Good point about the UPS’s… I live in Florida, so it’s a daily fact of life here!

For me, having everything shut down when I turn off my keyboard doesn’t really work, as I use the sound system for much more than just the one keyboard, and my computer DAW, interfaces etc..

My Mackie’s are auto sensing, so the main power user goes into sleep if it doesn’t detect any sound, and that’s probably most of the vampire current draw.


A techie once told me that components get stressed more by being powered up and down daily than by running constantly (given a solid UPS) for months or years, so I leave what I use all the time running. But YMMV…