I've had this happen twice in front of an audience, which is embarrassing. Ever since I updated Traktor to version 2.6, it has gotten a little sluggish. I update to 2.6.1 and now my CPU load red-lines so bad, it is almost useless.
I use an S2 to mix. The (!) error light keeps flashing almost constantly on my S2. I switched out USB ports and USB cables. There is no difference. I shut down everything in the background using the Windows Power Script. Nothing improves. What's worse, is if I try to use my laptop's internal sound card (for times when I'm simply gridding and placing hot cues on new songs, and just want to hear what I'm doing through the headphone out on my laptop)...the CPU overloads so badly, there is a loud whine coming from Traktor. I know the whine is coming from Traktor because I only hear the whine when Traktor is running and the volume is up at a moderate level. My internal sound card does not do this with anything else.
I am considering formatting my hard drive and starting fresh. Windows needs that from time to time anyway, so if that is the best solution, I have no problem doing with a system flush. BUT if others are having the same problem and can offer a work around, I would rather try the work around first.
Below I have a screen capture of what I'm talking about.
Yes, the audible whine through the video is annoying. Apologies in advance if the whine from Traktor makes it difficult to hear what I am saying.
The video in a nutshell: I open Traktor. I switch the Audio settings from ASIO4ALL v2 to my internal sound card. You can see the 'LOAD' at the top of Traktor go in the red. I shut down everything on Windows except the screen capture and Traktor.
I can't DJ like this.
Am I the only one with this problem? How do I fix it?
Is there a way to download previous versions of Traktor 2 until this issue is fixed?
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