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  • December 21, 2011 at 5:35 am #11731
    Phil Morse
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    It could be the external drive, have you tested playing with music on the internal drive?

    Also increase the latency setting and see if that helps.

    December 22, 2011 at 12:07 am #1002443
    JJ702561
    Member

    my guess (not knowing much about DJing software yet) is that its a mix of the the OS, processor and the external HDD (especially if its over USB). With no knowledge of your computer I can only suggest some basic steps to try and trouble shoot:

    I would start by trying to kill off background processes that are unnecessary to save cycle time.

    Then move a couple of songs to the local HD in the laptop to test for that issue.

    if it is still locking up, vista is known to be a resource hog and you may want to try a fresh re-install if you have the factory disks. (just make sure you have all you’re media stored externally and take note of applications you need)

    only at this point if your machine is still locking up should you look into purchasing a new laptop with a faster processor.

    remember that you need to treat the laptop as a business machine (even if its only running “home” versions of operating systems/software) and try not to install a bunch of stuff that is not necessary for your DJing…

    hope some of this helps

    December 22, 2011 at 7:26 am #11773
    djrenots
    Participant

    When I got my Numark Ns6 my 5 year old computer was within the specifications for running my Serato software but having the “Media Center Edition” snubbed the capabilities to run it. All of my files were burned in with windows media lossless, it wont play a one. So I tried burning a cd in on the mp3 setting and that worked, but after loading the third and fourth deck with tracks it again was too much for the system and it failed to play, just stopped dead. Long story short I think your computer is to blame. Tracktor looks like it is even more demanding of resources than Serato and I couldn’t find a ghz. specification for core duo, but with a pentium 4 I think it was 2.4ghz Hope this helps

    December 22, 2011 at 8:47 am #11779
    Pär Hessler
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    Well this clearly indicates that your CPU can not handle all things you tell it to.
    You need to set up your PC correct to be able to use it with Traktor.
    There is plenty of topics showing how to do that for example:
    http://www.digitaldjtips.com/forum/threads/preparing-laptop-for-djing.734/

    Also I suggest you get a bigger HDD and drop the external HDD ASAP.
    Are you sure that it is an USB2.0 HDD and that it is in a USB2.0 port on your PC??

    Bonus tip:
    Be sure that you have the latest software upgrade installed in your MC6000/Traktor and OS.

    December 22, 2011 at 3:10 pm #11789
    DJ Squared
    Member

    Well it seems playing from the local drive helped out alot. The CPU meter was still pretty high (peaking at the beginning of red..but it only maxed out once) and it did bog down once but it was only for about 5 – 10 sec. As far as how the computer is set up, when I start playing on it, I always do a restart and then close as many programs as possible. And yes I have the latest software and firmware…that was the first thing I did was update the firmware. So now I just have to figure out how to organize the music on the internal hard drive.

    December 22, 2011 at 4:44 pm #11797
    Hee Won Jung
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    First off one of the big issues here is that you are running Vista…Vista is HORRIBLE for system resource management, and is overall a really buggy OS. I suggest downgrading to XP since you only have 1.5ghz, or run a stripped down version of Win7
    Secondly I think your cpu is a little slow for Traktor…im pretty sure it even states that Traktor should have a 2.0ghz Dual core processor as a minimal requirement for Windows.
    Next off what is your latency at? what soundcard are you using? This can change the factors a lot.
    Do you have the Windows Optimizing script running for Traktor? This kills off a ton of processes in the background for using Traktor. What sample rates are u running with? Remember the Higher the sample rate the high cpu usage occurs.
    How is your USB power management setup? you should have it so there is no sleep mode and high performance so the computer never puts the USB bus power into sleep mode…this can cause high CPU spikes because everytime it shuts the USB into sleep and fires it back up it is added power drain and will have less power going to your CPU causing CPU spikes. This is usually only a problem with older model laptops such as yours.

    Link to the Optimzing script

    http://www.djtechtools.com/2011/08/14/optimizing-windows-for-djing-part-i-power-script/

    December 23, 2011 at 10:50 pm #1002454
    SmiTTTen
    Participant

    I was going to chime in but it seems you have already been directed the script in question. Read the article through thoroughly and watch the video before using the script. If you are still having issues after that then we may be able to help more.

    January 4, 2012 at 5:59 am #12316
    DJ Squared
    Member

    So looking for a little more help and instead of starting a new thread, I’ll just continue this one. SO I think I am going to get a dedicated laptop for Traktor Scratch Pro. I came across this deal http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/790062/Lenovo-G570-4334-5VU-Laptop-Computer/?cm_mmc=Google-_-SB_Tech_Sale_Laptops_E-_-Lenovo-_-lenovo%20g570_38835952#reviewTab

    So thumbs up or down for this one…I need a quick reply because they are closeout specials

    January 4, 2012 at 6:08 am #12318
    Phil Morse
    Keymaster

    It looks reasonable if well treated.

    January 4, 2012 at 6:59 am #12328
    SmiTTTen
    Participant

    Agree with Phil.

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