S4 not being recognised as controller
S4 not being recognised as controller Posted on: 18.11.2012 by Janay Wichert Hey, I just picked up an S4 the other day, After hours of messing around I can't get anything to work. The closest to actually having a functional controller I have gotten was sound being output through the controller. I have downloaded the latest drivers, the latest software, Installed, uninstalled, reinstalled. You get the idea. Okay, so when I plug in the S4 the little yellow controller light or whatever it would be in Traktor is light up. If I use my computer to load a track to a deck I can see the little level meters up the top lighting up and playing but that's the end of it. The yellow or orange [I can't remember exactly what colour and I don't have it in front of me now] is solidly light up on the S4, not blinking. And I got frustrated and basically nuked everything Traktor related and reinstalled, but now I can't even get any actual audio output [but Traktor says it's being output] I read somewhere if you have troubles it helps to open up the controller editor for some reason, but It never worked for me, I downloaded the latest version from the service centre but It won't install, it says it can't remove the old version. [I used Revo to remove it, plus I have searched the registries for anything related to it and removed them, as well as any folders or files associated with it, still nada] If I go to the controller manager and select the S4 I can't choose anything for the in-port. I'm pretty frustrated, I essentially paid a grand for a soundcard. Is there some setting I'm missing? I mean, I'll admit the S4 is alot more high-end than my old Numark, but I would atleast believe that a NI controller with NI software would work out of the box. Also in the S4 controller manager app it recognises that It's plugged in. But if I click recalibrate in the S4 tab of Traktor it says there's no mapped controllers plugged in or something like that. I'll add in any more information if I believe of it. Edit: My OS is 32 bit W7 on a Toshiba something or other, four GB of ram, Not too sure about the other system specs. It's not exactly slow so I really don't believe the OS is the problem here. Also when I turn on the controller I get the usual pretty little light show. But as soon as that ends there's nothing else light up. | |
Janay Wichert 27.11.2012 |
Originally Posted by VanGogo
Pretty sure I used a different cable first time but I'll double check tomorrow. And gave them a yell last evening , have to run some diagnostic thing after work. |
Janay Wichert 18.11.2012 | Hey, I just picked up an S4 the other day, After hours of messing around I can't get anything to work. The closest to actually having a functional controller I have gotten was sound being output through the controller. I have downloaded the latest drivers, the latest software, Installed, uninstalled, reinstalled. You get the idea. Okay, so when I plug in the S4 the little yellow controller light or whatever it would be in Traktor is light up. If I use my computer to load a track to a deck I can see the little level meters up the top lighting up and playing but that's the end of it. The yellow or orange [I can't remember exactly what colour and I don't have it in front of me now] is solidly light up on the S4, not blinking. And I got frustrated and basically nuked everything Traktor related and reinstalled, but now I can't even get any actual audio output [but Traktor says it's being output] I read somewhere if you have troubles it helps to open up the controller editor for some reason, but It never worked for me, I downloaded the latest version from the service centre but It won't install, it says it can't remove the old version. [I used Revo to remove it, plus I have searched the registries for anything related to it and removed them, as well as any folders or files associated with it, still nada] If I go to the controller manager and select the S4 I can't choose anything for the in-port. I'm pretty frustrated, I essentially paid a grand for a soundcard. Is there some setting I'm missing? I mean, I'll admit the S4 is alot more high-end than my old Numark, but I would atleast believe that a NI controller with NI software would work out of the box. Also in the S4 controller manager app it recognises that It's plugged in. But if I click recalibrate in the S4 tab of Traktor it says there's no mapped controllers plugged in or something like that. I'll add in any more information if I believe of it. Edit: My OS is 32 bit W7 on a Toshiba something or other, four GB of ram, Not too sure about the other system specs. It's not exactly slow so I really don't believe the OS is the problem here. Also when I turn on the controller I get the usual pretty little light show. But as soon as that ends there's nothing else light up. |
Janay Wichert 27.11.2012 |
Originally Posted by VanGogo
Pretty sure I used a different cable first time but I'll double check tomorrow. And gave them a yell last evening , have to run some diagnostic thing after work. |
Charline Dye 27.11.2012 | Was the S4 plugged in when you installed Traktor? You should install software first then plug in S4. Have you tried a different USB cable? You will need service center though, so I would call NI's tech line and get it sorted out. |
Janay Wichert 27.11.2012 | Bump. If I knew I was gonna have these problems I'd have gotten a Denon. I mean, isn't the point of the S4 total damn hard and software intergration? It was easier getting third party controllers to work. |
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