Crackling with Windows 11 and Traktor 3.11.1

KarimS
KarimS Member Posts: 70 Member
edited October 2024 in Traktor Software & Hardware

Hello

I've just had 3.11.1 installed on my new laptop. It's a reasonably powerful laptop and everything seems to be working quite well except for the following two issues

There is quite an audible crackle whenever any tracks or remix decks are playing. It is not a CPU issue as I can see that the CPU metre is sitting very low, this was not a problem that I encountered very often on my previous laptop. I'm using the NI supplied ASIO driver for S4MK3.

Another issue is that on remix deck D I noticed the BPM fluttering for about a minute before it finally decides to become stable. This is not audible in the sound but on screen I can see that the BPM is varying plus or minus a few beats which is quite distracting.

Does anyone have a fix for these issues?

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  • Isotoxin
    Isotoxin Member Posts: 212 Advisor
    edited July 2024 Answer ✓

    This is not a NI problem. I don't think they will recommend anything better.

    Actually it's a common problem for laptops with dual GPU's. Some sort of power switching between two of the adapters, creates these DPC spikes. If there was only one VGA adapter (Intel or Nvidia only), this will be not the issue. I have an old desktop Ryzen 2700X with a single 3080 RTX and it works perfectly fine. No DPC spikes. But my laptop Ryzen 5800H with a dual GPU (Radeon Graphics + Nvidia 1650) has the same issues with DPC latency. I've even created two BAT files on the desktop to have the ability disable and enable Nvidia GPU as fast as possible. 😏

    BTW from my experience, You can lower the DPC spikes by giving at least some work for NVIDIA adapter (run any program and force it to use NVIDIA VGA. OBS studio for example). But it will only LOWER the spikes, but will not fully eliminate the chance to get the crackling. With running app on NVIDIA adapter it will not allow for Nvidia to sleep/wake from power saving and there will be much lower DPC spikes, but like I've said there still will be a big chance to get some random spikes with sound crackling. With a disabled Nvidia adapter, I have literally zero issues with DPC or sound crackling on my laptop.

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