Im tyoo busy playing with tracktion right now... so ill keep formalities for later (such as how happy i am right now) , but can someone post a link to those crazy tracktion wallpers i downloaded a while back.. cant seem to locate em right now.
thanks
Sidhu
tracktion wallpapers ?
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- KVRian
- 1372 posts since 22 Sep, 2003 from New Delhi, India
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- KVRist
- 102 posts since 10 Apr, 2003 from Bed, mainly
Try here:
http://www.paintingbynumbers.com/tracktion/wallpaper
Zipfile versions of BMPs only, I'm afraid (this archive predates the Tracktion for Mac days).
I've added a sneaky "T2" set too...
Philip
Ex-Head of Wallpaper
Raw Material Software ltd
http://www.paintingbynumbers.com/tracktion/wallpaper
Zipfile versions of BMPs only, I'm afraid (this archive predates the Tracktion for Mac days).
I've added a sneaky "T2" set too...
Philip
Ex-Head of Wallpaper
Raw Material Software ltd
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1372 posts since 22 Sep, 2003 from New Delhi, India
whatever happened to the link on Raw material site ??? twas cool 
Sidhu
Sidhu
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
Raw Materials turned over their hosting needs to the Mackie site for all things Tracktion-related. Apparently either Mackie or Jules or both decided that the wallpaper and "DVD case packaging solution" weren't worth the bandwidth. 
I have my Tracktion box right here with me... and my Tracktion backup CD has never once lived inside it. <grin>
Greg
I have my Tracktion box right here with me... and my Tracktion backup CD has never once lived inside it. <grin>
Greg
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- KVRAF
- 3364 posts since 16 Feb, 2004 from atop a katamari
my system ghost image (with tracktion, reaktor and eXT already installed)lives in my Tracktion DVD case what a joy it was when i printed that out!
what a joy it was when i printed that out!Kick, punch, it's all in the mind.
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- KVRAF
- 3364 posts since 16 Feb, 2004 from atop a katamari
it's a 'ghost' image (using norton ghost) of my C: drive. imagine this procedure:
when your computer goes tits up, the recovery often involves the following:
format hard drive,
reinstall windows,
install latest drivers for soundcard etc...
install favourite programs,
configure favourite programs,
get internet/network working.
which takes ages, lots of disc swapping, and requires attention (filling out fields, clicking buttons, finding reg. info)
ghost (the best version of which runs from DOS booting from CD) takes a perfect image of the hard drive or partition and stores it as a single '.GHO' file. this can then be burned to DVD, multiple CDs or left on a backup partition.
if you have one of these ghosted files stored somewhere, when your computer goes all 'buggered', you no longer have to do any of the above steps; simply boot the computer with the GHOST program cd, run the dos based ghost program, and tell it to restore the partition from the image; it will overwrite the chosen hard drive partition (i.e. your C: drive) with exactly the state it was in when you ghosted it; fresh install, set-up programs, just how you like it, in just under 8 minutes. (well, that's what i timed it as when i was counting!)
it really is a godsend.
i also find it particularly useful to keep one ghosted image of JUST windows installed with my drivers and whatnot (no programs, no internet), just incase my program tastes change or something appears to be wrong, so that i can always go back further but still not need to actually reinstall windows.
when your computer goes tits up, the recovery often involves the following:
format hard drive,
reinstall windows,
install latest drivers for soundcard etc...
install favourite programs,
configure favourite programs,
get internet/network working.
which takes ages, lots of disc swapping, and requires attention (filling out fields, clicking buttons, finding reg. info)
ghost (the best version of which runs from DOS booting from CD) takes a perfect image of the hard drive or partition and stores it as a single '.GHO' file. this can then be burned to DVD, multiple CDs or left on a backup partition.
if you have one of these ghosted files stored somewhere, when your computer goes all 'buggered', you no longer have to do any of the above steps; simply boot the computer with the GHOST program cd, run the dos based ghost program, and tell it to restore the partition from the image; it will overwrite the chosen hard drive partition (i.e. your C: drive) with exactly the state it was in when you ghosted it; fresh install, set-up programs, just how you like it, in just under 8 minutes. (well, that's what i timed it as when i was counting!)
it really is a godsend.
i also find it particularly useful to keep one ghosted image of JUST windows installed with my drivers and whatnot (no programs, no internet), just incase my program tastes change or something appears to be wrong, so that i can always go back further but still not need to actually reinstall windows.
Kick, punch, it's all in the mind.
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- KVRAF
- 3745 posts since 29 Sep, 2002 from Killafornia
Yeah that sounds fuckin awsome. I should definitely do this. So, what if all your apps wont fit on a DVD? I'm not even sure how much space my apps are taking right now, but is it possible to burn on multiple DVD's?
