[QLab] imac intel with MOTU traveller

[Rory Dale]

Welcome!

Certainly no horror stories, this is a great piece of software, and  
revolutionary for me, who as a Mac user would not use SFX. I've run  
Qlab on a number of configurations. The most advanced of which is a  
1.9Ghz 17" G5 iMac, with 1.5GB RAM, using a MOTU Ultralite. I have  
never had a single problem with playback of the shows I've designed  
using Qlab. It has been rock solid. The biggest issues I've run into  
were with the MOTU, and I wouldn't really call these "big issues,"  
more like mild frustrations. I think the advice with the MOTU is make  
sure you have the most up to date driver, and don't just use bus  
power. I had the issue with Qlab coming unpatched from the MOTU a  
couple of times, but this (it happened three or four times out of  
thirty or so shows) was only when booting the computer and turning  
everything on. It was easily fixed by power cycling the MOTU and re- 
patching the device in Qlab's audio prefs. We suspect this was due to  
a driver issue, and perhaps the fact that I was not using the PSU  
with the Ultralite.

I design all of my shows on a 20" 2Ghz G5 iMac w/2GB RAM, and I tech  
them on a 1Ghz G4 PowerBook w/1Gb RAM. The shows always run flawlessly.

On another note, Chris, what do you think about a "Configuration"  
section on the Wiki? Where people can post the systems they are using?

All the best Dan,
Rory

On Feb 26, 2007, at 12:17 PM, Dan Hoole wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> I've just joined the mailing list. I'm currently running Qlab (the  
> free 8 output version at the minute) on my OLD G3 ibook graphite  
> SE, just to get a feel for the program. The ibook just isn't up to  
> the task (it will only take up to 320MB RAM!), fine for a couple of  
> WAVs, but nothing particularly heavy-going. I'm looking for a cost  
> effective solution for the sound department where I work, and I'm  
> strongly considering the 2Ghz Intel Imac, with a MOTU traveller. I  
> know that there have been issues with the most recent MOTU  
> firmware, but other than this, does anyone have any other horror  
> stories that I should know about?
> Any feedback would be most appreciated!
> Dan Hoole
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