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I've been using laptop live for around 10 years now and never had a problem with low voltage,(though here in blighty we have a national power grid with strict rules on voltage fluctuations). This is probably unfeasible in a big country like the US. I remember one gig where someone accidentally turned all the sockets off in the theatre space we were using and everything went off - except of course my lappy :-) Gareth, Sentientfx - Innovative music plugins. http://sentientfx.com/ > Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 18:02:12 -0700 > From: looppool@cruzio.com > To: toddreyn@gmail.com > CC: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: A looping fork in the road. Which way do I go? > > 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 > |