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And which of Lehigh's control desks are you using again? Have you contacted Lehigh and asked how to implement their MIDI...how to activate it or turn it on?
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how old is the computer you're running and how powerful is it (processor/memory?) that could do it. My friend running vista though was using a program and his Sound Card went to sleep so that could also do it.
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I've never had a problem with QLab like you've described. I do always have the "force core audio to stay awake" checkbox checked, and in system preferences, I have it set so the screensaver never comes on, the display stays awake, and the hard disk never goes to sleep. So far, I've not run into a problem with these settings on a 2GHz Core Duo MacBook Pro. I bought it two years ago. Though I'm about to add an M-Audio Firewire audio/MIDI interface, so we'll see how it behaves then.
I know a local outdoor venue here uses QLab for their SFX. They have a Macbox (as my Apple-employed friends call it) backstage in an air conditioned room, running QLab with a MOTU Traveler interface. Actually, they have two of each for redundancy, and a remote keyboard/monitor/mouse at FOH. The computers and MOTUs used to live out at FOH, but the heat would cause the MOTUs to lose the audio sync and then drop the audio. Cues are fired by a MIDI command from the Cadac console, and to the best of my knowledge, they haven't had a failure in the two years they've been using the current setup. Herr_Sprecker, what's your setup for QLab? Perhaps it could be an issue like I mentioned with the interface losing sync.
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We've seen the issue on 3 different macs, all about 1-2 years old. Each one we have the core audio set to stay awake, and we set the screen saver off and the hard disc to stay awake, but the problem still resulted. The silence cues seem to be keeping things happy for the most part, but I'm hoping a long-term solution presents itself on this one.
The problem does not seem to be specific to the computer or interface, as we have had it happen on all 3 machines, each of which is connected to a different type of audio interface (Layla 3G, MOTU828, MOTU Ultralite). There's also been no predictable pattern, each machine gets a fresh boot prior to the show starting, and a speaker check cue. |
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Hi All,
I have used only one of the programs mentioned in this thread, so I can't make any comparisons. I have been using CuePlayerPremium for some time and am very pleased. You can't get much easier to use. For noob users I just say click the green button to play the next sound and training is done. Creating a cue file is almost as easy. And it now handles video control as well. Regards, Mac |
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