Optimal latency setup when interfacing Traktor & Ableton

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Optimal latency setup when interfacing Traktor & Ableton
Posted on: 25.03.2013 by Frankie Trojahn
I have been DJing for a while on a 'simple' level by using my Traktor S4 and Traktor Pro (up to the latest 2.6.1, which I personally don't really like).

Now I am trying to put some live production in the recipe: I bought a Novation Launchpad which I use to control Ableton Live.

To route Ableton's audio into Traktor's deck 4 as Live input I use soundflower.

I am now experiencing issues that I never did in the past: after a few (10-20) minutes mixing Ableton's sound gets very noisy and I have to play with AL and TP's latency to get some nice audio again.

It doesn't matter whether I change it in Ableton or Traktor, or whether I increase it or reduce it: it seems like by doing this I re-trigger some internal method and the sound gets back on track.

Could anyone tell me whether this is a consequence of my ill-posed setup?

Additional info: when the noisy thing happens, if I route Ableton's audio to Standard Output it comes out fine.
Frankie Trojahn
25.03.2013
Originally Posted by Patch
This happens in Live when you use .mp3's. The decoding cache gets full, and causes problems.

Do a search over at ALDJ - there's a LOOOONG thread about it....

EDIT: HERE it is.
Seen it, although I am still surprised: I only use internal MIDI instruments and I assume samples / AL's audio renderer do not rely on mp3s!
Thanks anyway, I'll check it out in there!
Frankie Trojahn
25.03.2013		I have been DJing for a while on a 'simple' level by using my Traktor S4 and Traktor Pro (up to the latest 2.6.1, which I personally don't really like).

Now I am trying to put some live production in the recipe: I bought a Novation Launchpad which I use to control Ableton Live.

To route Ableton's audio into Traktor's deck 4 as Live input I use soundflower.

I am now experiencing issues that I never did in the past: after a few (10-20) minutes mixing Ableton's sound gets very noisy and I have to play with AL and TP's latency to get some nice audio again.

It doesn't matter whether I change it in Ableton or Traktor, or whether I increase it or reduce it: it seems like by doing this I re-trigger some internal method and the sound gets back on track.

Could anyone tell me whether this is a consequence of my ill-posed setup?

Additional info: when the noisy thing happens, if I route Ableton's audio to Standard Output it comes out fine.
Frankie Trojahn
25.03.2013
Originally Posted by Patch
This happens in Live when you use .mp3's. The decoding cache gets full, and causes problems.

Do a search over at ALDJ - there's a LOOOONG thread about it....

EDIT: HERE it is.
Seen it, although I am still surprised: I only use internal MIDI instruments and I assume samples / AL's audio renderer do not rely on mp3s!
Thanks anyway, I'll check it out in there!
Brunilda Kora
25.03.2013		This happens in Live when you use .mp3's. The decoding cache gets full, and causes problems.

Do a search over at ALDJ - there's a LOOOONG thread about it....

EDIT: HERE it is.

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