Re: Installation laptop setup
interesting observatins, Got teh gallery install finished and working the bugs out. Darkening the SCREEN: This installation works with LOGIC in region- repeat playback (hopefully 24/7) and as long as it's in PLAY mode, LOGIC never lets the screen sleep. This is not a big deal as I can just hit PLAY, then manually kill the screen with F2 and walk away. Where it has shown a problem is SOMEHOW, after hours of flawless playback, the thing just goes SILENT. It's still RUNNING... it still is running the counter and the cursor line is moving across the screen like it's playing, but no sound comes out and no meters on the screen are bouncing. Stopping and restarting it doesn;t fix it. what DOES fix it is to click on the green REGION marker bar at the top of the screen and then sound comes back. On May 10, 2012, at 7:27 PM, JohnV wrote: Thanks a bunch Bruce. Exactly what i'd hoped was possible. JV On May 10, 2012, at 7:12 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 10, 2012, at 2:43 PM, JohnV wrote: Should I be thinking about things like ENERGY settings or other system prefs that either might interfere with LOGIC and cause it to hiccup, or things that would be a Good THing (like shutting the screen off)? Setting the screen to sleep would be good. I don't think other settings will be an issue because Logic will be running and doing things. Since it's on a power supply though, I don't think there will be any issues. Security issues.. physically: with the laptop hidden inside a walled-up small cart along with the sound amps, any sort of physical retraints anyone knows about? you can get laptop security cables pretty cheaply, and lock it to the cart. http://tinyurl.com/7x7p7ae operationally: with the program running, is there a way to make the computer un-accessible? Set a good password, and set 'require password immediately after s;eep or screen saver begins' in the Security pane of System Preferences. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/ netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Installation laptop setup
On the topic of this sound installation in a sculpture exhibition, Thanks for teh suggestion to do the 4-chanel subwoofer feed derivation in LOGIC, with an aggregate-device 5 channel output, which I accomplished. the amp rig, using the gear I jhave on hand (larger stuff) was still way more bulk and complexity than I was happy with so I've minimalised the show gear to a MacBook, a 4ch convertor and a pair of 2.1 plate amps. Elegant... as long as it works consistantly. The laptop is running a simple 4-track-file playback in LOGIC on REPEAT as a 24-7 thing on the laptop into a 4ch DigitalAnalog convertor into the amps. As a set-and-forget day-to-day thing, I'm thinking of having the whole room system on a single power distribution unit (for gallery atendants' one-switch ease of operation) EXCEPT for the laptop which would be on its own power feed that would NOT switch off adn just run 24/7. Should I be thinking about things like ENERGY settings or other system prefs that either might interfere with LOGIC and cause it to hiccup, or things that would be a Good THing (like shutting the screen off)? Security issues.. physically: with the laptop hidden inside a walled-up small cart along with the sound amps, any sort of physical retraints anyone knows about? operationally: with the program running, is there a way to make the computer un-accessible? Thanks John Vengrouskie Soundscenes DC -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Installation laptop setup
On May 10, 2012, at 2:43 PM, JohnV wrote: Should I be thinking about things like ENERGY settings or other system prefs that either might interfere with LOGIC and cause it to hiccup, or things that would be a Good THing (like shutting the screen off)? Setting the screen to sleep would be good. I don't think other settings will be an issue because Logic will be running and doing things. Since it's on a power supply though, I don't think there will be any issues. Security issues.. physically: with the laptop hidden inside a walled-up small cart along with the sound amps, any sort of physical retraints anyone knows about? you can get laptop security cables pretty cheaply, and lock it to the cart. http://tinyurl.com/7x7p7ae operationally: with the program running, is there a way to make the computer un-accessible? Set a good password, and set 'require password immediately after s;eep or screen saver begins' in the Security pane of System Preferences. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Installation laptop setup
Thanks a bunch Bruce. Exactly what i'd hoped was possible. JV On May 10, 2012, at 7:12 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 10, 2012, at 2:43 PM, JohnV wrote: Should I be thinking about things like ENERGY settings or other system prefs that either might interfere with LOGIC and cause it to hiccup, or things that would be a Good THing (like shutting the screen off)? Setting the screen to sleep would be good. I don't think other settings will be an issue because Logic will be running and doing things. Since it's on a power supply though, I don't think there will be any issues. Security issues.. physically: with the laptop hidden inside a walled-up small cart along with the sound amps, any sort of physical retraints anyone knows about? you can get laptop security cables pretty cheaply, and lock it to the cart. http://tinyurl.com/7x7p7ae operationally: with the program running, is there a way to make the computer un-accessible? Set a good password, and set 'require password immediately after s;eep or screen saver begins' in the Security pane of System Preferences. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
