very heavy sound vibrations during live play...

[GeeEs]

Right.. the party is over... my gear is home again... everything in good shape on first sight...

Ok... Look at the title, and you know what I'm worried about. Last weekend I had this gig and I experienced these extreme heavy vibrations on my external hard drive and laptop. Most of the gear I wouldn't even think of this being a serious problem, but when I put my hand on the harddrives I can't imagine these drives will last long in these conditions. (Yeay I know, I'm too worried ) Everything worked really well (as usual) but I couldn't resist to ask this question.

Is there a way to absorb these soundwaves as much as possible in a club environment? Does anyone have experienced errors during these conditions?
Probably the position of the VJ setup is important, but you always would have these vibrations. (Last weekend we were sitting in the back of the venue, in front of the stage, so the sound was really hammering our tables)

Any ideas? (solid state drives?!)

[gpvillamil]

Solid State Drives would work, and it's something I've been looking at for another application (mobile video capture).

I find that setting my laptop on top of its high density foam sleeve (a Zeroshock sleeve) helps a lot. Also, you can see in this pic (http://public.fotki.com/gpvillamil/vj_gigs/gpvj.html) that everything is sitting in a foam-lined gear case.

I also take a roll of of rubber foam mesh, and lay that out on the table where I put my gear. It keeps stuff from sliding around, and also has some shock absorbing value.

[GeeEs]

Thanks gpvillamil, I will definitely try these high density foam sleeves... Looks very durable and solid on the pics. I'm also thinking of getting some of the cheaper hdd's solely for live use.

[bart]

Perhaps you can put your laptop on a freefloat? Originally intended for turntables but also make for a great fetch joy for your dog
http://www.freefloat.net/content.php?se ... d=4&ID=105