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Originally Posted by JFreak
You would be surprised how much power high end analog gear takes...
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A large format console does, for sure, but most PT users don't own such things. I do, I have a 10' long DDA console, and it's two power supplies draw 360 watts. But outboard gear is nothing like that. My Tubetech dual mic preamp draws 35 watts, and that has tubes and transformers in it. My Amek 9098 mic preamps/eqs draws only 14. That is more typical. My Digi 192 with my Mac Pro combo draw close to 220 watts, which is many times more that any other piece of gear in my studio. Aside from a large format console and a 2" tape machine, what studio gear can come even remotely close to that?
As far as powering up and down, it's both inconvenient and bad for gear. Ever see the occasional story in the news of someone who has a light bulb that hasn't burned out in 30 or 40 years? That's because they never turned it off. Any pro studio owner will tell you that gear never breaks (due to electronics failure) while in use. It's powering it on that kills it. And then there is the electric bill to consider.
It would be far better to allow the Mac to go into sleep mode like it was designed to do. For those of us who run PT all the time, the savings would definitely add up.