GaryBr
Hi everyone, i seem to spend most of my life here asking questions, you guys have a lot of patience!
I've been using my new laptop for VDJ for a while now. I use it for video and audio in a club.
I'm currently using time coded cd's. I'm not 100% happy with these, but thats another story.
My question is performance. I thought what i had purchased was of reasonable spec, but i can't seem to use VDJ with the performace slider set to the far right, in fact have to go one setting from the left of the slider. The sound quality is good when i'm on high performance settings, but when i cue a track, it interferes with the track thats playing.
I thought i'd post my specs and see if what i'm using is good enough, of if i'm hoping for too much from my system. I'm also getting pops and crackles, nothing major, just the odd one noticable in quieter tracks.
Laptop spec is:
Intel Core 2 CPU T5600 @1.83GHz
2046MB RAM
Windows Vista 32bit Home Premium
NVIDEA GeoForce Go 7600 512mb Dedicated
320GB SATA Hard Drives (2x160)
Maya44 USB
External 300GB Hard Drive
Virtual DJ 4.3
Also, just as a bit of extra info, i was told that Vista & VDJ are very RAM 'thirsty' but my system indicates it never uses more than 39% of my RAM which surprises me.
I've been using my new laptop for VDJ for a while now. I use it for video and audio in a club.
I'm currently using time coded cd's. I'm not 100% happy with these, but thats another story.
My question is performance. I thought what i had purchased was of reasonable spec, but i can't seem to use VDJ with the performace slider set to the far right, in fact have to go one setting from the left of the slider. The sound quality is good when i'm on high performance settings, but when i cue a track, it interferes with the track thats playing.
I thought i'd post my specs and see if what i'm using is good enough, of if i'm hoping for too much from my system. I'm also getting pops and crackles, nothing major, just the odd one noticable in quieter tracks.
Laptop spec is:
Intel Core 2 CPU T5600 @1.83GHz
2046MB RAM
Windows Vista 32bit Home Premium
NVIDEA GeoForce Go 7600 512mb Dedicated
320GB SATA Hard Drives (2x160)
Maya44 USB
External 300GB Hard Drive
Virtual DJ 4.3
Also, just as a bit of extra info, i was told that Vista & VDJ are very RAM 'thirsty' but my system indicates it never uses more than 39% of my RAM which surprises me.
Posté Fri 04 May 07 @ 2:24 pm
DJ-ALF
Hm, specs look very nice, how about CPU usage in Task Manager? Maximum quality in performance is a challenge for most High speed PC's. Try lowering the slider a little since you are using TCCD, you don't need maximum if you don't scratch a lot. I think that maximum is needed for TCV use and heavy scratching.
Posté Fri 04 May 07 @ 3:05 pm
GaryBr
So it doesn't make any difference to the quality of the sound output? I don't scratch, just beatmix.
Posté Fri 04 May 07 @ 3:55 pm
sbangs
the performance quality aslo relates to the quality of the soundcard you use so if your using an internal card it will be worse than a higher quality one say vv box
you should try setting it higher with "auto" latency this helps as it takes that into acount
the areo theme is aslo a guzzeler on performance turn off all the fancy graphics crap.
and should be faster aslo :)
you should try setting it higher with "auto" latency this helps as it takes that into acount
the areo theme is aslo a guzzeler on performance turn off all the fancy graphics crap.
and should be faster aslo :)
Posté Fri 04 May 07 @ 4:17 pm
GaryBr
When you say 'aero' theme, do you mean the default vista theme? I can't see one called aero.
Posté Fri 04 May 07 @ 5:51 pm
sbangs
set it to windows classic:)
Posté Fri 04 May 07 @ 6:28 pm
GaryBr
Ok, i'll try it tonight. Even if i can't operate on the highest performance, with my spec, should i be capable of working on the next one down?
Gary
Gary
Posté Fri 04 May 07 @ 6:43 pm
DJ-ALF
It should work ok just switch off all the fancy stuff you can in Vista because it will free a lot of ram memory for VDJ.
Posté Sat 05 May 07 @ 2:55 am
Tear Em 'Up
This is not an answer to Gary's question. Earlier today while DJSpun1_2 and I were in the public chatroom someone was bad rapping the DJ. I realized this a community, not just a program. We supprot each other and help each other. How cool is that??? I am honored to be amongst your ranks.... Gary's post helped to remember this and I wanted to mention it.
