Hello again list,
I was trying to avoid doing any real work apparently, and found myself designing my ideal home network configuration and my dream performance setup, and I had a few small questions:
(Presuppose linux OS unless otherwise specified)
machines from one fileserver via NFS how would PD's performance be affected? What about if each machine had its own PD compiled and mounted localy but all the patches it was using were loaded fron an NFS mounted volume?
audio breakoutbox like the m-audio 1010, and mic preamp and such, would the cumputer's processor's electro-magnetic noise bleed into the audio signal even using balanced cables everywhere? (e.g. would it be best to have one rack of computers and one of audio gear, and laptops and power conditioners are ok around audio equipment becasue they are shielded? I am relitively new to the live sound thing...) Is there a way to shield the audio signal from computer noise? I know that the magnetic field falls off at the square of the distance but in a rack there is not much space to sperate things. I know that a ferris metal like a steel or iron sheet could act as shielding but how much fieldnoise would wrap around the sheet if it is the same dimentions as the base of the computers rack enclosure?
connector) is there a way to use regular midi or the network to sync multiple machines?
These last questions are more general; about performing live with electronics.
to perform live. I have been in shows before but it was only once piece; How do you that use PD live balance stage performance with computer interaction? (videos would be nice! How the f*%k did skinny puppy do all that crazyness live WITH ANALOGE EQUIPMENT EVEN?) Supp: how much do you use "push play" pieces versus crazy interactive pieces? (a push play piece is a precompiled piece that you perform along with but requires no direct interaction)
spending my money and time on the rest of my gear and depending on the house providing the PA? Keep in mind that I tend to be more "experimental" and so I proabably wont be playing the large, or even medium venues.
For context I offer you A track from my as-yet unreleased seccond disk: HasDreams, 99% PD made! (My first disk was an amagalimation of stuff, but proabably 50% csound: DISKNEXTNEXT) switcher-0.9 http://www.aproximation.org/audio/Music/HasDreams/03-switcher-0.9.mp3 Switcher is a piece that uses a learning markov chain interacting with a sculpture. http://www.aproximation.org/?target=visual&focus=127 The bottom 4 switches (one per side) tell the chain how to learn and the 8 switches (one set per side) configure one of four duplications of the one instrument.
Thanks for all the help, and sorry for the long posting! I must really not want to get anything done today! :D -thewade