There is no way, other than using a computer, I'm afraid.
DG
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Good idea! I could do a tap dance while it burned. I take your point about Receptor being another computer, but probably a more reliable one for live use (for one thing, I guess its hard drive wouldn't be cluttered with all the extraneous software that comes bundled with Windows and Mac OS's).@steff3 said:
burning your computer live on stage could be a special effect
Thanks for the advice teloy. I run Logic 7 on a Pre-Intel Mac G5 with 2GB of RAM. When I bought the Mac I made a conscious decision only to install the music software I needed, so it's a pretty pared-down system and actually I don't use any third party instruments inside Logic - they're all installed on my PC. Nevertheless, the G5 regularly freezes for a short period and Logic will occasionally stop outputting MIDI for no apparent reason. Logic also crashes from time to time (although to be fair, that generally happens when I'm programming, not during playback.)
For those reasons, I don't feel a computer on stage is the way to go.
receptor, which is slowly running out of business these daysWhy do you think that is? It seems like a good idea to me, I can't understand the obstacles to running VI on Receptor.
receptor, which is slowly running out of business these daysWhy do you think that is? It seems like a good idea to me, I can't understand the obstacles to running VI on Receptor.
Receptor is old, slow technology, difficult to update and very expensive for what you get. The only advantage is the very quick boot up time. However, VI and Syncrosoft would have to be reconfigured to run with Receptor, and so far this hasn't happened. I guess that the cost is outweighed by the fact that there is no demand. Until today...!
Great, a positive suggestion! Thanks Felipe. The Neko 61-note keyboard looks like a good option (expensive though), especially since I run Vienna Instruments on a PC.
there is no demand. Until today...!If it were possible, I'm sure it would catch on with at least one other user.[8-|]
If it were possible, I'm sure it would catch on with at least one other user.@DG said:
there is no demand. Until today...!
I looked into this a few years ago, and even then there was not much advantage in using these machines. I mean one even had to send the machine back to upgrade the hard drive. [:O]
DGThanks DG - I read it as pithy rather than snappy, but either way it's sound advice. Logic's bugs are a law unto themselves and the idea of the Apple corporation allocating resources to fix them seems laughable.[:D] I don't use a sequencer on stage but the flaky performance of certain pieces of software has, unfortunately, coloured my view of the reliability of computers. The hardware isn't above suspicion either - on a recent film score gig, both my and the main scriptwriter's PC's hard drives failed totally and had to be replaced. Our data was backed up, but valuable time was lost. That kind of thing just seems to happens more now that we all rely on computers.
You should try to let it open and send midi data for a full day. Remove the screensaver and any useless (for the show) softwares (antivirus, etc). I had to work on a show in front of 70 000 spectators without problem. In this project, I wasn't on the stage with my midi keyboard (I had to project texts on a very large screen from the beginning to the end) but the pianist had his own computer.