Sound Cue Software

[vlaho]

Hi, does someone know for portable (usb disk) sound cue software?
I want to have my sound cue software and my sound files on external HDD.
It doesn't matter Mac or PC.

[dvsDave]

hmm... unless you find a program that has U3 USB key support, the easiest thing to do is to use freeware sound cue software, and load the installer software on your USB drive, and install the software on each computer that you use. That's the easiest thing that I can think of. However, you will need to have enough user privileges on the computer to be able to install the software. Then just save your playlists... cue sheet.. whatever to your external drive. The only problem is that if the drive letter doesn't match, then the playlists won't work. I don't know how to alleviate that situation. Anybody else have a suggestion to improve upon this scheme?

-David

[mbenonis]

Sure, use QLab - you should be able to run and store everything on the drive (assuming it's big enough to hold the gigs of uncompressed audio you're using).

Does anyone have any idea what the U3 "technology" is, anyway? I've been able to run applications from my (non-U3) flash drive for years without any problems.

[avkid]

Originally Posted by mbenonis

Does anyone have any idea what the U3 "technology" is, anyway?

This might help,
http://www.u3.com/default.aspx

[mbenonis]

Originally Posted by avkid

This might help,
http://www.u3.com/default.aspx

I still don't understand why you'd need it. It looks like all it is is a fancy program launcher thingie.

[vlaho]

Thanks for advice for QLab. I'll check.
Cue program on external HDD with 2 Gigs of files is very important for me.
It's backup if something is wrong with my mac. I can use any available to finish the show. It's good to have portable apps.

[Peter]

I've played with that U3 thing for about 10 minutes before ripping it off my drive and several friend's who have it on there. It's a neat idea, but very poorly exicuted because of the popups and stuff that it does assuming that you want their product to be front and center instead of realzing it is a utility that should just work in the background.