16 May
2018
16 May
'18
8:23 p.m.
Will Godfrey <willgodfrey(a)musically.me.uk> writes:
Actually It's worse than that. The BIG SWITCH (tm)
powers up an arduino
controlled sequential switcher. The keyboards are switched on first,then the
computer(configured to run when power appears). Once the switcher sees the 5V
from a USB socket it steps through and switches on all the other kit (amplifier
last). Closing down the computer means the loss of 5V tells the arduino to
switch all the gear off including the supply to the computer (amplifer first
this time). I can re-start by pressing a button on the switcher. So the
only standby power is a 10W switchmode PSU :)
Oh my. One of my complaints I've had with this modern era of DAW
recording, and also with the fact that I'm now actually able to afford
gear better than when I was younger (hence I have more of it), is that
whereas in the old days I used to be able to just hack together
something in an Ensoniq on-board sequencer and a couple of drum
machines, and send it to 4-track tape, now I'm always griping that
making a song takes prior planning and lots of equipment setup and
software configuration. Songwriting feels like planning a Space Shuttle
launch. You have a big mission book, and an initialization procedure,
and there needs to be a countdown with contingencies in case of
launchpad failure. Sometimes you forget that you were writing music,
and not trying to land on Mars.
But damn, man...you take the cake. :)
--
- Brent Busby + ===============================================
+ "The introduction of a new kind of music must
-- Studio -- + be shunned as imperiling the whole state, for
-- Amadeus/ -- + styles of music are never disturbed without
-- Keycorner -- + without affecting the most important political
-- Recording -- + institutions." --Plato, "Republic"
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