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Audio pops & crackles with s4 & MacBook Posted on: 21.09.2011 by Adelina Aidala Did anyone else encounter this problem? It doesn't matter if I use the s4 with Traktor or just as a soundcard for my MacBookPro, every two-three minutes or so there is some tiny pops coming from the speakers. They're not very loud, just some short high frequency cracks.. I checked with headphones as well to see if it's the speakers - nope, same story. It's not a performance problem of my laptop, so I have the feeling it is some hardware error on the s4. Also, it happens with or without the electricity supply for the s4 plugged in. Also, the s4 causes a massive pop when it's turned on, so that I always make sure that my (active) speakers are turned off before the s4 is turned on. In case that the voltage plays a role, I'm located in Europe (Germany) | |
| Adelina Aidala 21.09.2011 | Did anyone else encounter this problem? It doesn't matter if I use the s4 with Traktor or just as a soundcard for my MacBookPro, every two-three minutes or so there is some tiny pops coming from the speakers. They're not very loud, just some short high frequency cracks.. I checked with headphones as well to see if it's the speakers - nope, same story. It's not a performance problem of my laptop, so I have the feeling it is some hardware error on the s4. Also, it happens with or without the electricity supply for the s4 plugged in. Also, the s4 causes a massive pop when it's turned on, so that I always make sure that my (active) speakers are turned off before the s4 is turned on. In case that the voltage plays a role, I'm located in Europe (Germany) |
| Addie Engbrecht 21.09.2011 | I know people are experiencing the same thing with windows laptops when their wi-fi is turned on. Try disabling that and see if it goes away maybe |
| Adelina Aidala 21.09.2011 | Latency in Traktor is set to standard value (512ms at 44.1k) but as I said it also happens when in 'stand-alone soundcard mode'. I get the feeling this issue might be related to the rather old electricity wiring in my house. Will try to replicate the issue elsewhere and get back on this.. regards |
| Rosina Steinkuehler 21.09.2011 | Have you tried alternate USB ports? Also what is your latency set to inside Traktor settings. |
| Adelina Aidala 22.09.2011 | Yup, just did, nothing changed.. |
| Harley Zitka 21.09.2011 | Do you have the most current driver installed? |
| Adelina Aidala 21.09.2011 | MacBook Pro Mid 2010.. I believe I can rule out performance issues since it also happens if the kontrol s4 is not performing with traktor but is used as a soundcard only. If noone else has encountered this it's probably an issue with my s4, seems I'll have to send it in.. blegh |
| Rosina Steinkuehler 21.09.2011 | Have not seen that. What is the audio latency set to in the Traktor settings area? Also what are the specs of the computer driving the setup? |
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