My gig last night - need ideas

[Monika.mhz]

In a usb plug you have 5 connections, +5V, Data -, Data +, GND, and the shield tab.

Absolutely, unfortunately the GND sometimes isn't soldered down or sometimes isn't even present on the PCB. so just because your cable/wire has a GND doesn't mean the port does. Which means that the system will attempt to ground to the chasis. I have this experience with a single port on my laptop. When I have something plugged into it, and I touch my laptop, I become the ground (I can feel a bit of electricity running through me) It's kinda whacky.

At any rate...I'm not sure how grounding the VCI would effect things. I'm just saying...it's a point of interest that the USB jack on the VCI is GNDless and could be effecting more things that we really realize.

[DvlsAdvct]

so... in the end, just gotta keep tryin new shit until it doesn't suck?

[Monika.mhz]

so... in the end, just gotta keep tryin new shit until it doesn't suck?

Shhhhhh, let us pretend we know what we're doing.

[DvlsAdvct]

oh right, I forgot

[midifidler]

I would still recommend a ferrite, I used to have similar issues, though never that bad when playing in clubs, but not once since I have started using a cable with a ferrite.

[Monika.mhz]

absolutely, all my cables have a ferrite on em!

[f0tif0]

dunno about vci 100 but my vci 300 did same thing, since i bough external power supply i haven't noticed any freezes

[DvlsAdvct]

As an update...

I started using my new laptop to spin live. I figure that I got it back, it works, loaded all my preferences from my old Traktor 3.4 rig, and my VCI-100.

I was following around on it today and I could only spin for 20 to 30 minutes and the screen would lock up like before, audio would keep going.

I did some google searches (who'd'a'thunk it, right?) and...I found a Native Instruments forum thread that answered my question. I turned off the VCI-100, started Traktor, and then loaded up the VCI-100, loaded the MIDI in and MIDI out. I spun for about 90 minutes with no drop outs. Going to practice a bit again after I eat, but this is a good sign.

After I get this working I start working on more Bome shit

So thanks for the all the help. I also ordered 5 USB cables with Ferrites which should be in this week. I'm hoping this all together will make everything work better.

[JesC]

As an update...

I started using my new laptop to spin live. I figure that I got it back, it works, loaded all my preferences from my old Traktor 3.4 rig, and my VCI-100.

I was following around on it today and I could only spin for 20 to 30 minutes and the screen would lock up like before, audio would keep going.

I did some google searches (who'd'a'thunk it, right?) and...I found a Native Instruments forum thread that answered my question. I turned off the VCI-100, started Traktor, and then loaded up the VCI-100, loaded the MIDI in and MIDI out. I spun for about 90 minutes with no drop outs. Going to practice a bit again after I eat, but this is a good sign.

After I get this working I start working on more Bome shit

So thanks for the all the help. I also ordered 5 USB cables with Ferrites which should be in this week. I'm hoping this all together will make everything work better.

Yeah, we had a thread many moon's ago here about traktor locking up, and to bypass it, you would turn off the vci & start T3.4 and the start the vci, hot switch is a lifesaver.

[DvlsAdvct]

it really is.

See, I was always turning the VCI-100 on before Traktor. Guess, now that you can hot swap midi devices, I gotta do it different.