Hi everyone,
During a live gig over the weekend, my Traktor S4 froze twice, giving me the dreaded spinning wheel of death 💀. I’m using a MacBook M1 Max, so I doubt it’s a hardware issue.
Fortunately, I had RCA cables connected from the S4 to my MacBook’s headphone jack, allowing me to finish the wedding set via Spotify. The crowd didn’t notice, but I definitely felt the pressure.
It seems the hardware sound card drivers were still functioning, but the Traktor software itself crashed. I couldn’t force quit Traktor since that would have stopped Spotify, and with a packed dance floor, that wasn’t an option.
After using Traktor for 10 years, I’ve never encountered this issue before, but now I’m nervous about using it live.
Just to recap:
- Traktor froze
- Everything else on the laptop (Spotify, Chrome, Finder) was working fine
- RCA connected to deck D worked fine
- Mic connected to deck C also worked fine
Has anyone else experienced this? Any insights would be appreciated.
Thanks
