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I've taken the plunge!
Posted on: 28.03.2013 by Jetta Drenzek
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Sorry for the bad quality phone snap :P

I spent ages in the shop, they must have wanted to murder me. I b2b'd the S4, the T1 and the 4TRAK, and for me, the S4 was just perfect. Everything is spaced right, the buttons are actually delightful, at first they repulsed me. the 4TRAK was really nice, felt great, and admittedly the metal chassis did come across more suitable for road use than the S4... But it's absolutely massive. I just couldn't see myself rocking up the club with a coffin, and then whipping out that monster. I don't believe any DJ booth I've ever worked in could fit that thing!

I guess now I have to make one of the pointless sigs that lists my gear? :P

EDIT: Also forgot, only had it home for an hour-ish, first thing I did was map flux mode. So easy to map this thing, everything is labelled exact! I'm just sat here drooling on it now.
Jetta Drenzek
30.03.2013
Originally Posted by SlvrDragon50
If you haven't updated Intel Rapid Store, they hda a bug where it kept consuming more and more memory.
How recent was that? I can't remember willingly updating it, but Windows 8 seems to update itself all the time. My chipset and BIOS are all up to date. Just ran LanteyMon fine for a good 40 minutes before it spiked again, must have been everything at once, disabled ACPI, TCP/IP and uninstalled Intel device manager and now the bar is barely budging at all.

Does it consume more and more memory as in, it just keeps eating and growing? Because this was literally just an occasional spike, but it made two other drivers take up massive chunks as well. In fact, the TCP/IP has really taken a huge chunk out of the latency.

HOLY, Something just spiked it up to 996 uS... but the drivers, only two of them are 0.1.. In fact it could run every value on there all at once and it wouldn't come anywhere close to 0.996... What on earth could that be?
Jetta Drenzek
30.03.2013
Originally Posted by SlvrDragon50
If you haven't updated Intel Rapid Store, they hda a bug where it kept consuming more and more memory.
How recent was that? I can't remember willingly updating it, but Windows 8 seems to update itself all the time. My chipset and BIOS are all up to date. Just ran LanteyMon fine for a good 40 minutes before it spiked again, must have been everything at once, disabled ACPI, TCP/IP and uninstalled Intel device manager and now the bar is barely budging at all.

Does it consume more and more memory as in, it just keeps eating and growing? Because this was literally just an occasional spike, but it made two other drivers take up massive chunks as well. In fact, the TCP/IP has really taken a huge chunk out of the latency.

HOLY, Something just spiked it up to 996 uS... but the drivers, only two of them are 0.1.. In fact it could run every value on there all at once and it wouldn't come anywhere close to 0.996... What on earth could that be?
Libbie Orion
28.03.2013
Originally Posted by Sambo
Yeah the load/deck buttons are weird, like the button is too small for the hole.
i believe that design was so you dont load a track to a deck by mistake
if youll notice, the button is also submerged into the whole
Jetta Drenzek
28.03.2013
Originally Posted by makar1
Be sure to check all those buttons work nicely (now, and every month until your warranty is out). Especially the small round ones.
I had 3 faulty buttons on my last S4, all on separate sections of the controller.
Yeah the load/deck buttons are weird, like the button is too small for the hole. But thanks for the word of warning!

And I don't really want chromacaps, I like the all black Dath Vader thing it's got going on.
Alphonso Deitchman
28.03.2013
Originally Posted by Sambo
the buttons are actually delightful, at first they repulsed me.
Be sure to check all those buttons work nicely (now, and every month until your warranty is out). Especially the small round ones.
I had 3 faulty buttons on my last S4, all on separate sections of the controller.
Jetta Drenzek
28.03.2013
Originally Posted by UndefinedBehaviour
Awesome!

About to buy a VCI-400 here, so I'm sort of taking a plunge as well :P It is second hand though, so not quite as pricey.
To be honest I believe anything over
Jetta Drenzek
28.03.2013
BGdlwvNCYAE4Amq.jpg

Sorry for the bad quality phone snap :P

I spent ages in the shop, they must have wanted to murder me. I b2b'd the S4, the T1 and the 4TRAK, and for me, the S4 was just perfect. Everything is spaced right, the buttons are actually delightful, at first they repulsed me. the 4TRAK was really nice, felt great, and admittedly the metal chassis did come across more suitable for road use than the S4... But it's absolutely massive. I just couldn't see myself rocking up the club with a coffin, and then whipping out that monster. I don't believe any DJ booth I've ever worked in could fit that thing!

I guess now I have to make one of the pointless sigs that lists my gear? :P

EDIT: Also forgot, only had it home for an hour-ish, first thing I did was map flux mode. So easy to map this thing, everything is labelled exact! I'm just sat here drooling on it now.
Jetta Drenzek
31.03.2013
Well it's gone now so, never mind. And my computer seems to be running faster. I believe I may have found a likely culprit though, I believe my HDD might have been falling asleep. We'll see how it goes!
Gaynell Rydberg
31.03.2013
It'll just keep taking more and more of your resources the longer your computer is on.

