Recent content by joncor18

Wow, haven't visited here in awhile, and am soooo glad to see Rick has not been forgotten. Just a quick note, I have always been one to get the latest gear/technology, however I still hold onto Softjock DJ software (v5) as well as a few other DJs in the area. Anyways it was time to get a new...

I generally purchase new equipment in the late winter, and spend the early spring tweaking. This year I decided to move my Jbl Eon 515XTs (which were fine for the past 3 years) to ceremony duty. I kept my JBL 18" sub (as it is light and does a good job) and picked up some K12's that many rave...

I knew a local DJ who purposely jacked up his price to $1500 to give an allusion of being the best ($850-$1100 being the typical here). He would setup at the last minute and literally bring in hundreds of cds (no computers) and no lighting (ok , maybe a few par cans), and a broken down pickup...

Installed new 500 gig WD Black Performance 7200 rpm laptop internal hard drive and now it runs like a champ. Ready to explore options on alternative DJ software now that this issue is resolved. (all for $52.00, free ship from Amazon). Lesson learned......you can put all 100+ tweaks to a...

Just tried and and no luck. The actual spiking will happen at idle, and the sound drops correspond to the computer idle read/write spikes. Hey, it was worth a quick try!

I do believe I tried that, I will have to go through my pile of notes. If I did not try that, I will try it prior replacing the drive. THen I can add another chapter to my book!

Thanks! I was about to reluctantly by another brand of laptop, however all things considered Asus lappys are nice.

Problem solved!!!!! (Audio drops). It was not the software (as I tried numerous) nor the operating systems (I tried win7 32&64 and Win 10 32 &64). It was not from the 100+ tweaks for laptops (including registry tweaks) that I really could write a book on. One month (after giving up three...

Interesting.....30+ replies, not one mean spirited, condescending remark in any. Pretty rare for any type of forums. Thanx guys!! Side note: Never dealt with Itunes, other than buying an occasional tune that Amazon didn't have. Ricky's Rockit didn't like the mp4 format, and at the time it was...

I don't mind trying the free stuff, but somehow I feel a little more like a DJ (even with 800+ weddings) if I bought something. Mixxx has some nice features (I downloaded it solely to mimic current laptop issues). Being the first DJ in the area to bring digital music, and dmx lighting, I still...

*Navydiver, thank you for the advice on the software, and the offer of assistance, much appreciated. *Hank, done all those tweaks, but thank for posting, as it (disable enhancements) may help many others. My audiodg.exe will not calm down, and there is no real way to deactivate it...

Update, *Never had my ram top out over 25% usage. Tried Win 10 to see if issue went away, and then went back to Win7 64 bit pro after no success. A clue can up in trying Mixxx software/freeware that every time I did a search it would slightly distort the sound. So i went and opened the...

*Heading into the wedding season with new software is not the time to deal with learning curves (and very possibly the same hardware issues). As I said, Rockit has been rock solid, just having issues with a quirky laptop. *Hank, that is exactly how mine is setup. Updated codecs did not help...

Hank, Thanks for your tips. I actually have always followed all you listed with a few I will look into. * Aero (not too sure what this is) * Codecs....I will have to figure out how to update this. These lappys are a lot faster than the old XP machine I have that is rock solid. Funny you...