WJProctor Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 Hi Everyone, I think a few forum members are users of WJPS' Computerised Sound Mixing Desk Software. Hopefully your enjoyment of the product has been good, and as you may know we are always looking for new ways to improve the software. An idea that has hit us is that now some memory sticks are U3 (http://www.u3.com) compatible. This basically means you can install software onto a memory stick, and run it from there. Our idea is to make CSMD runable from a memory stick, including storage of the tracks on the memory stick. This would mean you could setup the show on your pc at home, pull out the memory stick go to your venue, bung the memory stick into the PC or Laptop, run the software from the stick and all your tracks etc be there with you. Does this sound a good idea to people. It would mean you would only need one license of the software to run at multiple venues, or on multiple pcs. We would love to hear your ideas and thoughts about this. Regards James (On Behalf of WJPS)
ljstevens Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 Sounds great but surely then you are only limited to carrying the X amount of tracks, unless its a large lump of memory.
WJProctor Posted December 30, 2006 Author Posted December 30, 2006 Sounds a good idea but wouldn't it need to have a large memory to hold sound effects? for instance the last show I done I had 6gb of effects. Yeah I have thought that. I think that 6GB is probs quite extrem especially for amdram or schools who are our key audience. You can get U3 Sticks upto 4GB fairly easily. If on average a SFX is 4mb in mp3 or 20 in wav your looking at between 200 and 1000 sfx.
broadcast_techie Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 By 'Memory Stick' are you meaning a USB Flash Drive..., not the Sony MemoryStick? Why not go for a USB2 / Firewire hard disk?large storage, cheaper per Gb.... I don't know how this software works, but I can see an issue with your media being on a different drive letter in each pc. Kris
MarkPAman Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 James is talking about these clickable link which allow the software to live on, and run from the memory stick. Theory is that you can use the software on any (Psee) computer you want with only one licence. I've been looking at them for some time now, but as yet there is not really much software I would use in this way. This could be the program to make me buy one.
WJProctor Posted December 31, 2006 Author Posted December 31, 2006 James is talking about these clickable link which allow the software to live on, and run from the memory stick. Theory is that you can use the software on any (Psee) computer you want with only one licence. I've been looking at them for some time now, but as yet there is not really much software I would use in this way. This could be the program to make me buy one. Hey Mark. Yeah thats it spot on. Drive letters arent a problem as it would all be based around the software, so dynamic and things. It should work we are just updating our software at the moment, adding alot of features, such as auto-fades that are pre programmable. We should be able to roll out a Beta by the end of Jan. Also you mentioned buying a Memory Stick. Well dont hold your breath but we may do some special offer so you can get Memory Sticks through us at the same time as buying the software. We will let you know. Let us know if you like to find out more info. James
broadcast_techie Posted January 1, 2007 Posted January 1, 2007 So would this still be applicable to pocket hard drives.... for those with large complex shows? kris ps, when I'm back on a pc I'll have a look at this software...
WJProctor Posted January 2, 2007 Author Posted January 2, 2007 Well I'm not sure what U3 pocket hard drives are available if any. If you look here it shows you some of the U3 drives available.... http://u3.com/smartdrives/default.aspx Regards
henny Posted January 2, 2007 Posted January 2, 2007 looking at the site the only thing that makes a drive "U3" compatible is the software that is on it , there is free open source versions of this type of software out there. all that u3 have done is to cerate a comershal easy to use front end to some exitsting technology. henny
WJProctor Posted January 2, 2007 Author Posted January 2, 2007 Ive spoken with our tech team. And Henny is right, the idea behind U3 is that it allows you to easily run software however this software can be run from any drive type. Ill get them todo more research and come up with a definative answer. Regards
David Duffy Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 I think a few forum members are users of WJPS' Computerised Sound Mixing Desk Software. Hopefully your enjoyment of the product has been good, and as you may know we are always looking for new ways to improve the software. An idea that has hit us is that now some memory sticks are U3 (http://www.u3.com) compatible. This basically means you can install software onto a memory stick, and run it from there. Our idea is to make CSMD runable from a memory stick, including storage of the tracks on the memory stick. This would mean you could setup the show on your pc at home, pull out the memory stick go to your venue, bung the memory stick into the PC or Laptop, run the software from the stick and all your tracks etc be there with you. I must be missing something here. Why can't you run software from a USB stick anyway? As long as it doesn't need access to the registry and is self contained won't it just run anyway? That's the way things used to be in Ye Old Days of floppy drives and PC's. I checked out the link but can't see how it's really that much different from just running the applications from a mapped drive. Can someone point out the obvious answer (if there is one) to me please? Thanks.
jamesperrett Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 I'd agree that the U3 stuff looks more like a marketing thing rather than a real technical advance. If software is written in the right way then any memory stick/disk drive can be used. The software writer has to avoid using the registry to store data - which is just how it used to be done years ago. Cheers James.
WJProctor Posted February 25, 2007 Author Posted February 25, 2007 Hi Everyone, Just to let you know that after alot of work, and alot of playing a Beta version of CSMD Advanced Portable is now available. If succesfully in testing the version will be sold as an addon to CSMD Advanced at a small cost TBA. This version has all the functionality of CSMD Advanced but allows you to bung it on a memory stick or portable hard drive and run it from there with all your tracks stored along side the software. Please feel free to download the software from the Beta section of our site: http://www.csmd.co.uk?PID=25 Please also read the Documentation before running the software. We look forward to hearing people comments. Kind Regards James (On Behalf of WJPS)
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