I had an installation with a Mac Mini (intel, forgotten what OSX version, maybe 10.5, somewhat trimmed down), no internet but wirelessly connected to a Linux machine running video, running 8 channels from a MOTU Ultralite. It shutdown at midnight and restarted at 6:30am every day.
It ran for 15 months without fail or intervention (it was locked from cleaners and the public). I have had this going in various cities for several months, but the 15 month stint was the longest. I have a similar thing currently going in India for 12 months with almost no intervention - there have been power failures... Hope that helps, paul On 11/02/2013, at 5:02 AM, "hans w. koch" <koc...@netcologne.de> wrote: > i can only second the idea going mini mac. > i have a piece for 12 channels, which i have shown several times over > extended periods driven from am humbly mini mac g4, 1.42ghz (they are cheap > now) with a simple maxpatch, opened automatically on startup in max runtime. > OS was 10.4.1, which is slim enough to not trouble the machine, but still > allows to set automatic start and shutdown times for the computer. > for setup i use a vnc connection via ethernet from my laptop, so no need to > bring a monitor or keyboard to the place. > this was piped via into an echo audiofire12 interface. > the only problems with this setup were occasionally cleaningwomen pulling the > plug in the evening. > > for preparation of the files i used audacity to combine the individual into > 12channel aiff files. works a treat. > > hth > hans > > www.hans-w-koch.net > > > > > > Am 10.02.2013 um 18:00 schrieb sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu: > >> Message: 17 >> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:16:04 +0000 >> From: Oli Larkin <olilar...@googlemail.com> >> Subject: Re: [Sursound] 8+ channel players ? >> To: Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu> >> Message-ID: <3914ac68-7ce9-4e77-8d08-255888711...@googlemail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> >> On 10 Feb 2013, at 11:05, Augustine Leudar wrote: >> >>> I m >>> even thinking the best idea would be to use a apple mini and a motu >>> soundcard. If I can program the apple mini to open an eight channel max >>> patch in runltime upon starting is should just work by pressing the on >>> button - I can then just remove the keyboard and monitor. >> >> I've done this successfully a couple of times. Watch out for all the resume >> features in osx 10.7+ though. They can be problematic for installations. > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
