Traktor Pro 2 skipping/glitches using S4 & Windows

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August 2, 2011 at 1:12 pm #5048

Rob Francis
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Can you do a clean build of Windows? Does the problem only occur with the S4 plugged in? Maybe switch to the 32bit version of Windows as you only have 3GB RAM anyway.

August 2, 2011 at 1:46 pm #5051

U31
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I’ll bet my ass you are running Windows 7?
ASIO hates 7 on laptops… FACT.
The solution is cheap as chips though… Dual boot windows XP and windows 7, keep 7 for normal laptop duties and reserve XP for DJ software only.
I’ve been running like this for 2 year, with only one blue screen of death when doing a lot of work in Ableton while running Virtual DJ at the same time. I think i got a conflict as both were trying to use the same midi controler

August 8, 2011 at 1:28 am #5370

NewportDJ Drew
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CPU is below spec. need 2.4 Ghz. the 1545 is only 2

August 8, 2011 at 3:38 am #5377

Justin
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Check your sample rate, I personally have mine set to 88200 Hz with my latency set to 29.8 ms.

August 8, 2011 at 7:01 am #5382

jezalenko
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Hmmm, I’m planning on buying a S4, but I have a XPS 1645 with 6GB RAM, and a 1.6GHz i7 quad-core CPU – do you think I’ll still have problems?

Cheers

EDIT: Oh yeah, 64-bit Windows & too….. :confused:

August 8, 2011 at 9:53 am #5388

mr stifffy
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My first guess would be to give yourself a biggest sample rate and buffer size in sound card settings, it sounds like they are way too low… If I lower mine it basically pops crackles drops out etc…

August 11, 2011 at 11:19 am #1001382

jezalenko
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OK, so I’ve been doing my research on this one. NI states on their website that the minimum specs are:

“Windows® XP (latest Service Pack, 32 Bit), Windows Vista®/Windows® 7 (latest Service Pack, 32/64 Bit),
Intel® Pentium 4® 2.4 GHz or Intel® Core™ Duo or AMD Athlon™ 64, 2 GB RAM

Mac OS® X 10.5 or 10.6 (latest update), Intel® Core™ Duo, 2 GB RAM”

Note is says or for the processors. So is this a minimum spec or will the software ONLY work on those processors?

If you have run Windows and the S4 on a i3/5/7 processor, I’d love to hear from you that it works….

August 11, 2011 at 12:23 pm #5624

mr stifffy
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Yeah loads of people have run with i5 its the norm in a new windows or mac so im pretty sure it works 🙂

August 12, 2011 at 12:06 am #5685

jezalenko
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Cheers, it makes me breath easier knowing that. 😀

I just hope I can tune my computer well enough to get rid of any problems which may pop up with the S4.

Thanks for all your help guys!

August 17, 2011 at 11:00 am #5935

Magoo
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U31, post: 5045 wrote: I’ll bet my ass you are running Windows 7?
ASIO hates 7 on laptops… FACT.
The solution is cheap as chips though… Dual boot windows XP and windows 7, keep 7 for normal laptop duties and reserve XP for DJ software only.
I’ve been running like this for 2 year, with only one blue screen of death when doing a lot of work in Ableton while running Virtual DJ at the same time. I think i got a conflict as both were trying to use the same midi controler

Sorry about being late to get back to all you guys, played a gig last Friday using a mate’s Mac and it ran perfect.

Still playing around with mine at the moment, going to try the dual boot method now as was recommended above and recommended by the store I bought the S4 from. The guy is a sound engineer and he said this has solved one of his customers problems with the S4 before.

Now, how do I go about this? How is it possible to be able to have XP and Win 7 installed and choose between which one you want to use? HELP! 😀

August 17, 2011 at 11:21 am #5937

Marc Andy Tilley
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Install Grub bootloader or you may run into problems find it on “google ” make working os your defaullt :ie: win7 normal, win xp dj stuff regards marc

or the microsoft way they have articles on it ….
BCDEDIT – Boot Configuration Data Store EditorThe Bcdedit.exe command-line tool modifies the boot configuration data store.The boot configuration data store contains boot configuration parameters andcontrols how the operating system is booted. These parameters were previouslyin the Boot.ini file (in BIOS-based operating systems) or in the nonvolatileRAM entries (in Extensible Firmware Interface-based operating systems). You canuse Bcdedit.exe to add, delete, edit, and append entries in the bootconfiguration data store.For detailed command and option information, type bcdedit.exe /? . Forexample, to display detailed information about the /createstore command, type:bcdedit.exe /? /createstore

August 17, 2011 at 11:46 am #1001439

U31
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EasyBCD is a cracking tool for creating boot up menus, its pretty foolproof.. You can create multiple boot options, name drives, rename operating systems and loads more.. the rename operating system tool was handy, i have mine set as “Windows Seven” and under that for XP it reads “Traktor/ Virtual DJ”.. anyone who picks up my laptop can see at a glance which OS to boot in to on start up.
Oh yeah in the EasyBCD tools there is a little script that you can install which with one click of an icon next to the clock on your task bar, will instantly boot into the other operating system to what you are running at the time.
Great for surfing in 7 and with one click your in XP when its your turn to go up
http://neosmart.net/blog/2011/easybcd-2-1-and-some-big-changes/

A mate in Bristol had problems in Traktor & wanted to run XP and 7, but he is totally computer illiterate. Phone calls and emails were leading to frustration.
I searched on line for an “Idiots” guide and this method proved to be the closest way to how i do it – they also used EasyBCD and provide a download link.
Print off the instruction or even have another computer handy so you can click on the links, and follow each step, its not as hard as it sounds!
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-windows-7-xp.html

After the first time you do this successfully you’ll wonder what all the fuss is about its like falling off a log

October 23, 2011 at 2:49 am #8939

thebender
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also had the “skipping” problem but in traktor duo 2. Using an Asus Laptop, with windows 7 & i5 processor. I messed with latency and buffer and it only helped so much. so i looked into programs running on my computer at startup and cleaned house . Didnt help. Disconnected from the internet. didnt really help. turned computer on performance mode (non power saving). didnt help. watched the processes & cpu usage and it didnt seem like anything was spiking and taking over my cpu. made traktor High as possible in priority to see if that would help. didnt really help. well, could have but didnt fix the problem. finally went into control panel and turned wireless off and it fixed the problem completely.

October 23, 2011 at 1:32 pm #8942

softcore
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I dont understand why some people suggested higher sample rate. With typical sample rate being 44.1Khz, doubling it taxes the CPU MORE than double because the CPU taxing is rising logarithmically. The first thing I would try is to use 44.1khz sampling rate and test it again.

Also, disable “automatic disable of inactive USB ports” – an option found in advanced power options of Windows Control Panel

October 23, 2011 at 10:11 pm #8956

Kranic
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The biggest issue I’ve encountered was when I had other programs doing I/O (and not just from saving the recording).

Make sure you’ve disabled/shutdown any and every program you don’t need.
Disable automatic indexing.
Make sure you’re running in the High Performance profile or disabled the Windows Power Management settings otherwise.

Laptops are usually fitted with a (slower) 5400 rpm disk, that’s the usual/main-cause for performance issues; next to Windows running out of memory and/or wanting to drop programs from RAM to disk. If this happens during a set, too much I/O might kill the access to your tunes and thereby the audio.

(If it happens, check your harddisk indicator, if it’s turned on; that might be your issue.)
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