Traktor pro 2 on 1.86 GHz urgent help!

I dont have any experience with the S4 being used as the soundcard, but generally speaking I have helped guys cofigure their Pentium laptop for using Traktor Pro 2 without problems. It generally involves shutting down unwanted programs when DJing such as antivirus. It also helps if you shut off your Wi-Fi. The link DJ Hessler provided clearly states that you should be able to run Traktor Pro 2 on a Pentium machine, let alone a Pentium Dual. Your machine’s specs are way above the minimum.

Also, very important, make sure the USB ports are always active (control panel -> power management -> advanced options). Generally speaking, make sure performance isnt sacrficed for power saving in those settings – if not sure about a setting Google it or ask here ;).

What latency settings do you have in your ASIO panel? have you tried with higher? What sampling rate? If not 44.1 lower to this.

PS: by the way, your topic title is misleading – there is a huuuuuge difference between a 1.86 one core processor and a 1.86 dual core processor.

There are actually quite a few tools out there that will help you get the best out the system you have. A member of this forum (DJ Subculture) sent me the following link which is for optimizing windows 7 but many tips are likely applicable for your Vista setup.
http://www.native-instruments.com/knowledge/questions/847/Windows+7+Tuning+Tips+for+audio+processing

Also, member Smitten put together a tutorial and set of script on DJ Tech tools that may also help you out.
http://www.djtechtools.com/2011/08/14/optimizing-windows-for-djing-part-i-power-script/

I’ve had latency issues with TP2 on a quad-core desktop with 4x 2.8ghz processors and 4Gig RAM. Your issues may not be related to your processing power but instead something else. Also, as DJ Hessler suggest, TP 1.2.7 is much less taxing on your system.

Looking over Traktor Kontrol S4 System Requirements .
It looks like you’re just there. But ideally, you want to be be a bit above minimum specs.

Anyway, you’re using Windows Vista which is less than ideal for audio work. Windows7 is better, but your laptop might not have enough processing power.

In the mean time, here’s a link with information that you should follow.
http://www.native-instruments.com/knowledge/questions/354/Windows+Vista+Tuning+Tips+for+audio+processing
Please follow ALL of the instructions. Let us know if you need any more help.

Wow! Kill, kill, kill! And I mean programs and processes! MC Affee antivirous, Avira Antivirus, Windows Defender (WTH you ‘ve got three antivirus programs running), Windows Live Messenger, Cyberlink Powercinema, Google toolbar and Google desktop, “Creative” auto-detection stuff, Kodak auto-detection stuff, Epson status monitor, iTunes helper, Camera Monitor application, Manycam application, Digital Line Detection (what is this thing?), Akamai (???), Flux (???) Real Player …..

You ‘ve got way too many unwanted-unneeded (when DJing) processes running. And I can see we dont see the beginning of the list.

edit: for the third time (sorry if Im being repetitive) did you set the USB and hard disk settings as suggested above?

edit 2: the minimum is a Pentium 4 2.4Ghz, you have got a Pentium Dual – you are NOT just there as far as specs go, you are well over above.

How much ram did you say you had??
Min 2Gb but with all that tasks running you would need more
You might have a ram issue because when ram is full the computer uses HDD space for ram tasks.

Also sorry that I missunderstood you I thought by your text that you had a Pentium 1,86Ghz….

//DJ Hessler