Rockit vs Toshiba
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OK gang,
Here's the ultimate "Drag N' Drop" skin for you...
"THE RECEPTION-IST"
Just a real simple operation with no extras.
Simply open Rockit and your music folder (stretched to fit at the right).
You can now drag to the players, request list and automix list with no
expanding trees and without even loading your library into Rockit.
If you empty the library from Rockit, it will then start up instantly
so you can get to work.
Here's the skin
I misplaced the istaller program so just unzip it into your skins directory.
Enjoy!
Here's the ultimate "Drag N' Drop" skin for you...
"THE RECEPTION-IST"
Just a real simple operation with no extras.
Simply open Rockit and your music folder (stretched to fit at the right).
You can now drag to the players, request list and automix list with no
expanding trees and without even loading your library into Rockit.
If you empty the library from Rockit, it will then start up instantly
so you can get to work.
Here's the skin
I misplaced the istaller program so just unzip it into your skins directory.
Enjoy!
Duplicating your folders within Rockit's library, defeats the purpose of the library (which I spent almost 10 years getting to work extremely fast).
Now, since you guys are absolutely intent on making Rockit into Virtual DJ, you can duplicate your folders as playlists if you like, and it is simple to update them: delete the playlist, and create new playlist from a folder -- takes a couple seconds
I'm not sure why duplicating the folders would defeat any purpose. It makes things very convenient for me since my main music library is done on my desktop and external hard drive and then added to my lappy. I think the use of it in that manner says alot about how flexible RockIt can be. The playlists duplicate my working library and run 1000 times faster, so the hard work you did for 10+ years is appreciated.
Although the tweaking of a skin to make it so I can use the Windows tree was an option, I didn't feel like going that route. But, the comment above about how to update the playlists finally turned the lights on in my big fat skull.
I was making things entirely to complicated.So, since I'm off for the next few days enjoying some R&R, I decided to make getting this process of updating my music libary much more streamlined. I went in and tweaked my screen a bit so I can display my Windows at the bottom in a small box right below the RockIt Library in which I've just duplicated my Windows folders as RockIt playlists. Now, when adding new music, everything is on the screen in front of me and just a few clicks to get it done.....using the delete-it-add-it method. That, coupled with the new option to add only new tracks from a folder and it takes very little time now.
Sometimes, I just need slapped upside the head! Thanks Rick. (Although you could have done it before in our pm conversations!
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For what it's worth on the Toshiba angle: The other night I logged in over the net to remove a virus from a friend of a friend's computer. It's a Toshiba laptop and heavily infected with viruses anyway that's not the point. Add/Remove programs shows 19 Toshiba branded programs most of which are unneeded OEM crap, I removed most of them and he's very happy with the speed of his computer. Perhaps removing all the gunk would clear up the issues with Rockit?
That's good advice Dan. Always removed the garbage stuff from any commercial machine. That's why people get good deals. They're full of 3rd party stuff.
Also, goto msconfig and disable all the start up programs so that no useless processes are running in the background.
Hank, also running services.msc shows all running services. Look for Toshiba branded stuff. Google any services that you don't recognize to see if they're safe to disable. For instance my HP I kept getting pop-ups to register the computer even after I removed all the HP programs, it turns out HP had a service running in the background. I disabled it and deleted the entire HP folder from Program Files after having to take ownership permissions of the folder. They sure make all the crap hard to delete.
If I wasn't so cheap I'd just buy an OEM copy of Vista and do a fresh install.
For the most part there are NO branded products needed to run Windows on your computer. Any drivers packaged under the OEM brand are normally available directly from the developer or most of then you can get them right from Windows Update.
It's a rarity that any branded programs actually do anything besides eat up resources and upsell you crap you don't need. For instance on my laptop if I left all their crap installed it would crawl even with 3 GB of RAM removing all of it sped the computer up significantly.
If I wasn't so cheap I'd just buy an OEM copy of Vista and do a fresh install.
For the most part there are NO branded products needed to run Windows on your computer. Any drivers packaged under the OEM brand are normally available directly from the developer or most of then you can get them right from Windows Update.
It's a rarity that any branded programs actually do anything besides eat up resources and upsell you crap you don't need. For instance on my laptop if I left all their crap installed it would crawl even with 3 GB of RAM removing all of it sped the computer up significantly.
Wanna install logmein and let me do? It's a whole lot faster than explaining things.
Drop me a PM when you're ready.
