One for the geeks.
It's hard enough getting a bandful of damn people playing in time let alone four laptops. Stopping and starting multiple bits of gear on stage while keeping a back-beat / drum machine / clock source running in the gaps (while you load the next song) then restarting everything in synch has always been a complete pain in the arse.
Maybe a pain no longer. Mungo Enterprises goes someway to solving this with a very simple - how should I put this - 'big fucking knob with a flashing LED' which you punch when you wish to re-start slave sequencers / gear on beat with your clock source. It automatically restarts all slave gear on the beginning of the next loop. Cool!
Still have no idea what I'm talking about? Read the next blog about a Japanese guy electrocuting his face in time with music.