S4 audio help...
S4 audio help... Posted on: 20.05.2013 by Kevin Brandin Just got my s4, everything is working fine except no audio. Also the ! mark is blinking. All I have for speakers are regular computer speakers. I would like for the audio to come out of my laptop for the time being. Also should I have Asio? Any and all help appreciated. I'm at work so won't be able to mess with settings until this evening. | |
| Georgie Lukowiak 25.05.2013 |
Originally Posted by manchild
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| Addie Engbrecht 28.05.2013 | Check to see if they are M4A files that it's not reading. If it is, then install Quicktime |
| Kevin Brandin 28.05.2013 | When I went to install traktor it said I needed windows 7 or higher. I was running xp. I'll check out game boost, things are working better still the occasional snapping from the speakers. Traktor won't read some of my music files that VDJ would, is there something that I'm missing? Ps: the s4 is amazing! |
| Tera Baragan 26.05.2013 | You didn't need to upgrade windows, that would do absolutely nothing to help or better your computer for traktor. You need game booster to turn off all the stupid things that PC has running all the time for no reason. My laptop wouldn't even play a song when I first started but once u run game booster your all good! |
| Georgie Lukowiak 25.05.2013 |
Originally Posted by manchild
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| Addie Engbrecht 25.05.2013 | You can try the ASIO4ALL driver.....the one big drawback is that when you are using that driver, timecode is disabled in Traktor. So if you decide to upgrade to Traktor Scratch Pro and buy a turntable/cdj that you want to plug into the S4 and run timecode to use them you have to select the S4 soundcard for it to work. So you can try downloading ASIO4ALL and selecting that as your audio device in Traktor......might help |
| Kevin Brandin 25.05.2013 | yes, AISO driver.... also seemed to be making some progress, turned wifi off and its not skipping anymore! still getting snaps from my speakers, turning latency down seems to be helping, thanks for the help guys I'm almost ready to start really learning the s4 and traktor! |
| Georgie Lukowiak 25.05.2013 | I had the EXACT same problem! Download the ASIO4ALL driver, and select that in your audio setup = problem solved! |
| Addie Engbrecht 25.05.2013 | Are you talking about the ASIO4ALL driver? |
| Kevin Brandin 25.05.2013 | Would you recommend updating ASIO even if your going through the s4? |
| Addie Engbrecht 25.05.2013 | http://www.native-instruments.com/fo...d.php?t=125693 |
| Kevin Brandin 25.05.2013 | Would you have a link to the NI checklist? |
| Kevin Brandin 24.05.2013 | Thanks manchild! I'll have a look and see what I find. |
| Addie Engbrecht 23.05.2013 | skipping and stuff is more than likely issues w/ the laptop not being able to handle the audio. You can try increasing the latency by changing buffer size and what not in the audio setup/settings......the higher the ms number is = the higher the latency, as well as tunring Wi-Fi off. Those are the easiest fixes. If that doesn't do it, then research the symptoms w/ the S4, and you will find an abundance of info on fixes, including an official NI checklist of things to do. ...........You should be able to see the external drive (F: for example) in lower left hand corner of the browser section. Just scroll thru maybe |
| Kevin Brandin 23.05.2013 | Got her working! Getting lots of pops and snapping from my speakers...why is this? Also some tracks skip...could this be because my laptop can't handle traktor? Lastly how does one access their external hard drive in traktor? |
| Kevin Brandin 22.05.2013 | Just thought it over and I have a stero to 1/4" gonna try that. Noob'd |
| Kevin Brandin 21.05.2013 | Really dont want to spend anymore money right now. Just bought the s4 and had to upgrade windows. |
| Kevin Brandin 21.05.2013 | Hey guys sorry I work like a mule (70 plus hours a week, lobster fishing) I'm going to take a look at it toevening
. Been too tired to do anything. But I'm rested and ready to take another crack at it toevening
. I'm gonna try to plug my Bose speakers directly into the S4. I'll report back. Thanks, I can't wait to start using this machine. |
| Addie Engbrecht 20.05.2013 |
Originally Posted by manchild
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| Alphonso Deitchman 20.05.2013 | It's certainly possible to connect the S4 to any computer speakers, and buying the necessary cable or adapter makes more sense than buying new speakers. |
| Addie Engbrecht 20.05.2013 |
Originally Posted by bisco
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| Alphonso Deitchman 20.05.2013 | You do not need any additional sound cards. How have you set your Traktor Audio settings and Output Routing? Did you read the guide I linked above? |
| Kevin Brandin 20.05.2013 | Thanks again for your time guys. I was hoping by purchasing this unit that I would be able to use the built in sound card to monitor and cue my tracks. I have a DJ/iO (Numark) would this eleaviate some issues? I bought it to use with vDJ and my mpd 32 but alas no luck for monitoring and cueing. |
| Addie Engbrecht 20.05.2013 | you need to select your computers soundcard as the audio device the way you have it set up. Obviously this is not ideal for a couple reasons A) Prob not as good of sound quality as the S4 soundcard B) It's not a low latency DJ soundcard like the S4 C) more than likely it has only one channel......meaning you can not use your headphones to monitor and you cannot plug in any external device like a CDJ or turntable. |
| Alphonso Deitchman 20.05.2013 | http://www.native-instruments.com/fo...d.php?t=185491 |
| Kevin Brandin 20.05.2013 | I may have tried that last evening . I will have to change my out puts right? |
| Kevin Brandin 20.05.2013 | Cool ill give that a try. Thanks for your input. |
| Alphonso Deitchman 20.05.2013 | You need to choose "Traktor Kontrol S4" as your Audio device in Traktor settings. Plugging speakers and headphones into the S4 is the easiest way. |
| Kevin Brandin 20.05.2013 | Also my computer speakers would be plugging into my laptop... |
| Kevin Brandin 20.05.2013 | I did install everything that came with it. It was confusing so I believe I went with DJ8 or something along those lines, it was the first choice from each option. I guess I could try to plug my speakers into the s4. Just trying to figure out the easiest way. |
| Alphonso Deitchman 20.05.2013 | If you have computer speakers, why do you want audio to come out of the laptop? Did you install the S4 drivers? |
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