Traktor Pro has a few nasty bugs to watch out for. I noticed when I press the Windows Key on my Dell that Deck B begins to play from the active cue point if Deck A is the focused deck.
I then Googled the issue to see if anyone else had a similar problem. I found this guy who is rightly very pissed off due to an even nastier variation of the bug:
In the video he shows changing the volume using his computer’s volume dial stops playback on both Decks A and B. That’s literally a show stopper.
I then found that on my own computer (Dell Latitude D630) changing the volume also starts playback or resets a playing deck back to whatever the active cue point is.
I searched around and found the same guy had posted a solution. It looks like these buttons are triggering any Hot Keys or Midi mappings that are set to NONE. The solution is to delete all NONE entries:
Its the first public release of the software, honestly i dont know why everyone gets pissed off so much like the guy in this video. Considering that the whole engine has been recoded and we are only sitting on the first public release there are bound to be bugs. I dont think there has every been a first release of a program thats been coded from the ground up that hasnt been littered with bugs with any software out there- let along something as complicated at Traktor.
That’s very true Bento, but at the same time for your average consumer, it is fair to think that after paying however much for a program that bugs like this would have been figured out. Two sides to every coin!
Well, you are 100% correct. There are going to be bugs. That’s just the nature of software development. But, I’m surprised that NI hasn’t released more patches by now though. They should have scheduled patch releases every two weeks or so and be continually fixing the worst of the bugs.
The time-bomb bug, for example, should have been fixed immediately. You simply cannot have a bug that kills Traktor mid-performance.
When I was using my M-Audio FastTrack Pro and the thing froze Traktor, I went out the very next day and bought the Audio 8 for $350. That’s how serious I take bugs that could potentially crash Traktor.
I’m in software development and we talk about bugs using terms like “show-stoppers”. Of course, we use this figuratively. Bugs that crash or stop playback in Traktor are literally show-stoppers. They are painful, embarrasing and will ruin your reputation as a DJ and ruins the reputation of ALL DIGITAL DJS. We digital djs have the tools in front of us to perform flawlessly. We can make our mixes sound like mastered CDs and we should because we many things are easier for us. But just like train-wrecking is the the ultimate CD/Vinyl no-no, a crashing laptop/software/soundcard is our ultimate no-no. I think you’ll agree that crashing and stopping playback is way worse than train-wrecking. My reputation as a DJ is worth way more to me than Traktor. So I’d rather use another software, CDs or vinyl rather than endanger it. I expect Native Instruments to value its own reputation and to do everything possible to protect mine.
… Sorry this sounds like a rant, but seriously I’m not upset or angry about any of these bugs. I think Native Instruments has done a good job with Traktor Pro and I’m really excited about it.
I’m just trying to explain the impact of the these bugs and how serious the reproductions are. And maybe convey to our community how seriously we should take issues like these because when I f*ck up as a Digital DJ, your reputation is affected.
Number one Fail of Microsoft. We were dealers of Microsoft back then, and they sent a news letter after 6 months that we no longer should give support, as they would discontinue it in half a year. It was the most shortlived piece of OS that they had ever. Even people at MS that I knew back then refused to support it haha.
Did it wipe your harddrive when you first installed it? Early versions of it, actually did a DEEP format (writing 0s over everything) when it was supposed to “convert” to NTFS. It actually did it so well, that it destroyed the MBR completely, and rendered the HDD KAPUTT! This was just one of the many bugs that it had. It failed more than any OS has ever done from MS. I think there was even an interview with Mr. Gates himself back in the days which said he was ashamed of their epid fail…
I am amazed that some people are actually using it still, when they could easily with the specs it used, could use windows 2000 pro.
Oh well… nice to think back about all the fuck ups of this OS
Could not have said it better myself. I found this topic by entering “crash” in the search field. I just bought Traktor because Im in the process of converting from vinyl to digital and think it has great potential however…I keep hearing rumors of Windows blue screens or system crashes etc though and that just scares the crap out of me. That shit almost never happens with your cd/vinyl setup unless its power related.
“show stopper” is the exact phrase that should be used for this stuff and putting all my faith in this technology is going to be hard.
This was just one of the many bugs that it had. It failed more than any OS has ever done from MS. I think there was even an interview with Mr. Gates himself back in the days which said he was ashamed of their epid fail…