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WhatsThatSound:
I have been a long time user of the DL1608 and it seems to me that with every update with new features is ruining my battery life. I used to be able to do a whole 9-2 5-set gig without even getting close to a low battery level. Not anymore, I have tried closing all other apps short of an Airplay DJ app I use for break music and I can't even make it through half the gig. I have resorted to docking the Ipad 2 as soon as I get around 20% and mix with iPhone and then doing break music from docked Ipad 2. I realize I am using an older Ipad 2 but it never was an issue before recent updates. I just checked Mackie website and they still seem to support an Ipad 2.
Is anyone else experiencing this?

JohnMHoyt:

--- Quote from: WhatsThatSound on January 06, 2017, 03:11:34 PM ---I have been a long time user of the DL1608 and it seems to me that with every update with new features is ruining my battery life. I used to be able to do a whole 9-2 5-set gig without even getting close to a low battery level. Not anymore, I have tried closing all other apps short of an Airplay DJ app I use for break music and I can't even make it through half the gig. I have resorted to docking the Ipad 2 as soon as I get around 20% and mix with iPhone and then doing break music from docked Ipad 2. I realize I am using an older Ipad 2 but it never was an issue before recent updates. I just checked Mackie website and they still seem to support an Ipad 2.
Is anyone else experiencing this?

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My iPad pro was getting less battery life starting about 2 or 3 iOS updates back.  To the point where it was getting scary for our FOH audio tech when we had 30 minutes to go and the iPad was down to 30%....  20% by the time we shut everything down.  In the past it had been no less than 50% for a show of the same length.

To help I have turned the brightness down - way down...
I make sure every app is closed except Tango Remote (plays songs during breaks through my Airport Express and two inputs on the DL32R) and Mackie MF.
(Double click home, slide everything upward so nothing is running).
I've disabled all graphics fun things like parallax and keep it very simple.
I've turned off background updates for everything and I started turning off unneeded services like GPS and cellular.   

Now when I start the night off with a full charge, I'm down to about 40-50% at the end of the night.
That helps tremendously, but you are correct in your observations - battery life has been impacted recently.

My iPad Air 2 only runs tango and MF - and it also used to be at 50+% at the end of the night - it gets down to 30-40% now - not as big of a change as my iPad pro, but enough to notice for sure.

The old iPad 2 that the keyboard player uses is all but dead at the end of the night - 10% remaining.  It has had everything disabled except MF forever.  It used to be about 20% at the end of the night.
I expect that its battery is just dying - it's old and there have been no updates to it.

Weogo:
Hi Folks,

I have a little USB power supply with a built-in battery that has enough power to fully charge two Ipads, and
another one that runs on four AA batteries(usually rechargeables, but alkalines from anywhere work fine).
 
I always take two Ipads to a gig.
Also there's usually two routers, and a spare mixer.

Battery life does seem shorter these days, but I don't know if it is the Ipad firmware, MF, or just batteries aging.

Thanks and good health,  Weogo

JohnMHoyt:

--- Quote from: Weogo on January 07, 2017, 12:20:54 AM ---Hi Folks,

I have a little USB power supply with a built-in battery that has enough power to fully charge two Ipads, and
another one that runs on four AA batteries(usually rechargeables, but alkalines from anywhere work fine).
 
I always take two Ipads to a gig.
Also there's usually two routers, and a spare mixer.

Battery life does seem shorter these days, but I don't know if it is the Ipad firmware, MF, or just batteries aging.

Thanks and good health,  Weogo

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I bought a 10 port USB charger/power supply and keep that on stage loaded with usb and lightning cables for our various devices.   I have 4 iPads to maintain, and then other band members also have iThings they have to keep up. But it's just darn unhandy in a show to be wired or to have other battery packs. We have them, but the fear of having to use them still bugs me.   I miss the good old days when everything was running longer and I had more wiggle room to run brighter screens.

stevegarris:

--- Quote from: WhatsThatSound on January 06, 2017, 03:11:34 PM ---I have been a long time user of the DL1608 and it seems to me that with every update with new features is ruining my battery life. I used to be able to do a whole 9-2 5-set gig without even getting close to a low battery level. Not anymore, I have tried closing all other apps short of an Airplay DJ app I use for break music and I can't even make it through half the gig. I have resorted to docking the Ipad 2 as soon as I get around 20% and mix with iPhone and then doing break music from docked Ipad 2. I realize I am using an older Ipad 2 but it never was an issue before recent updates. I just checked Mackie website and they still seem to support an Ipad 2.
Is anyone else experiencing this?

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Sounds terrible. That's one more reason why I've avoided updates. I'm running my iPad on ver 7.1, and it uses 15 - 20% battery power for a typical night of mixing. I do use the lowest screen brightness inside, but for daytime shows I run it full brightness. I did a 5 hour outside show this summer without running too low.

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