I Got Drop Outs All Nite! WHy?
I was performing last nie and my music kept dropping out kind of a little skip. Is it the omni controller, the seagate hard drive or what. SOMEBODY HELP!
we can’t help you with so little info mate
More info needed. It is probably your numark omni control.
Do you normally get drop outs at home?
If you are in a differnt enviroment it could be there is loss of signal or interferance between the laptop and the controllers soundcard.
I would reccomend trying a higher quality usb cable with better shielding. If that does not work it could also be the shielding of the actually controller. You could wrap it in tin fiol. Or make a case for it that is shielded might look better lol.
If it has drop outs at home could be your software. try reinstalling traktor. Also a good idea to look at the workload ur laptop is under. Are you using windows?
Yes im using windiws. at home I dont get drop outs. I also ran mixmiester through he controller and was doing the same thing, bu i dosen happen at home. Im going to try a better cable. What kind of controllers do you use tom?
Work load? ou mean the cpu usage on trakor cause I have nothing else running.
Oh I use an audio 8 sound card have a variety of controllers. Its the sound card that matters with this.
Yea it sounds like its the shielding of ur cable or controller. Cable is easiest to sort out. With the controller ur best bet is to get a case an coat it with tin fiol or a shielding material
the only other option is its the heat of ur laptop. Can some times be an issue in super hot clubs
Give this a whirl .. optimize-your-windows-7-pc-for-djing-music-production. If that does not help you, install Leopard 
There is two parts to the walk through.. follow them both.
I found the best advise in them was turning of your wireless , it makes sense because windows always likes to look for new signals.
Is your wireless on?
Let us know how you make out.
Wait, are you even running Windows 7?
I hope you’re not playing musically directly off of an external hard drive? I think that would could be an issue.
tracks get loaded into the ram once you load it to a deck. reading might cause it to skip (unless it’s powered)
Yeah i would lose the external man.
Loose the external! Thats where my life of music is. Where do I store my music on my laptop without using all the storage space?
disabled your network adaptors? acpi controller etc?
my LIFE of music is on the external hard drive. Where would I store my music on my laptop without using all of my memory? Guess you learn every day.
its a process of elimination. that may not be your problem yet.
acpi controller? whats that?
its the battery controller. that is the main cause of dpc spikes. you can either disable it or just remove the battery. This, and the network adaptors are a big cause of some ofn these issues mate.
ok. Im going to try the usb cord first, sheilded case next, turn off searching for a network all together.
Yup, At home I play my tracks straight from the NAS - no issues.
What kind of laptops are you guys using? Memory? HDD?
I looked up your computer smitten and if that sets the way… I quit! No im going to see what happens from here. You guys are way ahead of me but im going to still go hard at it.