Newbie Needs Help!!
Newbie Needs Help!! Posted on: 05.02.2013 by Kanesha Corella first of all hello everyone!long time reader, just signed up yesterday.. i am a 19 year old bedroom DJ from melbourne australia looking to gain knowledge and experience.. but ive reached a dead end, ive been mixing on a numark dj2go for about a year now (all i could afford being a student) ive mapped my keyboard to work as hotcues and loops and everything i found i love about traktor. which is amazing dont get me wrong, but ive now got a job and can upgrade, looking at the vci 380 or kontrol s2.. although im scared my laptop wont be able to handle the club set.. running a powerhorse toshiba pc from a few years back although has to be plugged in cos battery is shit.. so my main question to all you experienced guys is do i need to buy a mac to dj in clubs with?? or should i look at buying a rmx 1000 and just use that to do what i want to do with cdjs instead of forking out thousands on a mac and controller.. all advice appreciated.. cheers | |
| Latoria Kavulich 06.02.2013 | i run win 7 ultimate 64bit just fine. you can tweak the shit out of it too to make it run like a rocket. |
| Kanesha Corella 06.02.2013 | cheers.. found an upgrade for 7 ultimate for $60 |
| Alphonso Deitchman 06.02.2013 | 64 bit is best, you won't be able to use all 4GB of RAM on 32 bit. |
| Kanesha Corella 06.02.2013 | one more question.. my laptop is 64 bit compatible but currently running 32 bit,.. what version of windows 7 should i install??? |
| Kanesha Corella 06.02.2013 | yeah i thought 7 would be better, looks like ill have to do some research on where i can pick it up cheap.. anyway thanks for the help guys really made me feel welcome on the site! |
| Latoria Kavulich 06.02.2013 | get rid of vista asap its a dog mate. |
| Alphonso Deitchman 06.02.2013 | Reinstalling is a good idea and I would recommend using Windows 7 if you do, but don't overwrite your old Windows installation in case for whatever reason you have problems with the new install. |
| Kanesha Corella 06.02.2013 | traktor works fine at the moment i havnt had any issues, although i hate the fact i cant leave the thing unplugged my laptop runs great, i just want to reinstall windows and format (start clean running minimal programs including traktor) and unsure to keep vista or do windows 7 |
| Alphonso Deitchman 06.02.2013 | Win 7 may give you better performance but I'd try it on your current operating system 1st. I'd avoid using any 3rd party programs like Gamebooster for the time being and see how well your laptop performs. Disabling Wifi and Bluetooth are the main places to start. Try Traktor out for a few hours before making too many changes and see how it goes. |
| Kanesha Corella 06.02.2013 | thank you so much for your help, ill be doing all of this toevening
! is it worth upgrading to windows 7 or is vista okay for traktor? |
| Latoria Kavulich 06.02.2013 | Sure. you need to disable a few things in the device manager, the main two would be the ACPI.sys under battery and all network devices. Other stuff you can disable optionally would be stuff like the webcam, card reader, cd rom etc i also run a wee app called gamebooster which helps a lot http://www.iobit.com if you have win 7 you want to disable all that aero crap, you want to maximize the system for performance, not looks. if you really want to get into it, check out 2 other programs called DPC LATENCY CHECKER & LATENCY MON, the first will tell you your sytem latency and the second helps you to find and sort out those issues. |
| Kanesha Corella 06.02.2013 | well thats good news.. damn thats more than ill be running.. very tempted to go down and buy a twitch when i get payed tomorrow haha, pretty keen on mapping that thing to traktor.. do you have any suggestions for optimising a pc for djing? |
| Latoria Kavulich 06.02.2013 | keep it plugged in. my acer has similar specs and its fine for gigs. look at my sig for all the stuff that it runs. |
| Kanesha Corella 06.02.2013 | okay so just got home from work and my toshiba has : intel core 2 duo CPU P7350 2.00GHz and 4gb of ram.. would this be stable in a club? or is it better to have something with better battery life |
| Latoria Kavulich 05.02.2013 | anything with 4gb+, 2+ghz multicore processor and no windows 8. |
| Kanesha Corella 05.02.2013 | thats good news! i hate macs haha i believe ill have to buy a new laptop though.. any reccomendations on a pc purely for djing? |
| Nestor Epper 05.02.2013 | You don |
| Latoria Kavulich 05.02.2013 | would consider upgrading your laptop as the first step if you want to go the digital route. then get a soundcard and go from there |
| Kanesha Corella 05.02.2013 | i dont believe its that much haha.. am i better off with an rmx 1000 and using the clubs gear? |
| Latoria Kavulich 05.02.2013 | how much ram does your computer have? at LEAST 4gb recommended |
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