On Sat, 2004-07-24 at 13:55, Frank Barknecht wrote: > My gig at that time went very smooth, except for having to fix an > annoying ground loop by unplugging the power chord (DI box didn't > help). I had hardware issues too, although this was caused by a soldering problem that took a few minutes to find. the setup for 100 headphones and 4 performance spaces was pretty complex... > I did only use Pd in OSS mode to a Terratec USB device, no jack > or whatever. For me just having one single point of failure in Pd was > an important thing. As nice as freqtweak and jack and all these things > are, combined they could be risky. With my gig, as long as Pd kept up > nothing really could break. I'd rehersed with jack a lot to make sure it was up to it - indeed, I don't think I could have got the solid results without it. Next time I think I'll slot in some midi controlled effects, but it will all need a lot of testing. > And I had hammered Pd while rehearsing for > the concert so I knew it would probably not crash with the patch I > used. pd was used by a few other performers - a few of us were practising live programming (http://www.toplap.org) (me through simply coding lsystem rules live) one of the pd performers managed to write an infinite loop into his pd patch that produced a pleasing squeal for a few seconds :) > BTW: to a traditionally trained musician like me it still feels > strange to do "laptop rehearsals". ;) yeah, we need more tactile interfaces I think. > Oh: Dave, wonderful concert, very cool music. You should apply for > releases on major netlabels like Monotonik. ;) cheers!
