Traktor Pro Crashed 6 Times in 1 Gig (How To Improve Stability)

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Traktor Pro Crashed 6 Times in 1 Gig (How To Improve Stability)

Hey yall,

Just trying to put on a good show to a capacity crowd. To my dismay and embarrassment Traktor Pro was behaving horribly. Each time it would freeze/lock up and I would have to restart the computer.

After the sixth crash Traktor Pro worked fine for some reason and there were no more problems for the last two hours.

So the question is: What can I do to increase the stability of Traktor so it does not crash anymore??

I’m sure Ean and Richie don’t have to stress over if their Traktor will crash over and over again in front of a huge crowd.

I’m using Traktor 1.1.1 in Windows XP with a VCI100SE

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Noticed you are running a windows lappy have you tweaked the OS ?? turned off your wireless, bluetooth ect ?

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I would read on the forum faq regarding preventing a crash or stability, and make sure to disable your wireless, etc. Check that you have enough ram left while traktor is running, if not drop the buffer size for each deck in tpro. Also if not you can kill other processes that are unnecesary in windows.

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my biggest stability issue was that the soundcard cable kept falling out with a slight nudge, causing a freeze and restart as you described. firewire cables/ports can be dodgy… could this be your particular problem?

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I think this is part of the problem because I have a firewire to mini-firewire adapter and then my mini-firewire port is not very secure.

Know any tricks to make the connection more stable?

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What kinda OS tweaks do you mean?

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How do I know if I have enough RAM left while traktor is running?

I’m running:

Windows XP Ultimate Edition by Johnny
Service Pack 3
Intel Pentium M 1.60GHz
798MHz, 1.99 GB RAM

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You want something like this - just make sure you get one with a texas insturments chipset it in and you will be fine :slight_smile:

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THanks so much! Are there any particular ones that stand out from the crowd? (Link plz)

(how about this one?) http://rainrecording.com/1-877-MIX-RAIN/store/product.php?productid=16242&cat=289

Know if there are any that would work at a lower price tag?? I only need one slot too since I only use firewire to connect to my audiofire 4.

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This one is the best - http://rainrecording.com/1-877-MIX-RAIN/store/product.php?productid=16242&cat=289

Dont take notice to the price though if you look around the net i am sure you will find it much much cheaper than that.

Edit: We havent actually tested this one but it is highly recommended (Presonus recommend this card in particular for instance) - if i can get one cheap enough in Australia ill test it out.

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This is a guide /doc that someone posted on another forum (thanks to Dj Q) open up with word and have a look through kinda deep but it had some tweaks I didnt know about :sunglasses:

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Thanks BentoSan.

Best price I found was $53 at

Anyone know where to get a better price?

@ BentoSan,

Two reviews for this product worry me. They both concern the card’s construction.

“poor construction, it just doesnt feel ready to last more than a few months when i hold it, bends easily and makes me think breaking.”

“have to make sure it doesn’t get bumped or else it will disconnect cause it fits loosely”

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16839158010

These reviews bother me since I’m buying this to increase stability and it seems this card has the same problems.

Thoughts?

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bento knows it. but i just used some of that smelly surgical tape to fasten it to the lappy. now using a mac

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You can wrap some wide tape around it to make it fatter so it doesnt move anywhere - i did that with my one and it stopped moving around. The constructions of alot of these cards isnt that crash hot. If your keen you could put tin piece of metal underneith it to make it more rigid - bit dodgy but it does the job haha. I had to to that after mine began to split from being bumped too many times.

If you want completely headacheless firewire then you need a laptop that has a firewire 400 port (i actually havent seen one of these but such a thing probably exists) or get a get a Macbook Pro. I have been looking at some second hand macbook pro’s but they are a bit out of my price range sadly.

If anyones got an old 2.4ghz macbook pro they arnt using ill gladly take if out of your hands haha.

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Dang it sounds like buying an expresscard would not really solve the problem. From what yall are saying the expresscard has the same problem (being too loose).

What’s a DJ supposed to do yall? Wish I had a secure firewire port :disappointed:

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White macbook anyone :smiley:

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Exactly how did you tape the cable to the lappy? Wasn’t it a B to unwrap it and have the side of ur lappy all sticky (from the tape residue not lonely nights)?

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well i used that tape that is normally used for bandaging wounds and such, the kinda pinky-brown stuff, it doesnt leave too much residue. i used kind of a cross over method id dunno, how the heck do i explain this via text…?

easy answer- get a computer with a new port

difficult answer- punch whoever designed firewire ports in the face

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OOo dang macGyver nice solution!! I’ll get some of that pink tape and see how it works.

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heh good luck. i feel bento solution is slightly better. but my way is prolly more economical