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MIXMASTERMACHOM

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I have a Lenovo laptop that I bought used for $45. It was working great! The issue is that the power cord wouldn't stay all the way connected to the laptop. So I couldn't use the laptop because with cord not staying connected the battery wouldn't stay charged. So it would just shut off.

He tried to fix the problem but he couldn't. So he took it a place I normally go to and they couldn't fix the problem. He went to another place and the guy fixed it. I just have to pay $125 and I can have my baby back. This laptop is my favorite. It has VDJ on it along with my voice drops and Monopoly. I'm too excited! I know it's old but it works GREAT!!!!!
 
Glad it's working for you. I don't have the patience for cheap/old/non-working computers.

These are mission critical devices for me. I need to count on them all of the time.
 
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I love old laptops.
GONE are the constant intrusions. When I have a software and machine that does EXACTLY WHAT I WANT IT TO DO - I don't f""" that up by subscribing to some developer's evolving idea of how I should work or what I should make a priority.

There are very few things that will waste more of your time and produce greater frustration than buying the latest model computer or software.

Old PCs are also ideal for running control apps for digital audio stage box mixers, or even large consoles. They can also access a myriad of legacy DSP equipment still installed in many venues, schools, or houses of worship. An older computer (cost: FREE) combined with a high quality legacy DSP (Cost used: ~$75 ) can also function as a turn-key digital audio lunch box system with modern auto-mix capabilities typically found in expensive digital consoles. I use these all the time to configure stand alone audio systems I can leave behind to operate perfectly while completely unattended and tamper proof.

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Older computers are also great with DJ or Karaoke software - which typically requires very little actual processing power. If we're not trying the hack up songs into threads while using streaming online content to the latest workstation controllers then our DJ and KJ apps will typically run just fine using older PCs and legacy controllers.

I have a Win 7 laptop that I've often run DJ/Controller software simultaneously with a karaoke software, AND a digital mixer control app - and they all open simultaneously to function without issue.
 
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I have two win 7s left in the arsonal.
Both run software find.
Both never go on line except maybe a software upgrade in serato pro.
Window 10 is nice not having a hard drive. Boots up very quickly.
 
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sonic-vision said:
Window 10 is nice not having a hard drive. Boots up very quickly.
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My Win 7 is a dual drive laptop. The system drive is an SSD, and the music is on a secondary internal SSD.

Given the level of automation in DJ software and even personal music apps - I've stopped advancing anything gear wise on the DJ side. No new controllers, and just current versions of whatever DJ app I'm using. I've been on pause for several years. The reason:

We currently have beat grids, auto-analysis, auto-sync, auto-sync lock, auto loops, auto end point expansion/contraction, and even music threading. It won't be long before ANYTHING you could do as a performing DJ will be available as a standard music app on certain models of consumer cell phones, tablets, and PCs with a zero learning curve,

The very first "mobile DJ" was a device called a record changer - a certain type of spindle that allowed people to stack their records (45rpm or 33rpm albums) for automatic playback (in the precise order they preferred) to achieve with their home stereo what a jukebox does with consecutive requests.

iTunes re-introduced people to the record changer by way of "playlists" and then made it portbale via the iPod. Spotify allows you to do it on the fly, or have an AI like algorithm do it for you. The shift away from DJs as entertainment (yes, the market is in decline on a professional level) owes largely to the record changing behavior and storage/streaming capacity of modern personal devices. Future apps will allow users to apply auto-mixers to their active playlists that deploy the same signature mixing and threading skills used by performing DJs.

It won't actually require AI to achieve this. The algorithms and coding don't rise to that level, however AI will add a dimension in real time that very few DJs can even approximate - the ability to instantly respond to what's trending on dance floors worldwide.
 
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Proformance said:
I love old laptops.
GONE are the constant intrusions. When I have a software and machine that does EXACTLY WHAT I WANT IT TO DO - I don't f""" that up by subscribing to some developer's evolving idea of how I should work or what I should make a priority.

There are very few things that will waste more of your time and produce greater frustration than buying the latest model computer or software.

Old PCs are also ideal for running control apps for digital audio stage box mixers, or even large consoles. They can also access a myriad of legacy DSP equipment still installed in many venues, schools, or houses of worship. An older computer (cost: FREE) combined with a high quality legacy DSP (Cost used: ~$75 ) can also function as a turn-key digital audio lunch box system with modern auto-mix capabilities typically found in expensive digital consoles. I use these all the time to configure stand alone audio systems I can leave behind to operate perfectly while completely unattended and tamper proof.

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10 input x 12 output Auto-Mix matrix DSP

Older computers are also great with DJ or Karaoke software - which typically requires very little actual processing power. If we're not trying the hack up songs into threads while using streaming online content to the latest workstation controllers then our DJ and KJ apps will typically run just fine using older PCs and legacy controllers.

I have a Win 7 laptop that I've often run DJ/Controller software simultaneously with a karaoke software, AND a digital mixer control app - and they all open simultaneously to function without issue.
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I'm with you on that one I still use a Vista laptop as my main machine. I have several newer ones and always one of them with me for a backup but for what I am doing the Vista machine is as good as any
 
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Proformance said:
The very first "mobile DJ" was a device called a record changer - a certain type of spindle that allowed people to stack their records (45rpm or 33rpm albums) for automatic playback (in the precise order they preferred) to achieve with their home stereo what a jukebox does with consecutive requests.
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I love that analogy!
 
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dunlopj said:
I love that analogy!
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I love that analogy!
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You remind me of when we had a stereo system that was furniture. It had 2 speakers, one on each side, turntable that you could play records with a speed of 331/3, 45 and 78. I believe it also had a 8 track tape player built-in. I remember they had 8 track tape player for cars. You can probably find one and the tapes as well. Those tapes were very big and bulky. Then they made cassette tapes which were not bulky like the 8 track tapes earlier.
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Portable boomboxes didn't come along till much later. I had one that I carried to work with me. Things have surely changed over the years. There are things people never dreamed of we would be using today.
 
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There are things some older DJ's with a bad hip should not be doing or hauling. Just being honest with you...
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That's why I use a hand truck and if need be get someone to help me. Sometimes instead of putting the speakers on the stands, I will leave them on the floor.
 
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MIXMASTERMACHOM said:
That's why I use a hand truck and if need be get someone to help me. Sometimes instead of putting the speakers on the stands, I will leave them on the floor.
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Idk why you deal with those massive speakers of yours when you could buy a smaller system like an evox12 that is MORE than enough power for any event you've done in the last 3yrs... the subs roll on wheels... the tops weigh maybe 25lbs so it's super easy to put on a stand. By putting a speaker on the floor it only comes off as amateur.
 
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Idk why you deal with those massive speakers of yours when you could buy a smaller system like an evox12 that is MORE than enough power for any event you've done in the last 3yrs... the subs roll on wheels... the tops weigh maybe 25lbs so it's super easy to put on a stand. By putting a speaker on the floor it only comes off as amateur.
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He could get by with an evox 8 for what he does
 
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