I find that OSX still manages to do a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff and I wonder if it occasionally interferes with audio. I also have Energy Saver prefs set to 'Prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off' and to not 'Put hard disks to sleep when possible.' I might be a little overzealous but don't want to leave anything to chance! I also disable Notification Center by turning on 'Do Not Disturb' in System Prefs with the time set from 5:00AM to 4:59AM (it will turn on for a minute at 4:59AM!). I do go online via a web browser occasionally to download driver updates or other things I need to do gigs with, but that's about it. Zero 'iCloud' stuff, email accounts, etc. Mojave on the 'gigging' partition is a stock install with no 3rd party software added except what I need to do gigs with: midi & audio drivers and the music sw I use. I use a separate partition on the internal drive dedicated just for playing gigs, with its own separate OSX install (not a second account that shares the same system). I have a late-2013 MacBook Pro, currently on Mojave (10.14.6). Since we're talking laptop strategies, I'll add a few of mine. I wish you a trouble-free experience like mine has mostly been (I've never had an actual crash, but a few hiccups here & there that were not show-stoppers). That never occured and I went to leaving the JV in the accessory case where it remains today. There was a brief period of time when I first started doing laptop gigs where I would hook up both the JV1010 and laptop audio into a small mixer so I could instantly switch to the JV if I had to. I've used it on a gig twice – once when I accidentally left my laptop bag home, and once when my speakers thermalled on a gig and I thought it was the laptop.Īnyway, carrying a rack enclosure with a synth module 'just in case' is not something I would personally consider, but I understand you doing whatever makes you comfortable. I got it used on Ebay for around $150, don't remember the year.

I carry a small 1/2 rack module in my accessory case along with my pedals – a Roland JV1010 – for emergencies. I started using a laptop on stage close to 20 years ago. XV2020 would be in a rack, right? Or just laying out somewhere on stage naked? In my view, one of the big pluses of a laptop rig is minimizing the gear count & cable clutter.

Load roland sound canvas in mainstage