Many multi channel sound cards require you to install this driver in order to access the extra channels with in PCDJ products.

If using Vista or Windows 7 You should Disable the User Account Control.ĪSIO is a low latency third party driver implemented by many of todays pro audio sound card manufacturers.

Adhering to this advice will assure you piece of mind knowing that every time you show up to a performance that you machine and software will boot up with no issues. This has caused customers showing up to a gig with software which has become “locked” or other issues because the update has corrupted registration information in hidden areas of the operating system. Microsoft has a nasty habit of releasing security patches without notifying the third party software community.

IF IT AINT BROKE DONT FIX IT! Once you take the time to get everything running smoothly don’t mess up your system by performing unnecessary updates from Microsoft (windows updates) or hardware driver updates unless they are absolutely needed.

You should have a secondary machine for general computing operations.

Antivirus / security software is one of the biggest culprits of stealing system resources and is not needed as this machine should only be on the internet for recommended PCDJ updates or others relating to your pro audio software. You should only have software installed related to PCDJ and Pro audio use. This means that the machine should not be used for email, internet browsing, word processing, etc. We recommend a DEDICATED machine for PCDJ products.Be prepared to get into the control panel and uninstall anything not driver related in order to utilize that advanced hardware that you just paid good money to use at your shows.

it’s true that todays machines are faster than ever however manufacturers load them up at the factory with plenty of “bloatware” (unnecessary extra software) which is fine for general computing convenience but horrible for pro audio use.

On the flip side, just because you recently purchased the latest and greatest laptop with the fastest processor and most RAM you can find, doesn’t mean that it will perform well for PCDJ right off the shelf.

You should expect issues when using a machine meeting minimum system requirements when out at a gig.

Minimum system requirements are the bare minimum to simply run and demo the software in a non performance based environment. Be sure that you meet RECOMMENDED system requirements, not minimum system requirements.

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