Traktor freeze

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Traktor freeze

Hey guys, loving the new vci se.
But, there is one problem..
After mixing for around half an hour each time both decks will freeze.
The music will stop, and the only thing that i can do is type in the search bar.
When i then physically disconnect the vci100se from the laptop, traktor goes back to working fine.. it does this on both of my computers, what is the problem?

Thanks eveyone.

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Most likely crappy cables… And to add to that… i LAUGHED MY ASS OFF when i read this post… and saw the ad placement, not because of your pain and frustration, but the awesomness :smiley: Get some GOOD, THICK (lol that’s what she said) USB cables with ferrite cores, I used to have dropouts from my Hercules Steel… Bought some new ones, no problems after 4 months! :smiley:

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Yeah, i swapped the usb but nothing has changed.. still the same problem.
Please please somebody help.
Thanks.
Joe

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Are you running Traktor Pro in Demo mode? If so, it stops after half an hour.

Phil.

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No not at all mate.
Traktor doesnt stop working, it’s just the decks freeze.

then when i unplug the vci100se the programme goes back to working perfectly fine.

This is realllllyyyyyy annoyying,
Got any ideas?

Joe

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what are you running on?
windows or mac?
specs of both computers? but main one first
other devices plugged in?
what background programs are running?
is the music on internal or external drive?

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there’s been a thread on this one a while ago.
try installung loopbe (freeware, just google it) and bomes (also free) and rout the midi commands from your vci in traktor to you loopbe internal output.
then choose loopebe as the input of bomes, go midi through, and have you vci as you bomes’ out.

clear buddy?

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OK, we need to know your system details (hardware, OS, soundcard, etc.).

It sounds like your system is doing something every half hour (an automated task like a back up or e-mail fetch) and this is bugging out the VCI.

Are you running through a USB hub?

Phil.

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I’m using the internal soundcard of my laptop.
This is my laptop:
Toshiba L500-1DT 15.6-Inch Notebook (Celeron T3000 1.8GHz, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD, DVDSMDL, Webcam, Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit)

the vci100se is connected straight to my laptop via the usb lead and i have tried two different leads, both don’t make a difference.

Thanks.
Joe

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This is my laptop..
Toshiba L500-1DT 15.6-Inch Notebook (Celeron T3000 1.8GHz, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD, DVDSMDL, Webcam, Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit)

Im using internal soundcard.

What will these programmes do, like loopbe or the other one..
What is the problem exactly?

Thanks everyone

Joe

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spec wise you’re ok, but using the internal card for sound might have something to do with it…

what have you got power management profile set to? also have disabled things like wifi and webcam when using traktor?

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I had a toshiba laptop, with a similar problem.
Not too sure what the actual problem was, i just swapped it back and got a macbook.

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Try booting into safe mode and then running traktor. Same problem still? If so,try updating drivers for any hardware installed.. If not, it’s probably some 3rd party software. Could be: antivirus/firewall but could also seem completely unrelated

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This sounds very much like the famous midi out hang bug that happens under windows, and which has affected alot of us.

Towards the end of this thread a solution/work around is found:-

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what i was refering to earlier… didn’t find itat first…:confused: