This Sunday was yet again another gentle reminder.. Leave your Emotions at the Door when your troubleshooting a technical issue. This is something we’ve hit before specifically here and here. Most of the time when working with Computers if something goes wrong its User Error. You hit the wrong button, or assigned the wrong task to the wrong button, or opened the wrong file, etc…It’s important when things do go wrong and your trying to figure them out, that you calm down and think logically. Train yourself to not freak out when something goes wrong. Slowly examine whats taking place. Am I hitting the right button? Do I have the correct file open? Is everything plugged in? Is this Cable bad? Does my DI need batteries or Phantom Power?
And hey.. If something does go wrong or a Loop cuts off too early or too late, is it really that big of a deal? Sure we should strive for Excellence in ALL things, so yes you should figure out why that happened and try to fix it so it doesn’t happen again. But I’m pretty sure that God is big and powerful enough that even if Live accidentally shuts down and we lose click and loops for the first service that He CAN still change Lives. Don’t lose sight of that!
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It is funny what we can freak out about that no one even notices. Heck, I don’t think I noticed anything was up until you told me
Thank you! Good to know that others have this happen, too. Sorry, but it helps somehow.
And just so you know, it’s still happening to me quite a bit, even after quite a while of using loops. Sometimes, everything will go perfectly right up until soundcheck the day of the service. Then, poof!
I can’t tell you how much that frustrates me, but…it appears you know from experience. I commiserate!
Anyway, I also agree that I probably notice this much more than others. Thanks for the encouragement to keep my focus elsewhere.
Troy,
What kind of problems do you seem to be having? Do they seem to be user error or software/hardware error? Let us know, we’d love to help!