AnnotationCross works without any drop out till now!!!
I have changed some settings and hardware and that may have solved my problems:
1.) Changed to an activ usb hub instead of using a passive one. Thought that four devices on one USB port may cause energy problems (no constant current the whole time, ...)
2.) Turned off the agent/service that checks the battery all the time as recommended by hemskoc, someone else (sorry for having forgotten the nick) and UncleVibes. Additionally removed my battery from the notebook
3.) Changed to a smaller collection (hardly 60 tracks) within all tracks were analysed (as recommended)
4.) Changed the waveform view to the smallest possible so that the waveform runs very quick. I thought that this may reduce some graphic power
5.) As written in a post above I have changed the audio interface driver to the mixvibes driver (used the new esi driver that seems to be crap :-( )
6.) Uninstalled a free anti virus scanner (AntiVir, very popular in germany) and installed a bought internet security suite (G Data Internet Security 2010) where I can switch off every guard and service. This was possible in the former anti virus guard too but I guess that because of the fact that it is a free one you could not stop every guard/service
7.) Deactivated the following devices in the device manager
- internal audio interface
- internal modem
- internal wireless card/interface
and additionally unplugged the LAN port
EDIT:
8.) Unplugged the full HD display and worked only with the build in notebook display so that the graphic card does not have to work hard
So as I said I had no drop outs since I am using the above decsribed configuration. I have mixed more than 4 hours in the last three days and will continue with the hope that I will never again listen to a drop out.
Thanks a lot for your help, especially hemskoc, sylMV and support@mixvibes!!! THANK YOU!
Steve
EDIT: Came home from a friend of mine where we played two hours without any drop out (switched a lot between bypass and usual mode - great!)
*HAPPY*