I am a mobile DJ who up until now has been using the setup I mention in the title with a 32 bit windows XP machine (HP Probook).
I recently decided it was time to start gearing up for an upgrade as my computer was purchased in 2009 and had 3 years of mobile DJing under its belt. With 3 years of flawless service I figured it was about time I actually get a new machine and use my HP Probook as a backup.
I purchased an Asus K73SV
ASUS K73SV-DH51 Laptop Computer
Intel Core i5-2430M 2.4GHz
4GB DDR3, 750GB HDD
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
Blu-ray Player/DVDRW
17.3" Display
Windows 7 Home Premium
The scenario that is happening is well into my show (once at 2.5 hours, once at 3 hours in separate nights) is my audio just suddenly is dropping out, it goes out for 5-7 seconds then comes back on for a few seconds then drops out. I restarted virtual DJ, reconnected my soundcard and when I plug back in the problem is still there. Also note worthy is when the problem is occuring virtual DJ shows no signs of latency, the record keeps on spinning and as far as I recall I dont remember seeing a CPU spike.
The first time this happened something very special happened.... I had prepared a loop from 50 cent - In the Club that was looping "we gonna party like its your birthday", as I stepped away to get a drink I started having sound drop outs. After I started my track there was some other bizarre 4 bar loop going off in the background that I didnt have cued up, in fact I think it was a 4 bar loop from a house music session I played weeks prior!!!
At any rate I am hoping someone here can help me out, I did some google searches and thats what brought me here but all posts I was reading relevant to my questions were from 2011 or so. Sort of hoping for some more current information or tips.
I hate the fact I am going to have to bring this laptop out and warn my crowd I may have issues a little later, but its one of the joys of trying to trouble shoot a problem that doesnt happen until several hours after I am working.
Also note worthy, this laptop just sucks in general.. my tracks load slow virtual dj is less responsive.. its just uncomfortable in general to use. I dont recommend this laptop to anyone.
oh. I have ran the latency checker, virtual dj 7.02, and whatever driver came on the cd for audio2dj
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