Windows Users Feedback
Would just like to see numbers of people either:
(i) experiencing problems
(ii) running smoothly
and state version (win7,vista, xp) and maybe brand of laptop
Iv got till tomorrow to decide whether to purchase one for my vista laptop. Got the option to upgrade to win7.
a vista user, done everything and disabled everything i can think off.
everything runs great with out a single clip or audio drop out issue UNTIL i get what seems to be random spikes
and i mean MAJOR spikes, its so annoying,
its like everything distorts and chokes up
sometimes it can go for hours with out a glitch but almost all the time its a complete nightmare.
if someone can please tell me how to fix this that would be great.
ive done everything thats been reccomended on all forums that ive seen,
but i cant fix this spike issue 
ive almost fully given up on it to be honest, mainly due to the fact that the costumer services end of it is a complete joke.
the S4 is great when working and i love it BUT so fustrating when it aint.
if i were you, i would wait until there is new drivers for windows.
mines basicly sitting there collecting dust until they release new driver updates or i can afford a mac.
I was able to run TSP without problems on an older desktop PC running an Athlon 64 chip with 1 gb of ram (Win7). I used this guide for turning off services: http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
without a second thought, get 7.
no probs yet
Dell 2ghz 2gb ram running xp
Vista makes anything run badly so i would recommend moving to XP or Win7 (Win 7 is a heap more resource hungry than xp though)
I have it installed on my desktop pc as well as my macbook and it runs no problems at all.
Windows 7 64 bit Pro
Intel i5 750 @ 3.8 Ghz
8Gb DDr3 Ram
SSD Hard Drive
Antivirus on, browser open etc and runs fine with 4 decks and effects
I have it on my Vista 32 bit running on a Toshiba laptop 2Ghz with 3Gb RAM and I get the same thing as IrishBlaggard. Running great, then drop outs. I have tried everything on the Vista tuning tips and it seems like it is getting worse (or my expectations are getting higher with each set of changes!).
Almost at giving up stage as I save…
these threads were a major motivating factor for me buying a vci-300. i really wanted an s4, but reading they are spending a LOT of time on the bridge for itch to make it cpu friendly so both itch and ableton can run i figured… i got an ipad, theres my ableton controller. may as well go that route and get basically the same thing with all kinds of stability.
buy a new sound card… the problem is the sound card drivers.
im using a different sound card now and the thing runs perfect.
just a few tweeks and its runs great…
if you dont have a different sound card, just pick up something cheap like the audio 2 and it will be fine.
loving the S4 now. pitty it dont work with its own sound card because that for me was aone of the reasons i bought it.
let me know how you get on, if ya try a different sound card 
hope it helps ya man
now thats why i had a hard time setting the audio device to traktor s4 and hearing no sound out of it
will those creative 5.1 and 7.1 sound cards do it for the s4 or do you recommend an NI sound cards and if NI cards
which to invest into beside audio2?
feels like audio 2 is a bit amateur 
i wouldnt know about them creative surround sound cards,
ive used to M-Audio sound card, and a Numark DJ IO (even cheaper than the Audio DJ2) and both work fine.
the only thing with the numark is there is no hardware volume control, so ya gotta do it in the software as the S4 hardware cue volume dont work. but the cue cross fader mix works fine. and even though its cheap, it works great and is stable. unlike the S4’s in built cards
maybe if you need it, get the audio dj4 or 8, depends on what you need for your set up really
i was thinking of audio 8 since a month or two but lately there have been rumors specially after the NI 50% sale (which i missed) about newer versions of their sound cards bundled with s4 like software with DVS system, so i would rather wait a bit more than buying audio2 but in the meantime i want a cheap card just to practice on my s4
guess i will go hunting cheap sound cards on the week-end i just hope sellers don’t get pissed off me when i return the bad ones 
Thanks IrishBlaggard. I can’t understand why I need a new sound card as that was why I went the s4 route. Will def give it a go and keep you posted.
try tweaking you main sound card by changing the quality and messing out with any available options that worked for me very well ! 