You'll see it in your task manager. If it's nto one of the top memory hoggers then you probably have it updated. It won't get updated with Windows updates though.
Jetta Drenzek
30.03.2013
Originally Posted by SlvrDragon50
If you haven't updated Intel Rapid Store, they hda a bug where it kept consuming more and more memory.
How recent was that? I can't remember willingly updating it, but Windows 8 seems to update itself all the time. My chipset and BIOS are all up to date. Just ran LanteyMon fine for a good 40 minutes before it spiked again, must have been everything at once, disabled ACPI, TCP/IP and uninstalled Intel device manager and now the bar is barely budging at all.

Does it consume more and more memory as in, it just keeps eating and growing? Because this was literally just an occasional spike, but it made two other drivers take up massive chunks as well. In fact, the TCP/IP has really taken a huge chunk out of the latency.

HOLY, Something just spiked it up to 996 uS... but the drivers, only two of them are 0.1.. In fact it could run every value on there all at once and it wouldn't come anywhere close to 0.996... What on earth could that be?
Jetta Drenzek
30.03.2013
Originally Posted by SlvrDragon50
If you haven't updated Intel Rapid Store, they hda a bug where it kept consuming more and more memory.
How recent was that? I can't remember willingly updating it, but Windows 8 seems to update itself all the time. My chipset and BIOS are all up to date. Just ran LanteyMon fine for a good 40 minutes before it spiked again, must have been everything at once, disabled ACPI, TCP/IP and uninstalled Intel device manager and now the bar is barely budging at all.

Does it consume more and more memory as in, it just keeps eating and growing? Because this was literally just an occasional spike, but it made two other drivers take up massive chunks as well. In fact, the TCP/IP has really taken a huge chunk out of the latency.

HOLY, Something just spiked it up to 996 uS... but the drivers, only two of them are 0.1.. In fact it could run every value on there all at once and it wouldn't come anywhere close to 0.996... What on earth could that be?
Gaynell Rydberg
30.03.2013
If you haven't updated Intel Rapid Store, they hda a bug where it kept consuming more and more memory.
Jetta Drenzek
30.03.2013
After a good amount of time smashing it last evening , I started experiencing audio spikes where it lagged for 5/6 seconds at most, every 30-60 minutes, randomly, so currently running LatencyMon trying to figure out what it is. Think I've narrowed it down to Intel Rapid Store. I had two remix decks running full and two track decks running with 4 delays on each deck earlier , really trying to push it to the max, and the load meter barely even sneezed, and the latency is.. Well nothing I don't believe. I plugged it in and straight out the box it seemed instantaneous. Just a pity with Windows systems other manufacturers start putting their own weird programs on that mess with your system.

Amazing controller though. Seriously impressed!
Neil Daavettila
29.03.2013
Lovely piece of gear . I have the s2, and after 2 months, had some issues with the load deck button.

Love it to pieces, but keep an eye out for that whilst it is still in warranty
Allena Sciarrotta
29.03.2013
right about that bro. I wish it could have been bigger though. But hopping from the biggie jogwheeled Mixtrack to the S4, it's an entirely different world!
Jetta Drenzek
28.03.2013
Well I've been smashing it for a good few hours now and I've actually just broke something.



Just kidding, it's fine! What a beautiful piece of gear . I'm blown away by the jogs. I honestly didn't believe I'd care for jog wheels as much as I do right now. Just unreal how good they feel. If they had a tension adjustment, they would probably the greatest thing since the internet was invented. For me, anyways.
Alphonso Deitchman
28.03.2013
It's fairly obvious the ring around the button is to prevent accidental presses, but the design itself is cheap and the button does not fill the gap properly.

That exact button on my last S4 only worked if you pressed it diagonally; pressing straight down had no effect.
Libbie Orion
28.03.2013
Originally Posted by Sambo
Yeah the load/deck buttons are weird, like the button is too small for the hole.
i believe that design was so you dont load a track to a deck by mistake
if youll notice, the button is also submerged into the whole
Jetta Drenzek
28.03.2013
Originally Posted by makar1
Be sure to check all those buttons work nicely (now, and every month until your warranty is out). Especially the small round ones.
I had 3 faulty buttons on my last S4, all on separate sections of the controller.
Yeah the load/deck buttons are weird, like the button is too small for the hole. But thanks for the word of warning!

And I don't really want chromacaps, I like the all black Dath Vader thing it's got going on.
Libbie Orion
28.03.2013
now you just need to get yourself some Croma Caps
i got the purple ones
Alphonso Deitchman
28.03.2013
Originally Posted by Sambo
the buttons are actually delightful, at first they repulsed me.
Be sure to check all those buttons work nicely (now, and every month until your warranty is out). Especially the small round ones.
I had 3 faulty buttons on my last S4, all on separate sections of the controller.
Jetta Drenzek
28.03.2013
Originally Posted by UndefinedBehaviour
Awesome!

About to buy a VCI-400 here, so I'm sort of taking a plunge as well :P It is second hand though, so not quite as pricey.
To be honest I believe anything over
Tyree Stubblefield
28.03.2013
Awesome!

About to buy a VCI-400 here, so I'm sort of taking a plunge as well :P It is second hand though, so not quite as pricey.

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