Numark v7 - We got hosed tommy, we got hosed...

[Entheos406]

Run latency monitor

I couldn't find latency monitor but maxed latency out at 20ms and the program is not immediately hanging anymore. I thought MacBook pros were supposed to be tougher than that... I used to run these things on a core i3 toshiba with 4 gigs of ram

[ZxZDeViLZxZ]

It could be something else causing issues... I have an i7 2.5 qm with 8gb of ram 480gb SSD nvidia 650m..... Out of no where a few updates back I have had strange almost
Impossible to duplicate I'm about to reload os because it just acts weird master audio has only
Dropped once but like program will freeze
Up when browsing library for a second or two and wave forms gets glitchy and jerky even through I have tuned down to middle of the road refreshes

[ZxZDeViLZxZ]

One thing to try is I've had ableton and flp sometimes cause issues so my djing laptop I've removed both and it helped with weird issues... Another thing likely obvious but have you tried a different USB cable? Also up at top of SDJ by the master/gain do you ever get red orange or yellow little lights/blinks if you are those are indication that something is overloading... I would pay close attention to that.... Adjusting latency is a issue especially if you are mixing on them like vinyl where your holding the platter and releasing to drop the beat... I would kind of play around if you are and look to see if it is an issue or will be an issue... Of course if you modernized tour playing technique to use the cue to drop in then this is not a issue

[ZxZDeViLZxZ]

I'll be honest troubleshooting these issues is what has turned me off to trusting anything computer related... I have an xdj-rx on order because of this....

Last gig I played I showed up with 2 controllers 2 laptops an external with my entire current library backed up to and 3 USB sticks with small selection of tracks ready to go... I am overly paranoid because I was having issues with audio and once it happened on the master and because of that I'm super paranoid... Again it only ever happened once at home and I'd die/utterly embarrassed if it happened mid set at a gig

[ZxZDeViLZxZ]

So to kinda touch basis on one thing I really like about serato I posted a bug and dumped an extensive amount of into into the ticket and in current new update both issues are addressed but this one being the biggest.... The ns6 split cue and cue knob in general quit functioning properly and was really hard to get he perfect balance... I see
They now addressed it in an update so now I'm excited to see how well they fixed it because it made cueing a nightmare especially at club volumes even with noise canceling cans

[Entheos406]

Yes, I am trying to get good at mixing by hand and by ear without the sync button. Latency can cause a bunch of problems there. It's not a huge issue because this is just my home setup for practice, I use my Vci 400 and traktor on my gigs. Very stable now. Had an issue at a gig once, the tempo crawled down and I couldn't get it back up. It was playing Bruno Mars marry me at 60bpm.
I run traktor and a few lighting programs on that MacBook as well, but not at the same time of course. I need to keep traktor on there for wedding ceremonies and I program my lightshow on that machine too.

[ZxZDeViLZxZ]

I never was a fan of traktor for mobile dj gigs mixing open format for people who do not care seems counter productive I use virtual Dj and just load up playlists and auto play... I do have my second laptop setup with serato so I can mix tracks when needed... And I do the odd time start manually mixing tracks...

Yeah I never have and can't imagine ever will sync... I just am so used to manual beat matching and a bpm read out with quantization is all you really need as far as I'm concerned

[Entheos406]

Yeah I never have and can't imagine ever will sync... I just am so used to manual beat matching and a bpm read out with quantization is all you really need as far as I'm concerned

I must have said something wrong. I'm a sync button dependent computer DJ. What I've found by mixing in clubs side by side with other DJs is that I don't actually need it, because I can transition to their song as long as I know what bpm their track is. Been using sync so long I never realized I had gotten the timing down. I just need practice.

[ZxZDeViLZxZ]

Yup exactly and since most everyone has at least a mixer or a CDJ that will show bpm it really is a minor detail... That is why I always get a laugh when I see a Dj that can't transition between others because they can beat match.....

I've seen far too many laptop djs that when they switch off they have to do an effect out on the house mixer or just straight mix an intro off beat then cue jump into a track to cover the lack of beat matching..

[Scribbl3]

Just curious, have you checked the firmware? I just had an incident with a controller where it was hanging up in Virtual DJ... updating the firmware fixed it.

Sync, in my opinion, is great for matching the BPM of the tracks. I don't trust software enough to use it for anything else. And even then, the BPM that the software has for the track can be wrong as well.