Traktor 4.1 - Unusual Issues: Songs Slowing Down and Distorting

NooZ

Hi everyone,

Last night, during a long DJ set for a birthday party, I ran into an issue that left me concerned. I’m using an S4 MK3 and the latest version of Traktor (4.1). Up until now, I’ve never had any problems with Traktor, but this latest update has me worried.

I’m running it on a powerful MSI Creator Z17 A12UHT-061IT laptop with the following specs: Intel i9-12900H, Nvidia RTX 3080 8GB GDDR6, 2TB SSD M.2 PCIe 4, and 32GB DDR5 RAM (4.8GHz). My system is fully updated and doesn’t have any pirated software installed, so I doubt the issue is related to a bottleneck on my computer.

While playing, I started to notice something was strange. I use a lot of effects and perform some pretty dynamic transitions, but I was hearing strange distortions. I use the ASIO driver and usually record my sets for my archive. Suddenly, the songs started mysteriously slowing down and distorting. At first, it seemed as if I had activated a stretch effect, but obviously, I wasn’t using it. With the crowd dancing and the pressure mounting, I panicked and had to reboot Traktor to continue.

I wondered if the issue might be related to the S4 MK3 being exposed to cold temperatures, but it had already been running smoothly for about 2 hours and 40 minutes before the interruption (this is also the point where the recording stopped).

I’m not sure what caused this or how to fix it, but I’d like to avoid it happening again in future sets. Does Traktor log these kinds of events somewhere? Or does Windows? Have any of you experienced something similar? If so, what was causing the problem?

Thanks in advance for any insights!