Re: y2k9 - the hardware vs software battle

[Jim Goodin <jimgoodinmusic@gmail.com>]

I meant to add as well the fest and our other shows circled around it
were my first experiences with Mobius live beyond using it a few times
on my webcast and the recent VSV.  It was quite successful.  I used it
costantly on the Noisefest and Loopfest sets.  For the LA show on
Sunday I used it subtly as I did more realtime playing.

I should also mention and I credit Rainer for this.  I couldn't afford
a pedal system to work with my laptop and Mobiuse at this time.
Rainer did some research for me and came with with an excellent $60
solution for me - the Frag Pedal from gamingmouse.coim.  The pedal
has. 4 programable foot buttons that you assign to keys on the
keyboard.  I had the 4 pedal buttons mapped within Mobius as follows,
R to record, G for global reset, V to reverse and N for next track.
It was minimal but worked really well for my purposes this trip.  As I
grow with the app I will eventually get something more robust.

Jim

On 10/21/09, kkissinger@kevinkissinger.com
<kkissinger@kevinkissinger.com> wrote:
> Actually, there were only two "hardware loopers" that I recall:
>
> . Stanosaur (acoustic feedback)
>
> and
>
> . Daryl Shawn (tape looping)
>
> The other devices were all digital in the form of a:
>
> . dedicated looping device
>
> or
>
> . looping software running on a general purpose computer
>
> I would be most curious with a breakdown of hardware vs. software 
>failures.
>
> Last weekend, the failure (during my set) was a hardware failure.  My
> computer overheated and shut down.  When I came back up, I propped the
> computer to provide better ventilation to its fan and it didn't crash
> again.  So, though I used a laptop, to classify it as a software
> failure would be inaccurate.
>
> (Incidentally, my particular laptop is a Toshiba and, to be quite
> honest, I've never been happy with the computer due to its hardware.
> I just haven't had the money to replace it and, thus, I have to work
> around issues.  My next computer will NOT be a laptop -- I will custom
> build a computer into a case that is rack-mountable.  I want to be
> able to choose my own Firewire card, video cards, etc.  With a laptop
> one is stuck with the hardware that is hardwired onto the mother board.)
>
> Last year my LP1 stopped working and I had to send it back to Bob for
> repair.  He replaced some hardware on it, so I presume it was a
> hardware issue.
>
> In looking back over problems I've had, it has always been hardware.
> I've never had a software program failure in a performance setting.
>
> -- Kevin
>
> Quoting cpr@musetrap.com:
>
>> I had a crash (actually a 'hang') on my LP1... but, that device
>> certainly blurs the line between software and hardware.. lol.. I think
>> the dividing line should actually be 'stand alone looper' vs 'computer
>> based looper'...
>>
>> -cpr
>>
>> Quoting Sjaak Overgaauw <tcplugin@gmail.com>:
>>
>>> I know Michael and Bill have been counting the different setups
>>> (hardware / software) and the crashes. It was about 50-50 on Saturday
>>> but I'm curious at the statistics.
>>>
>>> Btw: Rick, once again thanks for organizing this great festival, we
>>> really enjoyed it, both the musical and social part of it :)
>>>
>>>
>>> Sjaak Overgaauw
>>> http://premonitionfactory.com/
>>> http://livelooping.be/
>>> http://euroloopfest.com/
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
>

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