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#256 Post by main_stem » Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:26 am

Swifty wrote:Anyone that is using Winamp for DJing should check out the DJ Helper plugin. It's awesome. Count and instantly add BPM into the 'comment' section of the MP3 tag, save cue points and a bazillion other helpful things.

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That has got to be one of the worse UIs I've seen in a long time.
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#257 Post by Mr Awesomer » Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:37 am

main_stem wrote:That has got to be one of the worse UIs I've seen in a long time.
Yeah, it's time someone upgraded that thing. Great idea for a plug in, poor execution.
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#258 Post by Nima » Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:47 am

wheresmygravy wrote:get a three prong to two prong converter for the power cord. apparently it gets rid of the ground loop issue of the laptop and the system. 69 cents at Home Depot.
awesome, that's a simple easy remedy :)

(not to even mention cheap!)

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Okay... I broke down...

#259 Post by WindsorSwingKid » Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:45 pm

So much for trying to save up for Lindy Exchanges...

My new laptop should be coming in shortly... Dell Inspiron 1150... P4 2.8 GHz, 512 Mb memory, 40 GB HDD, DVD/CDRW combo drive, 15" screen... I just have to sit down and read through this thread to see the software/hardware combinations I need to add to it to make it swing... :)

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#260 Post by Nima » Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:53 pm

All I can say...it'd about #$*& time!

Congrats John...i have lots of goodies at home I can share with you when you come down in 6 weeks :)

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#261 Post by wheresmygravy » Fri Feb 18, 2005 7:03 pm

I have to take back my recommendation of PCDJ Blue. The new released version "PCDJ Blue VRM" removed some features which were very handy. Like a preview player. And it has become a resource pig for Cute little Compaq tablet I use.

So I'm hot for BPM Studio. If I can just justify the $500 price tag.

I still haven't tried what a lot of you do with the Winamp/Itunes setup. Some day I will play with it.

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#262 Post by Bob the Builder » Sat Feb 19, 2005 6:10 am

On the WinAmp side of things, I can't for the life of me find out how to open two WinAmp sessions. I've tried installing it twice and having them under different directories.
Any advice would be helped, and can you also advise on what is the best setting for your buffer levels?

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#263 Post by GemZombie » Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:00 am

wheresmygravy wrote:I have to take back my recommendation of PCDJ Blue. The new released version "PCDJ Blue VRM" removed some features which were very handy. Like a preview player. And it has become a resource pig for Cute little Compaq tablet I use.

So I'm hot for BPM Studio. If I can just justify the $500 price tag.

I still haven't tried what a lot of you do with the Winamp/Itunes setup. Some day I will play with it.
I've been using BPM Studio for about 3 years now, so let me know if you have any questions about it.

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#264 Post by Swifty » Sat Feb 19, 2005 10:47 am

Bob the Builder wrote:On the WinAmp side of things, I can't for the life of me find out how to open two WinAmp sessions. I've tried installing it twice and having them under different directories.
Any advice would be helped, and can you also advise on what is the best setting for your buffer levels?

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Brian
Step-by-step directions for setting up two Winamps.

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#265 Post by Bob the Builder » Sat Feb 19, 2005 11:41 pm

Swifty wrote:
Bob the Builder wrote:On the WinAmp side of things, I can't for the life of me find out how to open two WinAmp sessions. I've tried installing it twice and having them under different directories.
Any advice would be helped, and can you also advise on what is the best setting for your buffer levels?

Thanks
Brian
Step-by-step directions for setting up two Winamps.
Tried it, with no luck. (I'm using WinAmp 5)

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#266 Post by JesseMiner » Sun Feb 20, 2005 12:39 pm

I am using Winamp 5.05 myself. I tried installing the DJ Helper, and it crashes Winamp everytime (I ended up uninstalling it). It looks like the development of this project stopped a long time ago back before the release of the troublesome Winamp 3.x. From installation notes:
HINT: For best results you should use WinAmp versions 2.5 to 2.65. Older 2.x versions still work but are not as exact, and 1.x versions probably will not work with the DJ Helper at all. Versions 2.666 and newer have a completely new mp3 engine that is not as fast and responsive as the older versions.
So does this program work for anyone with the latest versions of Winamp?

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#267 Post by Swifty » Sun Feb 20, 2005 1:16 pm

I have used it a few times with no problems on Winamp5. I agree that the UI is cumbersome at best and only plan on using it to enter BPMs into my MP3 tags for albums I haven't catalogued yet, then I'm turning it back off.

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#268 Post by Mr Awesomer » Sun Feb 20, 2005 3:07 pm

Bob the Builder wrote:Tried it, with no luck. (I'm using WinAmp 5)
I simply installed it twice, to two unique directories.
Did you ensure to configured it to allow multiple instance?

Select "Options"
Select "Preferences"
Highlight "General Preferences"
Select "Allow Multiple Instances"
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#269 Post by Bob the Builder » Sun Feb 20, 2005 3:08 pm

JesseMiner wrote:I am using Winamp 5.05 myself. I tried installing the DJ Helper, and it crashes Winamp everytime (I ended up uninstalling it). It looks like the development of this project stopped a long time ago back before the release of the troublesome Winamp 3.x. From installation notes:
HINT: For best results you should use WinAmp versions 2.5 to 2.65. Older 2.x versions still work but are not as exact, and 1.x versions probably will not work with the DJ Helper at all. Versions 2.666 and newer have a completely new mp3 engine that is not as fast and responsive as the older versions.
So does this program work for anyone with the latest versions of Winamp?

Jesse
Yes, "DJ Helper" I got it working. It did hickup every so often though.
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#270 Post by GemZombie » Sun Feb 20, 2005 7:48 pm

GuruReuben wrote:
Bob the Builder wrote:Tried it, with no luck. (I'm using WinAmp 5)
I simply installed it twice, to two unique directories.
Did you ensure to configured it to allow multiple instance?

Select "Options"
Select "Preferences"
Highlight "General Preferences"
Select "Allow Multiple Instances"
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No need to install it twice if you do that. ;)

Programatically it just looks for a previous instance and immediate exits if one is already running... no need for separate directories. So, ya, only install it once.

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