Do you install updates on the computer? Do you browse the internet with it? Would you expect a ten year old computer to work?
Many everyday interfaces that have previously worked fine for decades, nowadays have computers and sampling inputs. Large multi billion dollar industry giants have managed to create unresponsive elevator interfaces where if you press a button, sometimes something happens, sometimes nothing happens. It's a expletive elevator. How hard can it be?
Perhaps I can trust technology like a Boss multi effects pedal - it's been engineered for a very narrow amount of inputs and doesn't need software updates. It can be made to basically always just work. The company has a long history of actually creating quality products.
But a laptop on stage, or off stage and interfaced with some pedals. That's just a disaster waiting to happen. Maybe if you can pay for one person to just babysit the computer and route around it if / when there are problems, then it's probably great.
Do you install updates on the computer? Do you browse the internet with it? Would you expect a ten year old computer to work?
Many everyday interfaces that have previously worked fine for decades, nowadays have computers and sampling inputs. Large multi billion dollar industry giants have managed to create unresponsive elevator interfaces where if you press a button, sometimes something happens, sometimes nothing happens. It's a expletive elevator. How hard can it be?
Perhaps I can trust technology like a Boss multi effects pedal - it's been engineered for a very narrow amount of inputs and doesn't need software updates. It can be made to basically always just work. The company has a long history of actually creating quality products.
But a laptop on stage, or off stage and interfaced with some pedals. That's just a disaster waiting to happen. Maybe if you can pay for one person to just babysit the computer and route around it if / when there are problems, then it's probably great.