i know i’ve posted and said this a lot of times, but i just can’t stand the lag i’m getting while using TP2 on my mac. I think this mac covers the specs required for traktor, but still it won’t cut it.
So i’m wondering if i can download an older version of traktor that runs good with my S2, like 2.0.3 or something, or maybe even a cracked version that will work with my S2. I’m just trying to stop this lag, i can’t gig like this, i run 4 decks and most of the time there’s 3 playing. If i wanna pop effects, then it’s done, i get 15 second laggs where the load marker goes all the way red until i stop the effect.
Please help!
About this MAC:
2Ghz Intel Core duo
2GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
Running traktor pro 2.1.3 latest drivers for Kontrol S2.
I don’t know what OS i’m running, and i don’t really care, i don’t go for the looks, i just want this mac to run traktor and ableton without spiking / lagging issues, what can i do? What OS takes the least ram?
Yes i disabled multicore processor, still no changes
How many decks do you use? What is your OS? yes i’ve tried stopping everything and still the load bar without any song playing and no songs loaded is almost at red.
it’s not a matter of ram, my desktop which is 7 years old or more, that has 1.5gb ram runs traktor pro 4 decks all effect units on, on all 4 decks, 2 being looped down to the max and doing some crazy shit that’s supposed to raise the ram usage of traktor but it still doesn’t top up.
What can i do? been searching for like 1 week on how to fix this but i can’t find anything related, i can’t gig on this lag.
You only have one solution that has been pointed out to you MANY times.
If you can’t deal with the latency setting that keeps you from audio issues, then you need to buy a new machine, or go back to your old one.
There isn’t a magical setting you’re going to stumble upon that will fix your problems. Disable peripherals and turn up the latency, or buy a new machine.
Sorry man, I know it’s not the answer you want to hear, but you’re expecting too much just because there’s a glowing apple on the back of your machine.
Aint specting anything, i’m not an apple fan, this mac was given to me by mom for me to take it to gigs and shit, i love my old PC but you think taking my whole pc to a gig is the way to go? nope.
This same laptop, illegal traktor scratch pro 2 with a mixtrack pro. I bought the S2 and it wouldn’t work with the illegal copy of traktor, installed the version that came up on the CD and lag issues started popping up.
Sorry mate I don’t think there’s any magic bullet tricks you can do to make Traktor 2 Perform much better.
Its 6 Year old Laptop
Its got an unsupported processor (you need Core 2 Duo minimum as opposed to Core Duo)
Possibly without the required OS, you can hit the Apple on the top left and “About this mac” to display the version, 10.6 is required.
Possibly without enough Ram
Now the Core Duo “Might” work within reason if the rest of the specs are ok.. recommend getting 3GB of ram as well - its the max for that machine, even if you stick a pair of 2gb into it.
Honestly though you are probably looking at upgrading your Lappy to run everything properly.
Weird however that the Cracked Scratch Pro 2 Worked fine, no hiccups ?
You are sure it was Scratch pro 2 (Colored Waveforms and Sample Decks) and not Scratch Pro 1.2 ?
… Can you verify the Version e.g. 2.0.1, 2.0.8 etc… of the illegal copy? - you might need to trash the preferences for Traktor.
If the cracked copy didn’t show the S2 then it’s clearly one of the first T2 versions. That being said, we aren’t the biggest fans of cracked software so please move along
Doesn’t hurt to try since the alternative would be get a new laptop. As other have said, its bare minimum of specs, do a fresh install of both OS and traktor. When setting up the S2 start at the highest latency. If it still “lags” then you know it wont work. If it doesn’t lag then adjust the latency accordingly.
