MIXVIBES DVS 7.21 on a netbook

[Dj_Proces]

Hi ,

Like I said in the topic mixvibes vista problems I decided to buy
a decent netbook with xp sp3 on it.
This will be custom adjusted by a friend to use with only a view programs.

MIxvibes 7.21 on one user account , and reaper,wavosaur and vlc mainly on the other account. Ofcourse featured with things like a pdf reader . asio 4 all , many vst's/vsti's and necessary drivers .things like live messenger, wmp and quite a few others will be gone.
Maybe anyone has a few good suggestions for me how to make this quite a killer machine?

I will be using a hp 5101 nn368ea for this. I'm tired of vista on my sony vaio and of the weight of this thing when moving around.
Reaper worked fine on my compaq 700 , ofcourse there are some restrictions to cpu ,screen size etc. but I love the portabillity of a netbook and can work with it. Also I have seen mixvibes working quite well on a minimal 1,5 years old 9 " eee PC netbook so this should go to be a succes.

I think a topic to keep everything together could be usefull others as well so here are my first questions.

1. Do I have to install the copy I buyed of mixvibes 7.00 first to install
7.21 ?

2. Also it is suggested to use asio4all instead of the u46mk2 drivers
for max performace, is this information still actual?

[polocorp]

Hi DJ Proces,

sorry i missed this. here are your answers

1. Do I have to install the copy I buyed of mixvibes 7.00 first to install
7.21 ?

Yes

2. Also it is suggested to use asio4all instead of the u46mk2 drivers
for max performace, is this information still actual?

Asio4all

optimization tutorial for Win XP : http://www.audioforums.com/windows-xp-optimization.php

[Dj_Proces]

Allright , thank you .

[Dj_Proces]

I managed to install every program from usb, besides Mixvibes 7.00 !
I have copied the installation cd to a usb stick , copied it from usb to the hp's desktop, click on install, but nothing happens !

why is this ? I have used the search function .

[polocorp]

many programs require a CD to launch the installation for copy portection purposes. It's the case with MixVibes. you need the CD to make the first installation.

[Dj_Proces]

That worked. I'm not too happy about it. This way I always need to take a portable usb cd player for in case something happens .
Is it possible to make a copy of the cd to use that one on the road?
Because things can happen when you travel.

[polocorp]

I'm not sure of this but i believe TOAST can make a bootable CD in ISO format... You'll need to burn a CD before installing though !

[Dj_Proces]

Allright, I will try that.

I managed to get mixvibes 7.21 running, but :
No matter if I use asio4all (2.9 ) divers
or the esi drivers (latest , v3 I think?) I get issues with my sound.
I get crackles and audio silences.
The audio silences happen most often when I do beatjuggles, but not necessary.
I did not have such issues when using my sony viao vista.
When using asio4all 2.9 I even manage to get my system freezing when loading a song (no issues with this when using the esi drivers).
My cpu is +- 40% , it gets to even 99 % when loading a sound.
As my hp came with 1 gb ram I have put a kingston 2gb 667 ram into the netbook, which Improved response, but did not solve the issue.
I have looked at the different asio/esi topics, but they did not help
me thisfar.

someone?

[Dj_Proces]

I have reinstalled everything, seems to work better now , i have used the update 7.21 for installing the u44mk2 driver instead of asio4all 2.9.
I only get a small freeze when importing a sound , you can't hear it .
I just have to wait a little before I can do actions in mixvibes, like import a next song. Further testing will follow .