Recent content by Gahrgoyle

So, latest greatest in my comparison of Mac vs PC: I met with a music teacher that teaches sound engineering about this topic. He used PCs for years and says that he basically went through hell with them because of all the latency issues. Every PC he brought in he had to strip down to bare...

Re: Mac vs. PC for ShowcontrolThat's pretty much what I've done so far with the old laptop that we're using right now. I've stripped it down as much as possible. I've even going through a list of tweaks that a lot of recording engineers suggest to remove as much latency as possible--it's a...

I'm about to buy a new computer for controlling light and sound for our theater. The question is "Mac or PC?". I'm very much a PC guy, but there is the whole battle with the latency issue, which requires the computer to be totally dedicated to this one and only purpose. I'm wondering if it's the...

There's a free download from Showmagic SL (Google it). It handles both lights and sound. It's fairly intuitive and easy to learn. I often use it for just sound effects. The issue with iTunes or Windows Media Player is that the operator has to stop each sound effect manually or they roll right...