moving from tsp2 to serato a few concerns

[itajeN]

SSL trumps Traktor in stability. Don't even need a Mac to agree with that.

[wampaone]

ok so a little update... serato ran absolutely fine for the majority of the night. i played it safe and kept latency at 5ms... HOWEVER i did have one serious issue. I dropped a track onto deck b at about 2am, and the entire program froze up, music from deck a continued to play however i could not change the track on B. it was as if the track i was trying to load was stuck to the mouse. the program just stopped responding. Luckily i had a spare cdj set up tonight with a mix cd cued up incase i had issues. I just mixed into it and restarted the laptop. However once i restarted i tried to drop the same track onto the same deck and it was fine. has anyone else encountered this problem?? the file is analysed, not corrupt and like i said played fine after the restart???

I have a G72, and serato did the same thing to me 2x in a live 1 hr set back in Jan, I was chatting with John B over twitter and he laughed and said thats cuz your're on a windows... go MAC. so i did recently just grab the new 13" MBPro base model and it works flawlessly 6 hours the other day no hiccups whatsoever, it even analyzed my tracks about 4x faster than the HP. Why didn't i do this sooner!!!!

[JesC]

I have a G72, and serato did the same thing to me 2x in a live 1 hr set back in Jan, I was chatting with John B over twitter and he laughed and said thats cuz your're on a windows... go MAC. so i did recently just grab the new 13" MBPro base model and it works flawlessly 6 hours the other day no hiccups whatsoever, it even analyzed my tracks about 4x faster than the HP. Why didn't i do this sooner!!!!

Thats a known video bug, it gets stuck every now and then when loading a track, make sure your tracks are analysed, and kept tidy, def frag or repair disk on ur OS. Havent seen the screen hiccup in the 2.x verisons lately.

[wampaone]

Thats a known video bug, it gets stuck every now and then when loading a track, make sure your tracks are analysed, and kept tidy, def frag or repair disk on ur OS. Havent seen the screen hiccup in the 2.x verisons lately.

I kept it I'd say fairly clean and all were analyzed to be honest It happened back in February THE DAY after i updated my windows service pack. probly has been fixed on Rane/Serato side since then, but i wanted a MBPRO for various other reasons as well, production being on the top of the list!! and it was more than just a screen hiccup it was a serato encountered a problem and needs to be shut down. i.e. no sound was being sent any more dance floor empty ;(

[JesC]

I kept it I'd say fairly clean and all were analyzed to be honest It happened back in February THE DAY after i updated my windows service pack. probly has been fixed on Rane/Serato side since then, but i wanted a MBPRO for various other reasons as well, production being on the top of the list!! and it was more than just a screen hiccup it was a serato encountered a problem and needs to be shut down. i.e. no sound was being sent any more dance floor empty ;(

that sucks man, my biggest concern with the screen freeze when loading a track was what stopped me from using SSL for a long time. As far as the audio stopping, now that just plain sucks, Im not on a PC lappy so I havent ran into that problem. Overall SSL is ver stable, ive had only a few problems with SSL but it didnt stop be from using it at a gig. I did have to do a reboot with the 57 a couple of times, but I always carry a couple of vinyl to play.

[wampaone]

Myself im trying to move away from a dvs altogether cuz i dont want to be staring at a screen instead of interacting with the crowd, but i dont own cdjs or a ton of vinyl yet so i am Very happy with my 13" macbook pro i bought last week!!! Runs SSL so so smooth!!! And i love it in HID mode using my buddy's cdj850's.

[JesC]

wamp, just setup the laptop off to the side. the visaul aids help but it turns into a nasty habit.

[wampaone]

the only reason i started out with one is the visual aid... completely deaf in my right ear about 30% in the left. since birth. but i've been honing my ear/ skill to the point where by Christmas I wont need it any more!!!

[brian_johnstone]

the only reason i started out with one is the visual aid... completely deaf in my right ear about 30% in the left. since birth. but i've been honing my ear/ skill to the point where by Christmas I wont need it any more!!!

christ now thats an achievement!! nice one mate, back to the original issues, i had the same hiccups as everyone else with my hp, but i just turned ALL updates off, i know its not recommended but it has been running absolutely sweet... HOWEVER i have just bought a 13.3 unibody, yes its a downgrade processor wise but its getting my sad and 8gb ram in it by tomorrow and we'll see how things go tomorrow night