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  • June 12, 2014 at 8:01 am #2036935
    Terry_42
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    Well I have rarely seen soundcards suddenly become unreliable.
    However I have often seen Windows PCs suddenly become unreliable.
    So my guess would be it is something in your system.
    For starters the PC is on the lower end of specs for VDJ.
    Also you do not specify, but some AMD CPUs make problems and we do recommend Intel CPUs for DJing.
    It could also be very well a memory or driver issue or even your anti-virus or even a virus.

    So the range or possibilities is rather high.
    The best bet in such situations is to save your DJ library stuff to an external drive and re-install the whole PC fresh.

    June 12, 2014 at 11:23 am #2036949
    Andrei Sandu
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    Hi Terry,

    It is an Intel CPU, but the PC is over 3 years old now and has had overheating issues / crashes in the past.

    Am I right in thinking that the Mixtrack is essentially a “keyboard” for VDJ, and that all the audio processing takes place in the PC, so the PC is more likely to be the issue?

    Any thoughts on the fact that clone deck semi-solves the issue? Perhaps by putting the same thing on both decks there’s less to process so it can handle it?

    Thanks for the help,
    Andrei

    June 12, 2014 at 7:19 pm #2037011
    dannyboyex@gmail.com
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    Since you said that you have all your pc audio running through the mixtrack (I did that for a while too) or might be that you are having conflict with the sound card. Did you install any new programs recently?

    June 12, 2014 at 7:28 pm #2037012
    Andrei Sandu
    Participant

    Hi Mista Clean
    The only software I’ve recently installed that would affect audio is VDJ8, and I had been having the same issues (in VDJ7) even before the upgrade.

    So I don’t think it’s an audio driver thing.

    Thanks,
    Andrei

    June 12, 2014 at 9:05 pm #2037031
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    All this stuff is the main reason I advocate creating a dual-boot PC. With one install ONLY for DJ-ing purposes. No internet connection, no antivirus, no wireless, no bluetooth, no nothing. Stripped down version of Windows. Everything you don’t need uninstalled or at the very least switched off (check msconfig). Install the necessary drivers to make your DJ Software and controller work. I personally have all my tracks on an external hard disk, so I don’t have to put those on the system. When you are done setting it up, make a disc image of your DJ install and keep it safe. Make a new image everytime something significant changes (like an upgrade from VDJ7 to 8).

    Since you won’t be changing anything, there will be no unwanted upgrades and other crap (remember that when a system is working and you don’t change anything it should continue to work). You won’t be sharing your controller soundcard with other programs, for the simple reason that there will be no other software.

    If something goes wrong, all you need to do is restore the disc image and you have a working system again.

    Hope that helps.

    Greetinx.

    June 12, 2014 at 9:26 pm #2037036
    dannyboyex@gmail.com
    Participant

    Doesn’t have to be an audio program just anything that would take up resources. It doesn’t sound like a hardware issue you may want to try re-installing VDJ

    June 13, 2014 at 12:32 am #2037057
    Andrei Sandu
    Participant

    Thanks guys, I’ll be reinstalling everything when I move over to new macbook in a few weeks.

    DJ Vintage, dualbooting sounds like a great idea actually, will probably do so on new laptop. It involves basically two installs of the OS though, right?

    Would it be possible to create a third harddrive partition, to put music on, such that my collection is accessible from both the DJ side (for mixing) and the other side (for casual listening etc)?

    Can partitions of the same hard drive be made visible/accessible to both boots? Also, would this defeat the point of dual booting, or would it still be cleaner than running VDJ on the other boot?

    June 13, 2014 at 8:38 am #2037100
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    If you are getting a Macbook and use MacOS then forget dual booting.
    You then own a Mac and need not worry again…
    Also forget partitioning. The Mac Filesystem is vastly superior, just make one partition and go from there (most likely how it will be configured out of the box is OK).
    Have fun with your Mac.

    June 13, 2014 at 11:30 am #2037113
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    Yep, forget dualboot in Mac OS X environment. Not necessary. Just make a user just for DJ (it’s what I have anyway).

    To answer your questions, in case any Windows people are following this thread:

    – Dualbooting indeed involves two installs of the same or different OS on the same machine. Be aware that if you pick two different OS’s (say Win7 and W8.1) you need two licenses. If you use the same OS (say 2x W7) you can use the same license.
    – It would be possible to create a third partition that you share in both OS’s. I have had a setup like that before. Again, I now use an external HD, so it connects to whatever OS/Boot I am running.
    – You CAN make both partitions visible to both boot options, but it would defeat some of the security features. Any malicious software that targets your hard disk can potentially harm all of it if it’s a mapped drive.

    Greetinx.

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