Esoteric
Well-Known Member
I beg to differ, semi-unrelated, but we were doing sound for an honor society induction and I decided that we should probably have a backup read just in case something crazy happens. Well, something crazy happened, and the back up that we tested didn't work. And the back up backup didn't work. We tried like 4 different cables before we got to one that worked.
Anything that plugs into the wall does have a mind of its own and has what it believes to be its right to not work at its discretion.
We once had a Whole Hog for an opera. We programmed the show and made two back ups. The console ate the show and both backup disks. Ever since then, I have always trouble shot boards before putting my backup in. Learned my lesson.
But I do love HES/Flying Pig error messages. Make you laugh while you are reprogramming an entire opera in half an hour before house opens.
Mike
PS Who is to say when something will fail. I had a DMX cable once function perfectly through sound check and rehearsal and in the middle of the concert I lose half the rig. Guess why? What we do is so uncertain and uncontrollable when I am wearing my tech hat, I hate to introduce ANY unnecessary uncertainty, even an extra 1%.