Serato Popping and Crackaling?

Have you got anything intensive running in the background? Or anything that could be eating up your system resources?

If the CPU maxes out, it could cause the sort of glitches you are talking about.

What kind of specs (and which OS) does your computer have??

bob6397

Hi Dom,

A few more thoughts:

Do you have the latest drivers installed for your controller/soundcard? Did you install the drivers with the controller/soundcard plugged in? Do you always plug in into the same USB socket?

Your specs sound fine though. And I hope that you have disabled your internet connection if you have uninstalled your antivirus.. Try installing CCleaner and cleaning out the user? I run it on all the users on all my PCs at least once a month and it keeps them nice and fast.

Is it your entire PC that is feeling a bit slow or is it just that Serato is playing up? I’m not a serato expert (I don’t use it myself and never have) but is the sample rate set correctly for your sound card? It may also be worth checking that Windows is not trying to use the soundcard as it’s default audio device – this should not be the case as your soundcard/controller should use ASIO drivers work with serato properly, and windows overrides ASIO drivers if it decides that the controller should be default, as it then likes to use its own drivers for this purpose. To put it simpler, it can cause all sorts of issues if your controller is set to be the default sound output. Not least that windows can then play sounds through your speakers.. Ever got an email half way through a gig? Not cool if your laptop announces thta fact to all your dancers for you, at incredible volume. 🙂

bob6397

Read the original post 🙂

He’s already done that… 😉

Are you running lots of stuff stacked (i.e. many tracks together with all the basses up) and/or many things like big bpm/key differences or FX?

I don’t understand your point about the SX2 being a stand-alone mixer so it shouldn’t happen though?

Check your output levels in the software, it might be possible to you are running too high a signal into the soundcard that is clipped already in which case it will be audible.

I had the same problem with Mixvibes Cross and my DDJ-SX. The output settings for monitor and master in the software were all set totally wrong. I noticed when trying to mix in an analogue CD with a track from Cross on two different channels. The odd thing is that I had BOTH tracks at the same gain on the controller, both firing away at 0dB average. So while it LOOKED like they should be the same loudness, they weren’t. I ended up 0dB-ing my setup with a CD playing (all the way up to and including the master output level) and then repeating the process for the Cross track, adjusting the master output setting until channel gain 0dB matched the main level 0dB. Now all is in perfect harmony and no distortion.

If this isn’t a gain/volume problem then turn your WiFi/Bluetooth off, make sure you don’t have anything but your related dj equipment plugged in, make sure you don’t have any disabled drivers.

Another thing you may have a grounding problem. Something may need to be grounded or not grounded.

Deathy – he says “decreased” but also says he changed it from 5 to 20.. so I took that to mean that he increased it 😉