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Posted by ascension on Apr-14-2002 11:33:

Virtual Turntables... HELP!!

heres the deal...

ive used virtual turntables on my computer for 2 months or so... no problems watsoever... then my brother installs windows XP (we had millenium before) and since he's done that, some songs 'skip' as they play, which makes it impossible to mix as you can imagine.. one second the beats are matched, then the next thing u know one song is a beat ahead...

can anyone help me out here.. keeping in mind that im not the most computer orientated person, so u might have to explain things S L O W L Y..

cheers ppl

Posted by ampburner on Apr-14-2002 12:21:

/me has the exact same problem... guess it's time to get some real decks

Posted by ascension on Apr-14-2002 14:17:

its not like i needed any more incentive...

Posted by P`zazz on Apr-14-2002 14:27:

I Don't Think There's Anything You Can Do But Here's What I Would Do:

1)Backup My Stuff And Format My PC. Then Install Win98 SE Which Is The Best. Millenium Is A Sorry Excuse For An OS And WinXP Is Nice But Has Many Bugs.

2)Install More Memory On My PC Although This May Not Solve The Problem.

You Can Also Take It To A Technician So He Can Tell You If You Can Fix It Without Doing One Of The Above. Anyhow, I Hope I've Helped.

Posted by ingentis on Apr-14-2002 14:42:

i say buy more ram, since its dirt cheap these days you could put like 256 megs in there for ALOT less than buying tables since you seem to be happy using virtual ones..

Posted by Kurve on Apr-15-2002 01:09:

winxp has many compatablity issues with many things ..... thats why i dont like xp cuz youll have to buy new printers and scanners if xp arent compatiable with them...so mayb winxp has a compatibilty issue with the program u use

Posted by hapamoto on Apr-15-2002 01:13:

i have winME and it skips all the fuking time.. doesn't matter if i use winamp, winMedia player, or anything that plays music, it will skip

Posted by extulas on Apr-15-2002 03:43:

quote:
Originally posted by ampburner
/me has the exact same problem... guess it's time to get some real decks

/me thinks were still on IRC

Posted by toxa on Apr-15-2002 06:40:

Ok guys here is the answer you are looking for:

The reason the music skips is because you do not have enough ram!!!!
Don't blame WinXP, I have been using it since it came out and have had very few problems. Considering how many problems I had with Win98 and millenium, XP is the best OS up to this day.
Now the reason it started skipping after the upgrade, is because XP uses much more ram than previous operating systems. So your best bet is to upgrade the ram, and it will never skip again.

Posted by ascension on Apr-15-2002 09:09:

hmmm well i already have 256 megs of ram as it is... are u saying i need even more??

Posted by Spin Doctor on Apr-15-2002 09:52:

Defragging the HD might help a bit.

Even if it doesn't, you still should regularly do it

Posted by toxa on Apr-15-2002 15:16:

quote:
Originally posted by ascension
hmmm well i already have 256 megs of ram as it is... are u saying i need even more??

Yea man, you need even more than that. I had 256 when i just started using XP, and it skipped all the time. When i got an upgrade, not only is your computer super fast now, it doesn't skip.

Posted by ascension on Apr-15-2002 15:20:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Xtronic

Yea man, you need even more than that. I had 256 when i just started using XP, and it skipped all the time. When i got an upgrade, not only is your computer super fast now, it doesn't skip.

well i guess that sounds like a plan...

upgrade the ram when i have the cash... or when i can convince mum that its necessary to further my education..

Posted by JohnSmith on Apr-15-2002 15:51:

Virtual Turntables skips under windows XP.

that is all there is too it. I don't think buying more ram will help. I have 256, and a 766Mhz computer.

even with NOTHING running, VTT still skips. when i used to be able to play 8 decks at once in VTT with 98 and not have it skip..

it's windows XP. in fact, i find that windows XP manages ram BETTER than 98, i can load more files in other programs.

I am almost positive XP is the problem with VTT. if you get more ram, and it works, let me know.

anyway, DTT comes out soon *fingers crossed* and that will work with XP.

Posted by t0ast! on Apr-16-2002 00:49:

i used to use DeeJaySystem MKI in WinXP...it started to skip all the time on me....and i had 512mb DDR on my AthlonXP 1800+! i even tried VTT in XP with the same system....same skipping occurred....

so i reformatted to Win2k Pro....hasn't skipped yet. WinXP is the problem....Win2K is the solution

Posted by mr. poopyhead on May-12-2002 00:37:

yo.. i just noticed something when running vtt in xp..

every time you exit vtt in winxp, it doesn't shut down properly and still runs in the background... i was having a bitching time with vtt in winxp, so i was fiddling with the buffers and block sizes... after about 10 restarts, i noticed my comp was slow like crazy, so i hit ctrl-alt-del and there were like 10 instances of vtt running... maybe this is just my comp, but somethings fucked up...

anyways.. maybe that's why some of your vtts are skipping in xp.. i dunno...

Posted by DJTJ on May-12-2002 11:42:

quote:
Originally posted by mr. poopyhead
yo.. i just noticed something when running vtt in xp..

every time you exit vtt in winxp, it doesn't shut down properly and still runs in the background... i was having a bitching time with vtt in winxp, so i was fiddling with the buffers and block sizes... after about 10 restarts, i noticed my comp was slow like crazy, so i hit ctrl-alt-del and there were like 10 instances of vtt running... maybe this is just my comp, but somethings fucked up...

anyways.. maybe that's why some of your vtts are skipping in xp.. i dunno...

It does this in Win2k as well, and I'm guessing it will do the same in NT 4... I think it's some kind of NT non-compatabilty problem, as XP has an NT-style kernel. You'll just have to kill VTT manually with ctrl-alt-del each time you exit.