In this particular case, both the folks involved, are not what I would call computer experts -- e.g. they don't know much about removing programs, services, etc.
I told them they needed to go in and start removing stuff, but I'm not sure they know how, and it would take forever for me to try and walk them through it over the phone.
For me, logging into their machine is not an option, as it puts my corporation at risk for liability if something goes wrong... :sqerr:
It's really a shame that the manufacturers load so much crap on these low end machines -- in fact, that's mostly why Vista got a bad rep. Then again, it's really a shame that a DJ would buy a low end machine... :sqerr:
I talk to folks who will buy a $5k Bose system, then won't spend more than $399 on a lappy
-- e.g. they don't know much about removing programs, services, etc.I told them they needed to go in and start removing stuff, but I'm not sure they know how, and it would take forever for me to try and walk them through it over the phone.
For me, logging into their machine is not an option, as it puts my corporation at risk for liability if something goes wrong... :sqerr:
It's really a shame that the manufacturers load so much crap on these low end machines -- in fact, that's mostly why Vista got a bad rep. Then again, it's really a shame that a DJ would buy a low end machine... :sqerr:
I talk to folks who will buy a $5k Bose system, then won't spend more than $399 on a lappy
Rick I am armed with a 100 dollar software product being ran with a 600 dollar computer. Its quite fitting actually oh and the behringer soundcard 22 dollars.
In this particular case, both the folks involved, are not what I would call computer experts
I told them they needed to go in and start removing stuff, but I'm not sure they know how, and it would take forever for me to try and walk them through it over the phone.
For me, logging into their machine is not an option, as it puts my corporation at risk for liability if something goes wrong... :sqerr:
It's really a shame that the manufacturers load so much crap on these low end machines -- in fact, that's mostly why Vista got a bad rep. Then again, it's really a shame that a DJ would buy a low end machine... :sqerr:
I talk to folks who will buy a $5k Bose system, then won't spend more than $399 on a lappy
I'm with you Rick.
I think for the most part people don't realize that Norton AV which is often bundled sucks RAM like a whino does an empty bottle..Then on top of it they pay for the renewal after 90 days instead of getting a better program cheaper or even for free! They think that all that stuff labeled with the manufacturers name makes the computer work. On one hand the pre-installed garbage annoys the crap out of me BUT it's why the machines are so cheap. Without it chances are we wouldn't be able to touch a new computer for less than a grand. I'll happily spend an hour or so removing garbage to save a few hundred bucks. Hey I really blew my friend of a friends mind when I told him the anti-virus program he installed was actually the virus. LOL Sometimes I think people should need a license to operate a computer.
Just a thought if you have the free time, have you ever thought upselling that kind support under a separate corporate entity? I know setting up a separate corp isn't that cheap but perhaps doing it under your name with a DBA would shield SoftJock from liability. I'm not a lawyer nor do I plan one on TV but it seems like it would work.
Actually, the software is $129.95
BTW, that price is changing as of V4.2...
I've deliberately kept the price low over the last couple years, to build the business faster
I'm a lowballer
Have yet another customer with a new Toshiba -- same issues.
Noted one thing from talking to this guy, when he checked in his Audio Deck Props, he noted there were a number of virtual outputs listed, along with Microsoft Sound Mapper, and his actual RealTek sound chip.
When he switched from the RealTek to the Sound Mapper (virtual Window's name for the default card) -- the problem seemed to go away...
Have no idea if this is a solution for everyone with a new Toshiba, but worth a shot
Noted one thing from talking to this guy, when he checked in his Audio Deck Props, he noted there were a number of virtual outputs listed, along with Microsoft Sound Mapper, and his actual RealTek sound chip.
When he switched from the RealTek to the Sound Mapper (virtual Window's name for the default card) -- the problem seemed to go away...
Have no idea if this is a solution for everyone with a new Toshiba, but worth a shot
Steve LeBlanc
DJ Extraordinaire
Rick - last year I bought a Toshiba and had lots of issues with it (returned it the next day). What I did note is that in battery use they had the processor clocked down to like 20%. Even when plugged in, the processor was not set to 100%...
You have to go into the hardware section and dig deep.....Perhaps that's a cause as well...
You have to go into the hardware section and dig deep.....Perhaps that's a cause as well...
FWIW, Vista does processor scaling right in power management. I've only seen it on laptops though. Whenever I login to a laptop the first thing I do is move the power settings from 'balanced' to 'high performance'. If you much around in the power options you can change the scaling settings.