Tracktor 4 decks system requirements?

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Tracktor 4 decks system requirements?

Hello

I’m mainly DJed 2 decks and trying to do some new cool stuffs,
I need 4 decks on live, but just realized that my MBP can’t handle it.

I get delays(when duplicate the playing tracks) and have high CPU temperature than 2 decks. i prefer under 65 degree but with 4 decks it is easy 80 degree and up. with 2 decks its like 65 to 70 degrees (and i’m fine with that as long as the temperature is under 70)

I have been djing wihtout ANY single problems with MBP 2 decks (A+B) setup. (rarely 3 decks)

most of my files are flac, and I have late 2008 MBP with SSD + 8GBram I know this is antique but had any single problems with 2decks setup.

any recommendations? or if you are true 4 deck dj with remix deck, what year is your mbp?

I want real experiences, not techy guessing or google knowledges.

p.s. just opened this thread because I’m going to buy a used mbp but also don’t wanna waste of money if my new used mbp will do the same.

Thanks alot!

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just to add to the post,
I have 2x D2 + djm-t1 + x1. that’s my gig setup. wanted to do 4 deck with remix deck and files are FLAC.
switching remix decks and regular decks upon situation, i’m trying to do live remixes.

another setup will be
also i have turntables at home so next mbp should handle dvs needles without problems when it comes to 4 decks as well.

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My setup worked fine with a 2010 MBP 13" and a normal HDD. Though I think adding Ableton as well would probably cause it to struggle. I’ve got a 2015 MBP 13" and it’s totally worth it.

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It depends what you use.

I run Traktor on a ten year old Core Duo 2, with 4gb and a boot SSD.

I run two channels of DVS, one CDJ and one remix deck.

I dont ever use pitchlock, and rarely use macro FX.

I never have pops, dropouts or lag.

Traktor CPU load is entirely down to pitchlock and macro fx use. If you dont use these, the requirements are much lower.

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Hi, with same mb late 2008 i play with traktor 4 decks + maschine+ ableton + 5 controllers that work fine .. maybe you enable to many fx in the preferences fx list + if your collection is to big … cpu dislike ,you need to make latency in 512 or 1024 on audio preferences ,disable fx by decks when you don’t use ,disable wifi ,timemachine etc… :wink:

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Traktor has become pretty streamline as far as thread and memory usage. For just simple mixing, I can run my audio 10 with 4 tracks DVS with USB latency set to 2ms and running with a buffer 1,024 samples without errors and latency issues.

My DJ laptop is running an AMD A8 Pro 4 core (2 thread per core) 2.2ghz (3.1ghz peak). I run 4 decks, one as a remix deck, all four fix units running in group with all in group running. 3 of the decks running time with time code. Audio 10 set at 2ms USB and 256 samples buffer. I’m running team viewer in the background to use my tablet as a monitor for traktor.

No lag, errors, or latency issues.

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my old laptop had similar specs, except for some optimisations it ran everything fine.

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These links may help :
https://support.serato.com/hc/en-us/articles/202833544-Mac-Optimization-Guide-for-OS-X