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I'm a bit lost here... There are so many options and I don't really understand the differences between the products... What do you think I would need to ensure stability and reliability for my live rig? I have these battery backup things, are they of any use?

Thanks for the help!

I'll be helping a good friend to put up a daw with a laptop, what should I get her? Something not too expensive with good performance. I'm considering purchasing here: www.tigerdirect.ca
Any advice is welcome!

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I'll be helping a friend to put up a laptop-based daw and I'd need some advice as to what to get.

I'll probably be buying from www.tigerdirect.ca

I need fw bus, good performance, reasonable price.

Thanks

I do experience the occasional stuck note, but it's pretty rare... I have a panic button on my novation controller but a foot-controlled one would be needed for safety, for I rarely have a free hand during my performance... My right foot travels between my damper and expression pedals, so it could b...

No crash today! Knocking on wood... Man this setup is great!!! I'll punish mercilessly with it, spreading around my message of love and compassion and peace!! I'm totally enthusiastic, I'll play some more to see if it still doesn't crash... so far so good!

I.m passing my midi through my seq via usb and the active sensing doesn't get through to scope. So far so good, but I'll test the setup more before shouting victory!

:wink: Thanks! It took longer than usual but it just froze again... What would you try next Gary -or anyone ? This active sensing thing... I mean, does it cause issues to anyone (else)? I could try to route my midi through usb, through my sequencer and then into scope, possibly try to trim out the a...

Well, well... what doyaknow... I switched the cable whip and no crash ever since... Could it be it...?? Knocking on wood... Seems Gary saved the day, once more... I'll continue to play for a few hours and see if I've truly crossed into no-crash land...
Thanks a bunch!

Would it be a way to filter the unwanted data before it enters scope? I don't think I can turn that thing off on my controller...

Ok, I checked: my scope midi source (keyboard input) is routed straight into a midi filter which trims out all system midi data, so the active sensing which is present at the input is filtered. WHere does that leave us? I haven't seen any midi clock data.

What should I look for?

Gary, I'll try to route the midi through usb and see if it makes any difference... I noticed it usually freezes when I play on my keyboard. I don't remember having any freeze when I'm not actually playing. Are you saying that filtering my midi stream (inside of scope) could possibly help by removing...

:cry: :x I'm experimenting lockups with this stuttering half second loop, since I rigged up my system for live use... I've never had such a problem before, and I've recorded and mixed my entire album on that machine... Now It freezes every hour or so... I've tried a lot of tweaks and tests but no im...

Yes it would work, as long as you slave one pc to another, you could have 8 channels of audio @ 44.1khz per optical wire. Some people recommend not to use ADAT for audio AND syncing, so you could sync your pcs through spdif while you stream audio through ADAT.

Got it, thanks!
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Ok, thanks for the tips, but I still don't see how to have the remote/VDAT respond to midi messages... there's no midi in/assignment on either of the devs. I'll look further into it.

The sound is pristine indeed, will give me nice accompaniment tracks for blowing my clarinets/flutes... great!!

Hello there! I'm still in the process of putting up my live act and I want to use VDAT as playback device. My question: can I remote-control the device with my external controller? It doesn't seem to have the usual midi assignment. I'd like to control the transport buttons mainly.
Thanks

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