Milky

Ots must be set to Breakaway ASIO. In BADJ, click settings, then I/O. With the USB device inserted, you should see it under the drop down box. Select it and all should be good (although I’m still a newbie at BADJ).

As the owner of a computing business, I have learned over many years that you will NEVER win the PC versus Mac arguement. It seems that, along with being prepared to spend three times more for the same functionality, Mac users have a stubborn streak that has them believe nothing else of any useable functionality exists anywhere else in the universe.

It’s like trying to get a dyed-in-the-wool Ford driver to consider buying an Oriental buzz-box.

As for the software – it’s a tool like any other program. If it works in your environment, great. I happe to use another DJ program, and have done for at least ten years. It works for me, and I have become so comfortable with it that I would never conider changing, even if Serato paid me to try their product. If I ever found that my "tool of trade" was lacking in any areas I wanted to use, I would then consider an alternative tool.

[quote author=”winsorpd”]Milky,
Could you post the settings you use for OTS and Breakaway DJ?
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I’ll take screen shots next time I have my gig box cranked up. It is most important to turn off all Ots Dynamics Processor processing, or you will be duplicating it in both programs. Click on the DP icon and unclick AGC, Compressor and Limiter buttons.
In the BADJ setup, click on the "Test" button to show the buffers and the "Jitter" count. The trick is to experiment with different settings, starting with the lowest that will actually play, to reduce this jitter to 10% or less. This will depend on your maqinboard, CPU, amount of RAM etc. If your soundcard has buffer adjustment, it is considered wise to align the buffer count in there with the BADJ buffer count.

I may be wrong here, but, typically, an application must have focus for the keystrokes (or mouse clicks) to affect the program. Usually your playout software has focus, with Breakaway doing its job behind the scene.

Whilst I would avoid inflammatory adjectives like "stupid", I tend to endorse camclone’s comments. It’s the same reason why I have steadfastly avoided using laptops for DJing – because everything is crammed into a conveniently portable carry case, but at the expense of expandability, cooling and (in some cases) performance.

Sure, if your studio is a lined packing case, go for miniaturisation, but, if you have the space, think BIG.

Geez Martin S, I’m glad you asked!

[quote author=”Leif”]
That doesn’t make sense at all 🙂. How high was it when it was high?

///Leif[/quote]
As I said elsewhere (didn’t mean to hijack this thread), when I first installed BADJ, I just cranked the buffers all the way to 48/2 and reported perfect sound and video synch. I was tinkering for other reasons, and pressed the TEST button. At 48/2, the jitter reading was 300%. Some experimenting found a sweet spot at 512/2, yielding 10% jitter. However, after a couple of hours playing, I noticed the odd glitch – just a very brief pop, but there nevertheless. I switched back to 48/2 and it was fine for the rest of the night.

I haven’t had much time to experiments since, but one thought I had is that the M-Audio 192 card has its own buffer adjustment, which has always been set to the minimum allowable (64). Could there be some over or under-runs being introdced because of this?