hey all!
Im doing a dj job this saturday, but im a little worried.
I just bought a Numark DJIO soundcard istead of my old random one. Im running on a laptop (high end) with my VCI-100 and the DJIO - the problem is that i have no external power to either of the two, so my question is if u guys think my laptop will have the power to supply both for several hours of playing?
i cant say how big my power supply on the laptop is - i have no clue. i have played with this setup a couple of times (2x2 hours aprox)
But do any of u guys got any experience on this?
go to radio shak or somewhere similar and drop 6 bucks on an external adapter. i also have djio and thats what i did. i have external for my vci and io. actually the adapters have a selector switch so that i can change the voltage to 5 different settings. that way i can use either or for either equipment. just make sure you get a high enough ma rating.
How many thing can you plug in to your computer before it begins to fail? Atm I have vci, nanopad, oxygen 8 and maya soundcard and it seams to work fine.
It all depends of the power consumption (peak power if you want to be absolutely shure you have enough power) of the plugged in devices. You’ll need to have a look at the specs for the devices and compare these to the maximum amount of power delivered through USB. USB is a standard and can only deliver a surden amount of power. I cant remember how much that is, but it should be pretty easy to look up.
