S4 cue buttons

[TheCunningOne]

More often than not I am unable to use the cue buttons (1-4) or the actual cue button to repeatedly and accurately stab in live cue points of a track.

I've tried adjusting the latency but this doesn't seem to help.

Can you use these cue buttons to stab in audio like the cue button on a CDJ? If so any advise on what settings I can change to do this.

Thanks in advance
J

[VanGogo]

Turn off sync.

[TheCunningOne]

Thanks the defiantly helps when the track is not playing. The cue buttons are much more responsive.

However if the track is playing and you repeatedly hit cue (say on a kick downbeat) it wont repeat as where as good.

Thanks though that defo got me part way sorted. Thanks!

[ChilledoutCharlie]

Could this have something to do with Quantise mode? Try turning that off

[JSM]

Could this have something to do with Quantise mode? Try turning that off

yup, if you want the "finger drummer" style of response, then turn off Quantise, the down side is that you will most likely be out of time with your cuepoints ...use sparingly.

[TheCunningOne]

Thanks, these have all been great tips.

I tried switching off quantise before which again seemed to make a difference but I still wasn't able to consistently use the cue points to stab in beats or acapella as accurately as I could with CDJs.

I know it's possible to do this as I just purchased a 3d midi fighter which gets great response. Starting to wonder if the s4 cues were not quite designed for finger drumming.

[JSM]

just had a thought, go to the S4 control panel, and check that you have 1ms in the USB latency, (forget about the audio latency for now)

[Stewe]

Turn off snap mode next to quantize.