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- KVRAF
- 3364 posts since 16 Feb, 2004 from atop a katamari
i can't imagine having enough apps installed on a basic level that wouldn't fit onto a dvd..
well, my current setup looks like this:
winXP pro,
Tracktion,
Reaktor4,
energyXT.
this takes up just over 1Gb (windows explorer says it's 0.99Gb).
with just windows XP, it's a bit smaller, about 800-900mb, but still 'around a gig'. the ghost images are compressed too, to a selectable level. i'd be surprised if anyone had enough programs installed at a 'safe, from-scratch but comfortable' level to take up more than 4.7Gb...
maybe a massive rompler would take up plenty of room, but then that's not really worth wasting dvd space for; that kind of thing isn't too much of an additional hassle to reinstall, compared with an operating system and your main apps. at the end of the day, it's a perfect system to get back to a working point, to save you time and effort, but you don't want to back up a safe-to-restore system that's already really bloated.
it's also a good idea to do the backup before you've been online for any amount of time, to make sure that you don't contract any spyware or other baddies from the net into your image.
well, my current setup looks like this:
winXP pro,
Tracktion,
Reaktor4,
energyXT.
this takes up just over 1Gb (windows explorer says it's 0.99Gb).
with just windows XP, it's a bit smaller, about 800-900mb, but still 'around a gig'. the ghost images are compressed too, to a selectable level. i'd be surprised if anyone had enough programs installed at a 'safe, from-scratch but comfortable' level to take up more than 4.7Gb...
maybe a massive rompler would take up plenty of room, but then that's not really worth wasting dvd space for; that kind of thing isn't too much of an additional hassle to reinstall, compared with an operating system and your main apps. at the end of the day, it's a perfect system to get back to a working point, to save you time and effort, but you don't want to back up a safe-to-restore system that's already really bloated.
it's also a good idea to do the backup before you've been online for any amount of time, to make sure that you don't contract any spyware or other baddies from the net into your image.
Kick, punch, it's all in the mind.
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- KVRAF
- 6937 posts since 4 Jun, 2004 from Utrecht, Holland
Not sure about DVD since I dont have a burner... On a FAT32 partition it will create files of 2Gb maximum. Theres an option somewhere to specify the maximum ghost file size. Multiple volumes is no problem in general with Ghost.AD80 wrote:So, what if all your apps wont fit on a DVD?
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- KVRAF
- 3364 posts since 16 Feb, 2004 from atop a katamari
no worries.
i suppose it's handy to make it clear that it is basically necessary to do a fresh install once you do decide to do a ghosting.. (i'm sure that was obvious from my description but just incase it wasn't
)
you may want to take a ghost of your system as it is before you begin to create a 'fresh' ghost image, just in case you encounter difficulties, but i wouldn't bother burning that to disc if you have the HD space to store it- it's probably gotten quite polluted from time online and installing progs etc... so i wouldn't recommend using that as a go-back-to-point
so yeah, just in case i wasn't clear, when making a fresh ghost, you should really do all those steps i described at the top of my post (when you're happy you've backed everything up just in case), and reinstall the bare essentials.
it will probably be the last time you ever have to do it!
oh, btw. i recommend using only the boot-able DOS version of the program if you do get hold of it. apparently the latest winXP version is a bit lame, but does come with a 2003 version CD also; make sure your computer is set to attempt to boot from a CD drive (in the bios), and boot from that. The program GHOST.EXE is in the SUPPORT folder on the disc, which you can navigate to from the dos prompt. it's not too complicated to use. if you decide to get hold of it and want any more tips, just ask.
i suppose it's handy to make it clear that it is basically necessary to do a fresh install once you do decide to do a ghosting.. (i'm sure that was obvious from my description but just incase it wasn't
)you may want to take a ghost of your system as it is before you begin to create a 'fresh' ghost image, just in case you encounter difficulties, but i wouldn't bother burning that to disc if you have the HD space to store it- it's probably gotten quite polluted from time online and installing progs etc... so i wouldn't recommend using that as a go-back-to-point
so yeah, just in case i wasn't clear, when making a fresh ghost, you should really do all those steps i described at the top of my post (when you're happy you've backed everything up just in case), and reinstall the bare essentials.
it will probably be the last time you ever have to do it!
oh, btw. i recommend using only the boot-able DOS version of the program if you do get hold of it. apparently the latest winXP version is a bit lame, but does come with a 2003 version CD also; make sure your computer is set to attempt to boot from a CD drive (in the bios), and boot from that. The program GHOST.EXE is in the SUPPORT folder on the disc, which you can navigate to from the dos prompt. it's not too complicated to use. if you decide to get hold of it and want any more tips, just ask.
Kick, punch, it's all in the mind.
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- KVRist
- 141 posts since 13 Oct, 2003
I managed to snag those T posters as well before they vanished. You can get them here:
http://tracktionfaction.com/modules.php ... page&pid=2
http://tracktionfaction.com/modules.php ... page&pid=2