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a warning for serato/laptop djs
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:02 am
by claw
feel its only rite to post up a thread with some advice for my fellow laptop based djs....I was playing a show this past weekend, and went to plug in my laptop (g4 powerbook) to serato, and to my surprise my computer glitched out and froze, then wouldnt restart....leaving me standing there staring down a crowd with nothing to play and pretty much screwed if it hadnt been for another djs laptop onhand and a trusty thumbdrive of my dubs i carry to all shows with me
but yea....heres the advice, get a proper laptop stand and save yourself this trouble
i had put my laptop on top of a dual-18" sub cabinet that was on the left of the decks up on stage since it was the closest flat surface for me to do so....it had never even occured to me whats inside of that speaker box, about 70lbs worth of really strong magnets....in short, my harddrive demagnetized and was ruined pretty much instantly....so save your harddrive, keep your laptop away from the bassbins and up on a real stand
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:22 am
by djshiva
ooof. that sucks, dude.
i got myself a nifty folding kitchen rack from target for $12 USD that works a treat. just a suggestion for next time.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:23 am
by phobang
shit. glad someone had a Laptop handy.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:29 pm
by __________
shit!!
thanks for the advice, never considered that. pesky magnets.
hope you had a backup
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:32 pm
by FSTZ1
sucks bro!
I have seen this MANY times
I always say.. "DOOD!! those are really big magnets!"
sometimes the person looks at me and says...
"so?"
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:36 pm
by spencertron
put yer laptop on a magnet and you are ruined. Without sounding obvious , This rule applies to alot of things, phones, tapes (audio/video) and even wallets because of cash card/credit card data getting wiped.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:37 pm
by legend4ry
This is deep, hopefully you got a backup and hopefully save a few people from the same thing.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:37 pm
by press
dang never thought of that! biggup you for having that thumbdrive ready, professionalism imo.
lukki moved his laptop off the rack and onto the stack cuz he didnt like the lappy in his face like that good thing it didnt happen to him, must be cuz he kept his on the edge.
...good to know good to know.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:43 pm
by ben freeman
Shit, that is good to know.... I will now be looking for a rack for my set up.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:07 pm
by misk
that sucks man. I also try not to set my laptop on decks either, seeing as how all direct drives have a big ass magnet in them too.
To all DJs playing on laptops, either demand a table, or if your a nobody, bring a table
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:08 pm
by black lotus
oh man, i am genuinely sorry. and honestly i think that might be a total loss, unless one of those hard drive recovery services has ways to recover data from a demag'd drive. electro-magnetism wins, usually..
did you have much on there besides tracks that was lost?
seriously, this is also why i
back-up religiously. DVDs and external HD. you never know. i hope you get your stuff back, or that it wasn't a massive loss for you.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:10 pm
by solshada
sorry to hear bout that one man.
Thanks for the advice. I can't really explain how choked I'd be to lose all of what I have on my macbook
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:53 pm
by claw
luckily i didnt lose anything with my harddrive being erased...had a thumbdrive with me that had all the same mp3s on it, so i was allrite for the show
on a related side note, i been talking with a guy thats making stands for this reason.....will post up some info on it when he gets the site up and running for them...be on the lookout for "the crane stand"
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:59 pm
by misk
i heard you can't demagnetize vinyl.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:01 pm
by black lotus
Misk wrote:i heard you can't demagnetize vinyl.
no, vinyl gets good old fashioned entropy.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:06 pm
by phobang
Misk wrote:i heard you can't demagnetize vinyl.
No, but when some asshole comes up to wheel your tune and it gets an 1/8" deep gash across the drop, well... CDJ's are better.
And in closing now that everyone has officially cried a little bit for Claw... Claw moves sound equipment from place to place for a living and produces tunes that rattle these magnets...
of all people to randomly set a laptop on a stack of subs...
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:17 pm
by misk
in closing? is this thread over? oops, i'll not post here again.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:18 pm
by eshscramble
phobang wrote:Misk wrote:i heard you can't demagnetize vinyl.
No, but when some asshole comes up to wheel your tune and it gets an 1/8" deep gash across the drop, well... CDJ's are better.
And in closing now that everyone has officially cried a little bit for Claw... Claw moves sound equipment from place to place for a living and produces tunes that rattle these magnets...
of all people to randomly set a laptop on a stack of subs...
no cdjs still suck. that's just when some asshole gets an 1/8" deep gash on the face.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:19 pm
by misk
eshscramble wrote:phobang wrote:Misk wrote:i heard you can't demagnetize vinyl.
No, but when some asshole comes up to wheel your tune and it gets an 1/8" deep gash across the drop, well... CDJ's are better.
And in closing now that everyone has officially cried a little bit for Claw... Claw moves sound equipment from place to place for a living and produces tunes that rattle these magnets...
of all people to randomly set a laptop on a stack of subs...
no cdjs still suck. that's just when some asshole gets an 1/8" deep gash on the face.
psst. i heard this thread was over. we're not supposed to write here anymore...
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:20 pm
by eshscramble
oh i'm not done yet!!!!!!