I took my setup round to a friends party at the weekend and all was well for a while, but then Traktor started to freeze and stutter. Audio was fine but MIDI and visuals didn’t work. I’d installed My friend’s 2 Kontrol X1s from the supplied CD before we started. The freeze happened on two occasions.
My set up was as follows:
13 inch MBP
Front USB: Audio 8 with 2x Faderfox DX2s via MIDI cable.
Rear USB: Powered USB hub with 2x X1s, USB snake light and small mouse.
There were no drives or anything else plugged in. The only software running other than Traktor was Twitt3r_DJ (the first time it froze, not the second).
What was your latency set at? Where you on wifi? That might have had something to do with it it although I run on wifi all the time and have never had a problem. I hear of others who have had problems though.
I sure i read over at NI that the USB port nearest to the power cable draws the most power and is more suitable for the Audio 8 and that the other port shares power with something else.
Im sure i read that..? Could be wrong but worth a punt. Worth googling that to see if im not imaging it.
I’ve had similar issues and only run VCI-100 SE & Audio 2… I have an external HDD. I connect them to my pc tower (not the laptop) for practice and it freezes when I use fx [jogwheel & volume fader] Usually happens when I use them simultaneously. Its really random but when it does happen once it is bound to occur 2 or 3 more times right after. VCI-100 & fx freeze but Traktor does not: audio keeps going fine and can adjust with computer cursor/mousepad.
Hardware or VCI firmware issue perhaps?
Once VCI is restarted, everything is back to normal …
Not really looking for a fix… just informing you of a similar issue. It’s random and maybe that new firmware can be a fix [might get the upgrade kit to try]