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  • December 17, 2011 at 9:15 pm #11591
    Papa Bear
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    Lot of things to do and think off that takes a lot of time that you could save if you bought a used Mac for the same amount of money spent on that PC

    Just because Apple hides all what is going on behind the curtain oh-so-well doesn’t mean there’s nothng going on.
    Trust me, not everything is as shiny with Apple as they want to make you believe.
    (I’m a designer, and my species keeps messing around with the mac/win issues day and night, so I am not saying so without reason.)

    January 2, 2012 at 2:16 pm #12244
    mr stifffy
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    DJ T3ch Hu5ky, post: 9214, member: 721 wrote: well if your downloading music i would keep the Anti virus. unless you buy legaly then there shouldn’t be much of an issue.

    who doesn’t buy music legally :O

    January 2, 2012 at 8:19 pm #12260
    DJ T3ch Hu5ky
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    mr stifffy, post: 12268, member: 131 wrote: who doesn’t buy music legally :O

    Good point. Thank goodness most of the stuff i use is royialty free :3 mostly remixes of things around the nerd/brony/furry fandom.

    March 30, 2012 at 7:07 am #1003420
    xan173
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    Hi,

    I recommend the power script which is available and explained on DJTT. This turns off pretty much everything you don’t need or want that would otherwise be running in the background.
    http://www.djtechtools.com/2011/08/14/optimizing-windows-for-djing-part-i-power-script/
    Save it on your desktop and run it before you start Traktor.

    I addition, I recommend you set your power plan to high performance, PLUS change the following in Advanced Power Settings for that plan:
    USB Settings > USB Selective Suspend Setting > DISABLED

    THEN

    Go to Device Manager > Universal Serial Bus Controllers
    Right click each entry in the list: Properties > Power Management and DESELECT the option to allow the computer to turn off the device.

    The USB setting changes I have described should resolve the single most common cause of latency that I know of.

    April 2, 2012 at 8:13 am #17757
    Phil Morse
    Keymaster

    I actually don’t recommend running Power Scripts or anything else unless you have to. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. There are, however, simple things you can do that will help things to run more smoothly:

    http://www.digitaldjtips.com/2011/12/laptop-tips-for-djing/

    April 3, 2012 at 4:49 am #17837
    John Peppas
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    April 4, 2012 at 3:35 am #17912
    shr3dder
    Member

    I turn off my virus scanner that’s it…..Obviously It’ll be a clean boot up each time I play

    Seriously Traktor isn’t that system intensive… if you’re computer was purchased in the last couple of years all of these ideas seem like massive over reactions, I’ve never had a single issue at any gig (I’m pretty sure I’ve just jinxed myself)

    April 16, 2012 at 10:19 pm #18649
    DJ T3ch Hu5ky
    Member

    xan173, post: 17698, member: 1713 wrote: Hi,

    I recommend the power script which is available and explained on DJTT. This turns off pretty much everything you don’t need or want that would otherwise be running in the background.
    http://www.djtechtools.com/2011/08/14/optimizing-windows-for-djing-part-i-power-script/
    Save it on your desktop and run it before you start Traktor.

    I addition, I recommend you set your power plan to high performance, PLUS change the following in Advanced Power Settings for that plan:
    USB Settings > USB Selective Suspend Setting > DISABLED

    THEN

    Go to Device Manager > Universal Serial Bus Controllers
    Right click each entry in the list: Properties > Power Management and DESELECT the option to allow the computer to turn off the device.

    The USB setting changes I have described should resolve the single most common cause of latency that I know of.

    alright, i’ll give it a shot :3

    April 17, 2012 at 2:15 pm #18675
    xan173
    Member

    One more thing. RAM – max it out. My old Dell laptop was able to go from 15ms down to 7ms simply by increasing RAM from 1.5gb to 4gb. A matched pair of SODIMM’s is best. I got 2x 2gb for £30 delivered so very cheap.

    April 17, 2012 at 2:49 pm #1003589
    Phil Morse
    Keymaster

    Agreed re RAM – it’s a easy way to speed things up.

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