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Topic: bpm saving and configuration settings

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Just got my toal control mixer and cue software tues and have a few questions. i scanned my database which took 3 days ,finally had the bpms but when i turned my compter off and came back the bpms were gone. almost jumped out the window. also the configurations always goe back to default settings how do you fix that. i have a gig in june and i need answers fast. thank you in advance for any help.
 
Posted Fri 09 May 08 @ 4:20 pm
Hm, that is strange, which version exactly do you use as you have TC? Your info about scanning should be in Virtual DJ folder if you use earlier version (3.x, 4.x) named "VirtualDJ database.xml" or in My Documents "VirtualDJ Database v5.xml" (version 5.x).
Configuration (settings of VDJ) is in the registry base, so it is strange that it resets itself.
 
i'm using version 4.3 r13. i'll look i those folders tonight and hope it works.
 
Let us know if it happens again.
 
another question while i have everybody's ear, is there a faster way to analyze your drives? can you stop the scan and come back to the same place you stopped?
 
Of course you can, you can scan track by track (hold ctrl and select tracks in file browser) or folder by folder.
 
sorry about the silly questions,just want to make sure i'm doing this right. thank for the help.
 
No need to apologize, we are here for you ;)
 
The bpm problem is fixed thanks for the help. Now i have a new question. when dragging the tracks into the decks, is there anyway to speed up the download of the audio. i have a gig on june 3 and i need all the gurus to help me out. thanks in advance.
 
What is your computer specs?

OS:
PROCESSOR:
RAM:
SOUNDCARD:
VIDEOCARD:
INTERNAL / EXTERNAL HD:


It should take a system to load a track in about 3 - 6 seconds. Longer if your computer is not up to par and you should still be able to start playing while deck is loading.
 
i have compaq 2580 2.3ghz 512mb ddr /40gb/15" xga win xp 704 mb of ram . i'm using the djio .i thought that had a sound card in it. external harddrive 232gb that all i know.
 
Your Cpu is ok, but you should upgrade ram memory to at least 1Gb to speed loading up. Also, your system is on the very slow 40Gb drive that is used for swap file.
 
i'll work on upgrading the ram today , but i put my system on the external hard drive , how can i speed up the swap file, can i upgrade the 40gb?
 
When building your own computer it's not so difficult to replace the internal hard drive, and it's not so expensive. But personally I got really bad experience with Compaq computers. If you don't know how, let someone with experience help you!

You don't say anything about the rpm of the 40 gb hard drive, but standard is 5400 or 7200 i think. The faster the rpm on your hard drive is, the shorter time it takes for windows to write and read the swap file from/to disk.

Therefore: get an hard drive with high RPM (cheap nowadays) and replace your old 40 gb. But remember if you remove your 40 gb, you need to reinstall windows and all it's software, and of course the drivers for your Compaq. So be sure you have backup of everything before changing hard drive (stored keys, software, personal files and so on..)


Hope it's not too confusing and sorry if I have bad grammar and stuff :)
 


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