Re: A looping fork in the road. Which way do I go?

[Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com>]

On 7/22/64 11:59 AM, todd reynolds wrote:
> I had one person suggest recently that the problem might be power, as 
> one thing which is happening during performance is the addition to 
> lights,  though you can be sure my power isn't on a dimmer!  lol. 
Over the years,   Bill and I have both had a lot of problems with 
'brown' electricity.
The Lexicon Jamman was notoriously unreliable when the voltage in house 
got too low.
(that's always one salient advantage to owning battery powered gear)

Voltage can,  of course,  vary quite a bit in different venues (at least 
in the US....what's your take everyone  else?)
.........especially places like restaurants and
coffee shops and museums/galleries  where the building was not designed, 
specifically, for musical performance.

Standard practice is to always be on a different circuit than your 
lighting but many buildings don't have different
circuits for the AC they provide.

You can buy a very expensive power conditioner that keeps voltage at the 
right level but they
are pretty expensive ($500 USD) and they are really heavy.   I've never 
invested, myself, but I've had
a few heartbreaking equipment failures in my time during performances, 
as well.

I wonder if Macbook Pro owners have had any problems with brown 
electricity.    Anyone know?

rick walker