Were you using any sort of power conditioner, line regulator? I always use a small UPS system for my live gigs, as power supplies at a lot of venues can be very questionable. Electronic equipment seems to be the most sensitive to this. On 7/27/06, mp <list@...> wrote: > Hello, > > I was recent played a gig with my MachineDrum and a laptop, my > partner also had a laptop. We've used this setup numerous times > before - both out at gigs and practicing at home. At this most recent > gig, the machine drum acted a bit strangely -- when it was plugged in > to the power strips and sound ran through the main system the LCD on > the MachineDrum would pulse in time with the beat... ultimately > causing the MD to reboot and/or freeze. The pulsing only seemed to > happen with volume was put through the main system - not the booth > monitors. > > The power was run off a generator (this was an outdoor event) and > most everything was being run off the same generator. None of the > other equipment (laptops, mixer, CD players...) seemed to be affected. > > Any thoughts on why this was happening and what I can do to prevent > it in the future? > > Michael > --- > www.picamusic.ca > www.dub.ca > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > -- Tarekith http://www.tarekith.com
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Re: [elektron] MachineDrum Gig Issue
2006-07-27 by Tarekith
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