Hi all, sorry if this has been asked before, I did try a search and could only find stuff alluding to my problem but not directly answering it.
I am about to buy a VC1 100 and was planning on running it on my little Netbook, an Advent with a 1.6 Ghz Atom chip and 1gb ram as this meets the minimum specs listed everywhere I looked.
However somewhere on vestax’s own website it says the VCI won’t run on Atom chips because all though the speed is technically ok, they are just not poweful enough.
Is this correct? It’s funny because I’m pretty sure the guy in this vid is using my machine so i can see Traktor will run on it.
I have also seen a few vids of other controllers being used with netbooks, just not the VCI 100. Does this mean it’s not possible.
If not I’ll just have to go and pick up my old laptop from storage, so its not a huge issue but I don’t want to be gutted when my new toy arrives
It also boils down to how you upkeep the operating system. With netbooks, the name of the game is low overhead, and maxing out your RAM. If you make an effort to trim down on the fluff, it’s possible to do what you’re aiming to.
Thanks for the info. Ive seen a few comments like “you’ll hate yourself for using Traktor on a netbook” and “I wouldn’t play a club with a net book” so I should clarify a bit. I’m making the change from CDJ’s to digital and it will be a good while till I play out anywhere. I’ll also be using Traktor 3 LE for a good while as I want to learn the basics before upgrading, which I think may make it easier on the processor.
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Ok what your saying is very interesting but I’m not sure exactly what you mean. I run XP but don’t really know how do optimise it like you suggest. Is it a case of changeing settings or do you mean like housekeeping (uninstalling rarely used programs, putting all my files onto my external hard drive, that sort of thing)
Also later on I will be getting an external soundcard because I want to be able to monitor with headphones (not sure which yet, still researching) will that help or hinder?
My old Pentium laptop could run four streams of MP3 with EQ under Carrot Innovations VirtualTurntables, and that was back in 1996. Audio streams are cheap on the CPU, it’s the Disk IO that’ll kill you.
Ok had a look at that article, sounds really good. Will have my computer geek flat mate look through it and sort out the machine once I have the new stuff installed. Thanks.
Well the old one was a Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz if I remember. 512 Ram I suspect although I can’t be sure. The battery is fucked but it still runs fine off the mains. It’s in England (and I’m not) at the moment but could go and grab it in a week or two. Why, do you think I’ll need it?
I’ve been using a Dell Mini10v with OSX on it, running Traktor 1.2.3. and using a Hercules RMX. I’ve been extremely pleasantly surprised to see this little guy handle 4 decks and 4 delay effects with almost no probs. Switching effects sometimes glitches a little, and where I really see a major performance difference between this and my other computers is analyzing tracks. Running 4 decks with 2 effects seems stable enough that I am considering using it for gigs instead of my MBP.
For $300, I got a cheap, portable little setup that won’t break the bank to replace if someone knocks it over or pours a beer on it. And it has my favorite OS on it. The screen is a bit small, but using a midi key to switch to full screen view for the browser works really well. BTW - Maschine is running on a different machine, I just couldn’t get that to work on the atom at all.
I’ll be posting my Hercules .tsi file up on my site soon. Its set up for controllerist Djs, not scratch djs, and its inspired by Ritchie Hawtin’s old Traktor 3 setups he posted videos about a couple years back.
You will hate yourself for using a Netbook. I have even done the mods to overclock, strip the system etc… to run ableton with either my VCI or Xsessions pro with a gigaport sound card.
Failure across the board. The only bit I have found use for my Netbook is to check my email, write english papers, watch online movies while waiting for my wife during an appointment. Load up kids movies for my daughter to watch and the final usefull bit
