Yay. Also, woe. Also, yay.

[avevale_intelligencer]

There was a band rehearsal scheduled for this weekend just past, enhanced by the presence of our new long distance member, eintx. A few weeks ago, my upstairs desktop suffered a graphics failure (either the monitor or the card, don't know which) so most of my lyrics became inaccessible. But I wasn't worried.

Then on Saturday the downstairs laptop (nominally Jan's, but I was planning to use it for the rehearsal) decided not to let me access any of the virtual synths I'd used for the sequences. But I still had usable files on the upstairs laptop, so I wasn't worried.

Then when I tried to make audio mixdowns on the upstairs laptop it started crashing every time I opened a file. At this point I went from not being worried to not panicking.

Despite all this, it was a really great rehearsal. CT is back in its groove (or rut, depending on who you ask) and it's marvellous to have a fourth voice and another instrumentalist again, even if she can only attend rehearsals once or twice a year. Let's face it, that's sometimes been all we've managed. :) I'm looking forward to my and Valerie's slots at Duple Time, and to what will come after.

So now I have to investigate the graphics card on the upstairs desktop, update the device drivers on the upstairs laptop anduninstall and reinstall the drivers for the iLok dongle on the downstairs laptop. And then I'll be fine. I hope.

Comments

[zanda-myrande.livejournal.com]

And yes I know some families would be grateful to have one computer to go wrong on them. This is so First World a problem it's practically Zeroth World. I get that.

Also, my head is going "la la LA la la" a lot, and it's a little distracting.

[valydiarosada.livejournal.com]

It was a great rehearsal!
Yay! :D

Hope you've had some luck sorting the tech problems.

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

[HUGS YOU AND YOUR TECH]