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Question for my fellow DJ's (im having computer issues)

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  • May 13, 2013 at 6:08 am #40277
    softcore
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    It sounds like you have minor CPU usage spikes that cause momentary glitches to the playback. Disable all the stuff you don’t need running when you are DJing – background utility programs, stuff that automatically starts when Windows start, auto-detection-of-x-hardware things, auto-updates of rarely used software, antivirus, firewall. Also, check the advanced power configuration settings – make sure that none of the power saving features boggles down your PC such as USB port disabling, CPU idling, hard disk idling and whatnot.

    May 13, 2013 at 6:54 am #40279
    Booga Noodles
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    Thanks brah……ill look into that.

    May 13, 2013 at 3:43 pm #40292
    ppt
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    ya phil morse had a good suggestion… before starting your session just give your computer a reboot, then when it is done rebooting just load what you need for DJIng and nothing else… that includes wifi off.

    May 13, 2013 at 4:54 pm #40294
    DJ Vintage
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    Hey … sounds like a problem I just solved for somebody else here. He had the same probs. The solution was in the correct latency settings. Too much to type the answer, but if you have Skype and we can use Teamviewer I can help you through it.

    I agree with using a laptop/PC only for DJ-ing purposes, in fact I tell people that it is often better to go dual-boot. However, with the powerhouse you have (the AMD 6-core is pretty fierce), CPU-power should not be the problem. I am putting my money on latency settings.

    Greetinx,
    C.

    May 13, 2013 at 5:04 pm #40297
    Booga Noodles
    Member

    Hey buddy, thanks again and 2moro will be good to skype. What about 2pm my time?

    May 13, 2013 at 5:12 pm #40298
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    Any chance for an hour and a half earlier? Drop me a PM so we exchange adresses.

    Greetinx,
    C.

    May 13, 2013 at 5:15 pm #40299
    Booga Noodles
    Member

    1230pm my time (eastern) works also

    May 15, 2013 at 8:10 pm #40361
    donnyboybelfast@yahoo.co.uk
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    I’m one for jumping to conclusions of serious issues with things, computers, motorbikes etc and often forget, and have to have the simplest things pointed out to me, so I mean no offense here, but have you checked it isn’t the files you are playing that are maybe corrupt?

    May 15, 2013 at 8:31 pm #40362
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    It seems to be an odd problem. It happens when playing music through the built-in laptop and through the S4. We pretty much checked everything, eliminating just about most of it. The laptop makes noises too, even when not playing music.

    So, either hardware failure (but it wouldn’t be in the sound card) or it is just Windows 8 (arggghhhh) acting up.

    Thanks for the tip though. It is so obvious that it could easily be overlooked!

    Greetinx,
    C.

    May 15, 2013 at 8:36 pm #40363
    Booga Noodles
    Member

    I appreciate the question and i thought that at first. But i got that “robotic” noise when i was watching YouTube videos as well. So i believe its my pc.

    May 15, 2013 at 8:37 pm #40364
    donnyboybelfast@yahoo.co.uk
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    Drivers or codecs? To be honest I know nothing about Windows 8, but in the past downloading Codecs for file types that for some reason Microsoft didn’t support very well helped me… K-lite codec pack etc

    May 15, 2013 at 8:40 pm #40366
    DJ Vintage
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    If it were drivers it would mean both the driver for the NS4 (it uses the correct drivers for that, we checked last time) and the driver for the laptop sound card are both wrong. Possible, but not very likely.

    Codecs could have to do with content on stuff like youtube, but that would not explain it happening when using Traktor as codecs don’t come into play there.

    Greetinx,
    C.

    May 15, 2013 at 9:40 pm #40369
    donnyboybelfast@yahoo.co.uk
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    It seems a lot of people are having this problem with Windows 8

    http://www.reddit.com/r/windows8/comments/1b8ydn/anyone_else_experiencing_sound_problems_in/

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