Back up..................

[Daryll]

I have just returned home after setting up for tonight's karaoke up my local club.
All was going well then the laptop decided not to talk to the denon4500 , deck one worked fine , apart from there was no information on the display , deck two just sat there , nothing.
Out comes the backup laptop , same files , same everything , presto , all working :D .
Next the small mixer I use for the karaoke mics just refused to work :Censored: , as luck would have it , in the spares box, I have a 2 into 1 jack plug , out from both receivers went into the plug , and then onto the mic 2 input on the 4500 , all working..:D .
Just goes to show that nothing is fool proof , and things that have worked for ages , can and will break down.

Daryll

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Always worth carrying back up.

Nice one Daryll.

[NXDisco]

I had the same problem last night.

Half way into the night, dance floor absolutely rammed, my pc just died. Totally frozen and wouldn't do anything. All music went off and that was it. Countless boos etc from the crowd.

Luckily, I always have a CD cued up on the player, so i came on the mic, apologised and pressed play.

Quick restart of the pc and all worked fine.

That CD saved my life and I just wanted to fall in a big hole.

Total loss of sound was about 5 seconds, but it was the longest if my life.

Shaun

[yourdj]

pc just died. Totally frozen and wouldn't do anything. All music went off and that was it. Countless boos etc from the crowd.

Luckily, I always have a CD cued up on the player, so i came on the mic, apologised and pressed play.

Quick restart of the pc and all worked fine.

That CD saved my life and I just wanted to fall in a big hole.

Total loss of sound was about 5 seconds, but it was the longest if my life.

Shaun

I made a :Censored::Censored::Censored::Censored: up last night. Pressed the wrong play button :p
i am normally very good at not making any audio mistakes. Generally does not ever happen.

I always ignore it, but last night said "sorry about that pressed the wrong button" and everyone laughed.

Luckily not had a kit issue for a long time.

[Charlie Brown]

I need to get my mixer sorted...

[WWDJ]

I made a :Censored::Censored::Censored::Censored: up last night. Pressed the wrong play button :p
i am normally very good at not making any audio mistakes. Generally does not ever happen.

I always ignore it, but last night said "sorry about that pressed the wrong button" and everyone laughed.

Luckily not had a kit issue for a long time.

Nor me, touching wood now, but i've done that once or twice. It happens!! :D


I need to get my mixer sorted...

Yes you do. I always have 2 backup mixers with me just in case and cables that I could bypass straight from the laptop to the actives if needs be.


I had the same problem last night.

Half way into the night, dance floor absolutely rammed, my pc just died. Totally frozen and wouldn't do anything. All music went off and that was it. Countless boos etc from the crowd.

Luckily, I always have a CD cued up on the player, so i came on the mic, apologised and pressed play.

Quick restart of the pc and all worked fine.

That CD saved my life and I just wanted to fall in a big hole.

Total loss of sound was about 5 seconds, but it was the longest if my life.

Shaun

I try to have something cued on the Ipad ready to go should the worst happen.

[Booche]

I always have the android pad cue up, cortex and laptop which sort of relay in each other type of situation

Laptop if cortex goes down
Cortex if laptop goes down
Android pad if either go down

You can see what i mean lol

If the above fail then ill say sorry and see what works first lol

[Charlie Brown]

Yes you do. I always have 2 backup mixers with me just in case and cables that I could bypass straight from the laptop to the actives if needs b


If my mixer played up at the two weddings I've done (this weekend) I'd be in the :Censored:

I'll order a cheap one now.

[Charlie Brown]

Just spent £150 on a new mixer. I feel a lot better now...

It's time to buy the sub, Toby's LD Dave has got me interested.

[mattred]

Sorry that its just for the mac guys but I use this bit of software to keep a bootable back up

http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html

If my hard drive went in my mbp I could borrow someone else's mac etc and boot from my back up and it would be an identical machine set up with all my music in place etc

Its a great system

I also carry some CDs and my ipod for worse case

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

If my hard drive went in my mbp I could borrow someone else's mac etc and boot from my back up

But how useful would that be at someone's wedding? :confused:

[Alchemy]

I carry 2 spare laptops, 1 spare DJIO soundcard, and the rough playlist on CD and on USB. If my mixer went I can re-wire straight from the DJIO to the actives and use the Tractor internal mixer.

[DazzyD]

I've gone from carrying 2 laptops and the CD player to 3 laptops and the 2 CD players just in case.

I really need to some decent smaller speakers as backup but the 12' Mackie Thumps are still on the cards (just need to re-jiggle some cash) so that should sort that out. Carrying the spare 15's that we have is getting a bit much and the 12' Kams are just not up to the same standard that we're now used to.

[ultrasound disco]

Just got my second laptop working the way iI wanted.
I named it the same as my main one and was able to copy the all the virtual folders and history and search database to it in Virtual DJ so it is like having an exact clone.
I just have to keep both up to date on tunes from now on and maybe update the data base etc once a month or so to keep them both the same. :)

[yourdj]

I have a Digi mini and netook, but to be honest I would rather use this as its easier and quicker to set up:

http://www.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/djay.png

For a 50p app its amazing.

[DazzyD]

I have a Digi mini and netook, but to be honest I would rather use this as its easier and quicker to set up:

http://www.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/djay.png

For a 50p app its amazing.

And tight, you old skintflint, you! :D :D

[yourdj]

And tight, you old skintflint, you! :D :D

Yep. But it does work. You cant really mix on it but everything else functions correctly.

[Charlie Brown]

What's it called Toby?

[mattred]

What's it called Toby?

Not that it was dirrected at me but thats djay

http://www.algoriddim.com/djay-iphone


But how useful would that be at someone's wedding? :confused:

Admittedly if you don't have another mac then none at all. It was just a bit of info regarding additional back up options that are out there.

It wasn't ment to be the saving grace of all back up options but I felt that the link did contribute to the post

Matt