MixVibes on MacBook using bootcamp - tips & hints

[N-deep]

We wants mac drivers.
Bootcamp are suxx.
When they release u46 driver on mac ?

As the U46MK2 is core audio compliant no driver are needed on MAC. Download its control panel from our download area:
[MAC] OSX U46MK2 control panel

[Psykadelik]

Hey guys, I found these tidbits on the RME support website and Gear slutz

For a XP audio install on a MBP here is a good starting point:

1. Clean install of XP SP2

2. If you're going to use a firewire audio interface then install the following 2 KB updates (you will not get them via windows update):

Performance of 1394 devices may decrease after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2
An SBP-2 device does not work when it is connected to a Windows XP SP2-based computer

3. Disable graphics write combining: right click on the Desktop and select Properties->Settings->Advanced->Troubleshooting, and untick "Enable Write Combining".

4. Disable Nvidia PowerMizer - right click on the Desktop and select Properties->Settings->Advanced->GeoForce 8600M GT->Mobile->Change PowerMizer Settings->Not Manage My Power Consumption

5. If you are going to do audio work; after booting XP you need to kill the KbdMgr.exe process. Click start, run, type taskmgr.exe (or hit ctrl-alt-del and select task manager), find the KbdMgr.exe process and end it. This process is the Apple installed process that makes your function keys work for volume, backlight, etc. You will need to do this each time you reboot XP. (You can change it to not autostart but presumably you will want it on when using the laptop for non-audio purposes. And it crashes if you try to run it after the machine boots.)

6. When doing audio work make sure to turn off wireless, or you will get an occasional spike that will kill latency (this piece of advice seems to apply to pretty much any laptop used as a DAW).

Steps 3-6 are needed for latency, if you don't do them you will get dropouts, clicks, pops, etc.

At this point run latency checker:

DPC Latency Checker

Doing the above my latency hovers right around 100us.

On my install I don't have any problems with CPU. Are you seeing CPU usage spikes in task manager? If not are you sure it's not disk access? If you have installed a lot of stuff that loads at startup it can make the initial login very sluggish and give the illusion of bad cpu performance. Other than that I can't offer more opinions without some specific examples.

EDIT: Added disabling wireless, how could I forget!

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/music-co ... ost1961838

Below is the RME thread with similar information.
http://www.rme-audio.de/forum/viewtopic.php?id=591

I don't have a macbook so I am unable to try it out, but it seems to have gotten good results from the looks of it.

EDIT: A frustrated Presonus user came to the same conclusion.
http://forums.presonus.com/showthread.php?t=7180

[Psykadelik]

Just following up from my previous post. I bought a Macbook White in February and did all these tweaks I suggested and it worked out wonderfully. It is handling DVS7 like a champ.

[nabil013]

its such a shame that u have 2 change DVS to Cross and it will cost money again . now why do u have to use bootcamp
i dont like to do the bootcamp its not good for Apple because windows is not better then mac its goth a lot of issues
serato is maybe more expensive but it works with windows xp and mac without any this or that ( im very pist about it )

[Psykadelik]

DVS7 is still around as far as I know. It hasn't been dumped. And I haven't had any problems with the boot camp setup as of yet. Then again I am using Windows 7 which even during the beta stages was pretty stable. I think the fact that I did a clean install makes a big difference. It runs great. Also with boot camp 3.0, I am able to read the mac partition now which is awesome. I can read both partitions on either OS. And honestly, I found that there are a couple of apps that perform better in Windows than in Mac OS X latency wise.

[nabil013]

i installed bootcamp perfectly on my mackbook but when i play records and when i start to cut a little bit i begin to hear a desorbing noise very irritating can anyone help please

[N-deep]

Did you try to shut down windows sounds?

[nabil013]

Did you try to shut down windows sounds?

yes because i saw the tips and hints i closed the windows sounds and on performance i choosed the best performance , closed windows firewall and internet etc...... but the vinyls are not always 100 % they turn on 70 80 OR lower and the sound is not 100 % but i have windows vista home basic on my mackbook but i downloaded from the piratbay without the product key is that maybe the problem

[N-deep]

yes because i saw the tips and hints i closed the windows sounds and on performance i choosed the best performance , closed windows firewall and internet etc......

This is a good starting point.

but the vinyls are not always 100 % they turn on 70 80 OR lower and the sound is not 100 %

What about the needles? Is there any dust on it?

but i have windows vista home basic on my mackbook but i downloaded from the piratbay without the product key is that maybe the problem

This is not really wise to talk about piratbay on a software editor's forum...

[nabil013]

look no time for this little misteak what i said there are bigger problems then that. the last time im full off rage because of it this is my first time that i had so much problems with it normally its gotta work perfect without this and tha (like the rest )and i understand what u try to say that its not wise to say something like that but please just help me im not into the mood i have mixvibes DVS when it was just out in the stores
i bought it and just before i want to install the cd wont work i had to waight 3 weeks for another cd key ETccc so much things to say about mixvibes isues problems dont make me please