A lot of people do it, but I'm always paranoid about using a computer for anything live and critical. something got past you in testing and you have just been lucky so far) - well, back to the laboratory you go!īut don't just panic and start tearing your OS apart when you (at least in theory) started with a tested working system and further made no changes.Ī windows machine on a live stage? You're a braver man than meYeah. If you don't have 2 of everything (interface & computer) for a backup, you'll have to enlist some help here. If that's not it and you are REALLY sure of your system image - go after the firewire/usb cables and then the interface itself and finally the computer itself. Boot your system from a clone of your system image to test. Something wasn't as tested as you thought!įor #1, start by shotgunning the hard drive. To recap - it's one of two possible scenarios:Ģ. Keep a disc image of that clone somewhere safe on a data drive for a 3rd copy too.Īlso, if you are recording multitrack while you mix/perform - in an emergency, you can always hit stop on the recording and at least have your live show keep going. Keep a 2nd drive in your machine with a clone of your system ready to go. If you don't have a known and tested OS/system. If you have an identical clone of your system volume in the machine on a 2nd drive (hint hint), that would have been a good time to boot from the backup to continue the show. If you do in fact have a tested stable system and keep your OS image backed up, unless you missed something and Windows or whatever pulled a new trick on you, you probably have a hard drive failing. I have a feeling that it was a driver behaving bad or so?Īny ideas on where to search and prevent this?Ī windows machine on a live stage? You're a braver man than me!īut let's assume you put in the DIY and had a stable system configured. I have a stripped down W8.1 alienware 8Gb, dedicated to music.ĭisabled anti virus and other background tasks. I think murphy was giving me his law yesterday. Worked fine for most of the times, for over a year now. MP3 track for bass & drums, lights and video. Problem is, my whole live show is driven by my W8.1 pc. In the second part of the concert I did a reboot and that solved it all. Then I stoped the play and started again and was ok untill the nex few minutes.
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