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XP darkens my screen when I have any mixer/project showing if I don't touch my keys.
No problem on FOH/Monitor DAW as I have to load VDAT vtp. files for every medley/song.
But on my synth DAW I never touch it and the LCD goes dark.
Since I don't have a QWERTY attached to it once I load the project I have no way to bring the screen back up.
This sounds corny but on slow nights the entire bar is all that is packed and believe it or not these folks just sit and listen to the music and stare at the gear, and our singers booty.
Is there a way to keep my screen on LCD # 2 by disabling some XP feature?
I do have a corny workaround which actually serves 2 purposes. It's a 45 minute wav. file of a kick snare loop I made in Cubase 4 which uses the Ocean Mist skin and full screen from the windows media player. It looks cool but even at 128k I feel as though I might be wasting resources or cause a problem w/ my synths, I actually was shocked a file this length could be made and looped.
It also serves as our timer since we do 4 x 45's with 15 minute breaks in between.
I would like to have my FP106C on screen the whole time along w/ the Prowave GUI, even though the Ocean mist thingy is pretty looking.

Ankyu...

go to system settings -> power settings -> change "turn off display" to never. and of course turn of the screen saver, too...

Thanks Brosky,

I'll fix it up now.

For those of you who might want to *change* power saving roles (one for when 'performing' and one for 'normal use' for instance):

Once you have the 'Power Options Properties' window open, go to the Advanced tab and check 'Always show icon on the taskbar'. Then go back to the 'Power Schemes' tab and choose the first power scheme (Always On or Presentation) and set everything to 'Never' if it isn't already (never turn off hard disks for your disk streaming romplers, never turn off monitor, never enter standby). Then go to your 'non-live' setting (Home/Office desk or portable laptop depending on type of machine) and set options as you wish there.

Now, since the tasktray icon was enabled you'll see a lightning bolt or power cord icon that you can use to click & change power schemes easily.

This can be important for MORE reasons than just your screensaver or harddisk idle settings, it actually affects Intel speedstepping (and AMD's comparable technology) that will adjust the core of your cpu up & down constantly based on the tasks that it 'sees' in the pipeline. This can actually eat your performance even under a relatively heavy load, and especially during moments where you're going from not playing anything to full blown performances.