Cue button 'lag'

**DJWilliams** · 05-21-2011, 04:34 PM

Hi, I'm getting weird lag with the cue buttons on the traktor s4, e.g. if I press a cue button sometimes it takes 1 second to actually play and sometimes I press the button and the cue point doesn't play! it also happens on my X1 but not so frequently, my cpu is at very low so it's not that. It's very laggy.
Also, if a deck isn't playing, and for example I hold cue button 1 and then press 2 and let go of 1, the track stops playing?! Why is this? I can't jump between cue points now.

**BradCee** · 05-21-2011, 04:36 PM

Mac or pc?

**DJWilliams** · 05-21-2011, 04:38 PM

PC, everything was perfect before plugging my S4 in. the cue point lag is happening with my X1 AND S4 although the X1 only does it occasionally, I can juggle with the X1 fine but it's impossible with the S4. I have set the sample deck buttons to hotcues 5-8 and if I try and cue point juggle with them the sound cuts out and doesn't play, it's weird (this only happens on the S4)

I've turned snap and quant off and the problem still persists. I also tried a different usb port for the S4, no luck.
I switched audio to S4, used my headphones and CUE, problem still persists so it's not an audio driver issue.

On further inspection I can cue point juggle WHEN a track is playing but if I try when a track isn't playing it doesn't work as I have to wait ~1second AFTER pressing ONE cue point until I can press another one. There is still a little bit of lag though but it's much worse when the track isn't already playing.

**BradCee** · 05-21-2011, 05:06 PM

Is the s4 in midi mode or the hid mode? might be a conflict in communication protocols? especially if you're running a hub... as a guess.

**DJWilliams** · 05-21-2011, 05:10 PM

It's in the default mode. It's really weird... e.g. if I tap a cue button repeatedly about 1 in 10 taps the cue will fail to play. If I press a new cue point, sometimes it lags and takes 1 sec to play.