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Since this is about me... I'll toot my horn and jump up on a soap box. Just a little US East Coast DJ that does nothing big like the fellow EuroDJ's on this board. But, I do have a couple of Club outlets and alot of Mobile opportunities to play. My day-to-day life is spent working as a Web Application developer, with the Music and DJ'ng on the weekends as a hobby. I am married with two beuatiful daughters and a supportive, lovely wife. My music of choice is good European and UK House. got started DJing during the big Euro/UK House boom in the the US during the mid-90s. I can live with what is popular these days because the one lesson I learned is that is about the "PEOPLE". Also, I am a enjoyer of all music, every once in awhile - elevator music even beats out all others - its all about the mood. |
Fri 01 Apr 05 @ 2:48 am
Some suggestions to eliminate weird hums, noise or feedback, try using a one of the following:
1. Ground Lift plug on your mixer --Lift Plug here
2. Instead of regular RCA cable from soundcard to mixer use a ground loop isolator for each channel --Isolator Here
3. Then lastly it could be simply dirty power, try using this to plug your gear into instead of a surge bar --Battery Backup here
[This is one example, several types to choose from.]
*This is really handy for those that have external harddrives, will save your @$$ if there is a total loss of power on those mobile gigs. Plus, most backup devices also work as power conditioners to help clean up that dirty power.
Fri 01 Apr 05 @ 2:40 am
Taking from this thread - http://www.virtualdj.com/forum/display.html?topic=11086 that discusses pops, crackles and latency issues.
Here is how my Maya is setup - BTW- I am still using DirectX 8.1 [2005-05-12 -- Upgraded to 9.0c for VDJ 3.x] and my Maya drivers are 2.5.5.
1. When I use the Maya44 Control Panel - Monitor In 1+2 and 3+4 are Muted, Input is at about 2/3 Full and Output is at Max (100%). When I close the control panel it keeps a service in the system tray - this is a Good Thing! Don't exit it, leave it running.
[With VDJ 3.x you can use the Auto-Config in the tab mentioned below. ]
2. In VDJ, Config, Sound Cards tab, scroll to the bottom and select ASIO Low Latency Timecode
-Select the 'Maya44 USBAudio ASIO Driver' in the drop down
-Click on the ASIO Config... button
---USB Tab - Device Maya44, checks in Output and Input, Sample Rate - 44.1kHz, Resolution 16bit
---ASIO Tab - ASIO Resolution 24 bit, System performance - Highspeed, everything else default
---Controls Tab - Same as Line 2 above.
---Close
-Config Timecode left and right (my settings are identical)
---Gain is about 15-20% from left
---Silence is the same as Gain
---Now I use the Vinyl so here are where things get different -
-----Vinyl Users - check in Software RIAA
-----CD Users - Software RIAA usually not necessary
-----Invert Stereo or Phase checked if you plugged things in backwards.
-----Turntable - obvious choices
And that's my setup... When I test my signal in the configuration window, I get a wave that falls between the Gain and Silence sliders with a 100% quality.
Thu 03 Feb 05 @ 3:21 am
My gear is a follows:
**For the Clubs:
Sony VAIO PCG-GRV670 2.6Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 16" Viewing area
w\Radeon 9000 vid chip with 64Mb dedicated VidRAM (Great for when doing Karaoke)
External 250Gb Maxtor Drive with 230Gb of files (MP3s)
DAC-2 with Daniels' awesome dll installed
>Maya44 USB for using the TCVs
**On the Road (all the above plus):
Case: Grundorf Side by Side - http://www.grundorf.com/casesnracks/Content/SS2-85lrg.JPG
Mixer: Behringer VMX1000 - http://www.behringer.com/vmx1000/index.cfm?lang=ENG
Processor: Aphex 204 Aural exciter and Big Bottom - http://www.aphex.com/204.htm
CDs: Stanton S-550 Dual [purely a backup tool] -
http://www.topdjgear.com/stanton-s-550.html (Didn't by them here)
Speakers: Mackie SRM-350 - http://www.mackie.com/products/srm350/index.html
>Use the Gigaport AG instead of my Maya44 (Don't lug TTs on the road, and don't plan
on using my CDs for TimeCoding because the DAC-2 works just as good)
**Looking to aquire --
Mackie sub - SWA1501 - http://mackie.com/products/swa1501/index.html
And, add the Mackie SRM-450's to my inventory
