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  • November 13, 2012 at 10:29 pm #31833
    NORRIS Sydnor
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    I have a very basic low-budget Windows laptop that I use for DJ’ing. I also have the Numark Mixtrack Pro and I use Traktor Pro 2.6

    I don’t have any problems with this laptop clipping. Have you disabled the network adapter and your virus program? Even with these running, Istill don’t get close to clipping. I eliminate all bloatware.

    Here are specs for my very basic laptop:

    2.1 Ghz Intel Dual Core with 4 MB of memory running Windows 7.

    Has Traktor been approved for Windows 8?

    November 13, 2012 at 10:46 pm #31835
    Hee Won Jung
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    From the sounds of it you are getting buffer under runs…try doing a couple of things: Increase the buffer size to 192 or 256, and increase USB Buffer to 1-2ms…you want to keep your total Latency down to the MAX 10ms.

    As well download LatencyMon…and have it running in the background to determine where you are getting the buffer under-runs.

    It may be just a matter of downloading the latest drivers for a certain thing

    November 13, 2012 at 10:57 pm #31837
    NORRIS Sydnor
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    Hee Won Jung, post: 31991, member: 948 wrote: From the sounds of it you are getting buffer under runs…try doing a couple of things: Increase the buffer size to 192 or 256, and increase USB Buffer to 1-2ms…you want to keep your total Latency down to the MAX 10ms.

    As well download LatencyMon…and have it running in the background to determine where you are getting the buffer under-runs.

    It may be just a matter of downloading the latest drivers for a certain thing

    My latency is between 15 (ASIO) and 20(laptop speakers). I need to do some more work I guess. Let me download LatencyMon.

    November 14, 2012 at 8:19 am #31856
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Friend of mine had the problem with an Anti-Virus program, he changed it to the MS security essentials and was fine from that point on. So prolly also check what is running in the background…

    November 14, 2012 at 3:21 pm #31874
    Hee Won Jung
    Participant

    oh, i forgot the last thing to try…disable your wireless on the laptop…that did wonders for me 😀

    November 14, 2012 at 8:32 pm #31886
    NewportDJ Drew
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    I will +1 on wireless disable.

    November 15, 2012 at 9:55 am #31919
    Soren
    Member

    Thx for the input, really appreaciate it. I will try all above one at a time and see what will do the magic for me.

    November 15, 2012 at 10:23 am #31922
    softcore
    Member

    Check your laptop’s Windows Power schemes – go into the advanced settings and definitely UNTICK the “switch off USB devices to save power” (or smthing like that) setting.

    November 15, 2012 at 3:29 pm #31935
    DirtyDan717
    Member

    I followed all the steps here to the letter. Really helped me out. But as was said before, it’s usually that godforsaken wireless.

    http://www.native-instruments.com/knowledge/questions/847/

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

    http://blog.dubspot.com/optimize-your-windows-7-pc-for-djing-music-production/

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