Posté Sat 05 May 07 @ 5:25 am
GaryBr
I don't seem to have any RAM issues. With Vista running all its fancy stuff and VDJ running, my RAM usage never goes above 50%, so i don't think this is the problem?
Gary
Gary
Posté Sat 05 May 07 @ 2:12 pm
andytaylor125
Hi Gary,
I can see your logic there, but I think it might be worth a try anyway.
Even though your ram obviously isn't full, if windows is running the fancy stuff it's probably going to be using extra processing power on those things as well as extra ram.
Good luck gettting it sorted.
I can see your logic there, but I think it might be worth a try anyway.
Even though your ram obviously isn't full, if windows is running the fancy stuff it's probably going to be using extra processing power on those things as well as extra ram.
Good luck gettting it sorted.
Posté Sat 05 May 07 @ 5:27 pm
sbangs
ok mate sorry i got cut off msn ,
after some reasearch
i think you should try this
and try this on the maya console
Set maya control pannel to 44 hz 16 bit asio, buffersize around 500
and make sure your using this the latest driver :)
http://85.25.144.200/download/ESI/MAYA44_USB/MAYA44_USB-v2_85.zip
after some reasearch
i think you should try this
and try this on the maya console
Set maya control pannel to 44 hz 16 bit asio, buffersize around 500
and make sure your using this the latest driver :)
http://85.25.144.200/download/ESI/MAYA44_USB/MAYA44_USB-v2_85.zip
Posté Sat 05 May 07 @ 5:35 pm
GaryBr
Hang on a minute. I don't have all those options in my maya config console, should i have?
Gary
Gary
Posté Sat 05 May 07 @ 8:07 pm
sbangs
could u do a screenshot mate?
Posté Sat 05 May 07 @ 8:39 pm
DJ-ALF
Did ya installed those latest drivers for Vista? Try uninstalling driver and install new one again.
Posté Sat 05 May 07 @ 8:59 pm
GaryBr
I've uninstalled and reinstalled more times than i can remember. I've been using the same file Simon posted above.
I will do a screenshot, but i have to go to work now, so tomorrow i do a screenshot and post it for you guys.
Thanks
Gary
I will do a screenshot, but i have to go to work now, so tomorrow i do a screenshot and post it for you guys.
Thanks
Gary
Posté Sat 05 May 07 @ 9:09 pm
GaryBr
Ok, i'm not sure how to post screen shots here, so i've posted them here:
www.djgarybrown.co.uk/vdj
Last night was terrible. The 'clicks' and 'pops' meant i had to stop using the system and go to back up mode instead.
I tried unticking safemode and overclock and increasing performance bar, but the audio quality was so distorted.
What next guys, any ideas?
Gary
www.djgarybrown.co.uk/vdj
Last night was terrible. The 'clicks' and 'pops' meant i had to stop using the system and go to back up mode instead.
I tried unticking safemode and overclock and increasing performance bar, but the audio quality was so distorted.
What next guys, any ideas?
Gary
Posté Sun 06 May 07 @ 2:01 pm
DJ-ALF
Can you try your sound card on some other system? Did you tried lowering latency on Maya?
Posté Sun 06 May 07 @ 5:02 pm
DJ Marcel_1
I noticed in your taskbar, you had quite a few things in there, bluetooth,power monitor,etc...
Try disabling anything not to do with VDJ.
Stay offline while DJ'ing
Download latest and greatest DirectX drivers. (make a BIG difference)
Adjust XP/ Vista settings to best performance rather than best quality.
In short - Anything the comp has to do extra takes away from it's ability to manipulate sound/vidoe files.
Hopefully that helps.
Try disabling anything not to do with VDJ.
Stay offline while DJ'ing
Download latest and greatest DirectX drivers. (make a BIG difference)
Adjust XP/ Vista settings to best performance rather than best quality.
In short - Anything the comp has to do extra takes away from it's ability to manipulate sound/vidoe files.
Hopefully that helps.
Posté Sun 06 May 07 @ 5:58 pm
DJ-ALF
It's best to do a clean install of OS if possible and than try VDJ and Maya before any other software and Internet usage. I have 2 separate OS, one only for VDJ and other for everything else on my laptop.
Posté Sun 06 May 07 @ 6:33 pm
