged equipment(my 
MO-FX came without a knob and screws once even though it was packed nicely 
and carefully in one fo my bags which makes me rather think they messed 
around with it to inspect a possible bomb) and complicated current 
situation in airports.
Thats when i started considering the laptop route so i got a macbook and 
dowloaded Mobius which ive been using ever since.Ive actually been quite 
happy with it,but the recent problem with my firewire problems also made 
me realize how fragile this things are and think what if that happened 
while i wes traveling or at a gig.I still dont know what went wrong,if it 
was a FW cable that burned my PCI card,RME,Presonus and macbook FW 
port,then i d be terrified to do a tour with this,i didnt know that a FW 
cable can cause such damage!this its been a nightmare lately and it has 
costed me time and money.
I know now that nothing beats the flexibility of software,after combining 
features of an EDP,LP1,Repeater,DL4 and every looper i liked and tried 
into a single piece of software with a big screen and not having to carry 
and mess around in the back of the rack with a flashlight it would 
probably be hard to go back to that.On the other hand i miss the feeling 
of simplicity an reliability from stomp boxes and even since i had the 
black EDP it never really let me down.
But i am still willing to keep exploring this route and bulid more 
expreience,i guess there is no other way around it,wether is SW or HW you 
always need a backup;-)
Luis