CD Maintainence questions.

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Louieoke

If you have an extra $200 I would recommend purchasing Hoster for your laptop and purchase an external Hard Drive. You will invest some time in importing 1000 discs but it will be well worth it. Prior to purchasing hoster I had my discs in the same storage binders as you are currently using. I used them 4 nights per week over the last few years and even though I handled them with great care they began to wear and crack. Most of the discs that were cracking and degrading were soundchoice. It started to get expensive with replacing them. I too was skeptical about changing over to Hoster partly due to the "unknown" and partly due to the financial investment.

If you already have a P4 Laptop you are way ahead of the game. I was looking at between $1500 and $2500 investment with a new Laptop and Software.

I made the investment and have never regretted it. I have done about 5 shows, and 3 private parties with Hoster and I'm thrilled with the performance, I have yet to touch a disc....yes they are tucked away in my van if I need them. I encourage you to take the plunge with Hoster...you will never go back!!

By the way I use OTS/DJ software for my DJ music and I'm extremely pleased with the results. I looked at and tried other programs but the overall performance of OTS was excellent
you can download a 30 day trial version at www.otsdj.com
they use dynamics signal processing which really enhances the quality of the sound. It gives it a real punch! Anyway it's free to try for a month.

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