I've had it about 6 months, in that time I have had to purchase 5 songs from other sources, I see no reason i would ever stop using this service
Bringing wifey to the "dark side"
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The thing with CU is that you can access the strange, unique or not the ordinary song. However, your main library should contain almost everything you need in case the venue or event does not have WiFi so you can not cache the music or search for it.
I rarely ever use the house wifi anymore. My verizon iphone5 works well as a hotspot and it's rare that I can't get a decent cell connection. I got tired of the frickin venue owners who turn their router off, half-way through the event. I do run into issues in Bowling Green when verizon and some other cell carrier are fighting for coverage. Other than that it's gold.
same here and same phone very rare that I don't have a hot spot available, with most song staying relevant for less than 6 months, I am glad to not have to purchase them any longer
Out of curiosity, I'm sitting her with VDJ8 loaded but nothing playing, yet the CPU is staying pegged at 65%-70%. In only appears to add about 3%-5% to have it playing. Seems like a lot of overhead. That's one thing I liked about Softjock's package. It was very efficient on resources.
Rick,
One of my AIO HP (i3 -->3.1 GHz. 6GB RAM, integrated graphics card (Crappy)) runs VDJ 8 perfectly including video with CPU usage below 19%. With WiFi on, ESET running and browsing the net.
One of my AIO HP (i3 -->3.1 GHz. 6GB RAM, integrated graphics card (Crappy)) runs VDJ 8 perfectly including video with CPU usage below 19%. With WiFi on, ESET running and browsing the net.
It's a tradeoff ... Pool =$50/mo for content ... VDJ CU subscription = $10 to rent. If you always renew the pool, you save with the CU subscription. If you let the pool lag or foresee stopping it at some point, permanent download is yours forever.
Few thoughts....
I have VDJ 8 , VDJ 7
I own soft jock, several copies of otsav, djay.PCDJFX
I'm a big advocate of good software.
but if someone is comfortable with Winamp, any other software, or any other medium, and it's working for them, I'm all for it
I have VDJ 8 , VDJ 7
I own soft jock, several copies of otsav, djay.PCDJFX
I'm a big advocate of good software.
but if someone is comfortable with Winamp, any other software, or any other medium, and it's working for them, I'm all for it
I find VDJ strange like that. With the same things running I've seen it running 70% and around 15% on the same machine. at first I thought it might have been my machine but it happened on more than one
It depends a lot on processes running. One of the biggest culprits was some of the Western Digital software that decided to run when it wanted and screwed things up. But on the i3 I mentioned it's never been optimized and runs like a charm. When working with other stuff I'll throw a playlist in automix and it runs for hours without a glitch.
Thanks Scott. Winamp has been a champ in my book but obviously I know there are features about a "real DJ software" that give you more flexibility. I have to be honest, this talk about having to tune the PC makes me shudder. I spent years with multi-track recording software and it was a constant source of frustration, trying to tweak machines. I finally ditched it and went to a Tascam neo24 because of it. I sure don't want to get back into a bunch of frustration for a simple player. That said, the optimizer is really a cool little piece of software. BTW, I'm really liking the crossfades in automix on VDJ8. Smooth.
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Yes it is. Here's a link to some verbiage on a generic version of it (similar .bat file as the VDJ one, probably done by the same person) -
http://www.djtechtools.com/2011/08/14/optimizing-windows-for-djing-part-i-power-script/
Which if you read down far enough will bring you here -
https://themixtrain.wordpress.com/resources/djtt-pro-audio-optimizer/
Some good comments on that last one that might help you customize the script if needed. It does work in Windows 8.1, but you should run it (only the .bat file) as "Administrator".
I realize all of this may have been discussed before. If so, I apologize.
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While I'm thinking about it, all of you should be running your machines as users and not as Admins. This is one of the built in safety features on a Mac that Windows does not have.
Speaking of latency monitors, the first one I tried was "DPClat Optimizer". Very efficient but only shows latency settings. I also downloaded another called "LatencyMonitor". Much more in terms of features but I noticed that when it's running, it'll cause stutters and dropouts with VDJ8. I also noticed that when VDJ8 is open and on screen, my CPU stays at about 75% utilization. If I minimize the app, it goes to 50%. If I disable the wifi from control panel, latency drops to about half. If it's enabled and without being attached to my hotspot, latency spikes into the red zone fairly frequently. If I have the laptop's wifi attached to my hotspot, latency stays in the green zone consistently. Changing the desktop theme away from "Aero" types did lower CPU a few notches but things like disabling networking or the webcam didn't really touch it. One thing's for certain, I am NOT going to get back into one of these machine-tweaking modes. I'm planning to spring for at least one beefier machine and just keep my old ones for backup (with winamp).
Rick
This is an old screen shop of the i3 machine running the milkdrop visualization along with other applications. As you can see ESET and WiFi are up and running with other applications.
This is an old screen shop of the i3 machine running the milkdrop visualization along with other applications. As you can see ESET and WiFi are up and running with other applications.
That's more of what I would expect. My son has an i5 that I may borrow and install the app and see what it does.
I installed VDJ8 on my son's PC last night. He actually has a quad-core, AMD A8 processor, 6gigs ram and windows 8. Without trying to "tweak" the box, VDJ8 ran with only 10%-15% utilization on the CPU. I did not download the latency checkers. A FYI for the forum.