S4 audio help…
Just got my s4, everything is working fine except no audio. Also the ! mark is blinking.
All I have for speakers are regular computer speakers. I would like for the audio to come out of my laptop for the time being.
Also should I have Asio?
Any and all help appreciated. I’m at work so won’t be able to mess with settings until this evening.
If you have computer speakers, why do you want audio to come out of the laptop?
Did you install the S4 drivers?
I did install everything that came with it. It was confusing so I think I went with DJ8 or something along those lines, it was the first choice from each option.
I guess I could try to plug my speakers into the s4.
Just trying to figure out the easiest way.
Also my computer speakers would be plugging into my laptop…
You need to choose “Traktor Kontrol S4” as your Audio device in Traktor settings. Plugging speakers and headphones into the S4 is the easiest way.
Cool ill give that a try. Thanks for your input.
I may have tried that last night. I will have to change my out puts right?
you need to select your computers soundcard as the audio device the way you have it set up. Obviously this is not ideal for a couple reasons A) Prob not as good of sound quality as the S4 soundcard B) It’s not a low latency DJ soundcard like the S4 C) more than likely it has only one channel…meaning you can not use your headphones to monitor and you cannot plug in any external device like a CDJ or turntable.
Thanks again for your time guys.
I was hoping by purchasing this unit that I would be able to use the built in sound card to monitor and cue my tracks.
I have a DJ/iO (Numark) would this eleaviate some issues?
I bought it to use with vDJ and my mpd 32 but alas no luck for monitoring and cueing.
You do not need any additional sound cards. How have you set your Traktor Audio settings and Output Routing?
Did you read the guide I linked above?
You can with the S4, but if your speakers that you want to use aren’t connected to it, then it’s not going to play thru them. You can create an aggregate device thru ASIO4ALL and combine soundcards, but that might be above your head right now…cross that bridge another day if needed. Just find a way to physically connect your speakers to your S4 main outputs…if it’s not easily possible then you’ll either have to find a new pair of speakers or download ASIO4ALL and research how to create an aggregate device and select that as your audio output.
It’s certainly possible to connect the S4 to any computer speakers, and buying the necessary cable or adapter makes more sense than buying new speakers.
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Hey guys sorry I work like a mule (70 plus hours a week, lobster fishing) I’m going to take a look at it tonight. Been too tired to do anything. But I’m rested and ready to take another crack at it tonight.
I’m gonna try to plug my Bose speakers directly into the S4.
I’ll report back. Thanks, I can’t wait to start using this machine.
Really dont want to spend anymore money right now. Just bought the s4 and had to upgrade windows.
Just thought it over and I have a stero to 1/4" gonna try that.
Noob’d
Got her working!
Getting lots of pops and snapping from my speakers…why is this?
Also some tracks skip…could this be because my laptop can’t handle traktor?
Lastly how does one access their external hard drive in traktor?
skipping and stuff is more than likely issues w/ the laptop not being able to handle the audio. You can try increasing the latency by changing buffer size and what not in the audio setup/settings…the higher the ms number is = the higher the latency, as well as tunring Wi-Fi off. Those are the easiest fixes. If that doesn’t do it, then research the symptoms w/ the S4, and you will find an abundance of info on fixes, including an official NI checklist of things to do. …You should be able to see the external drive (F: for example) in lower left hand corner of the browser section. Just scroll thru maybe
Thanks manchild!
I’ll have a look and see what I find.