Scratching with Key Lock on - High Load

Rajiv Cassie
Rajiv Cassie Member Posts: 15 Member
edited October 2024 in Traktor Software & Hardware

I am running a 2021 M1 Pro - 16GB RAM.

When I scratch on Traktor with the lowest latency while having the key lock on, my load meter continuously peaks.

Is Traktor generally a CPU heavy software? Or could there be something I'm doing wrong?

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  • lord-carlos
    lord-carlos Member Posts: 3,631 Expert

    Lowest latency will increase the load significantly. For any audio software.

    What did you set it to?

  • Rajiv Cassie
    Rajiv Cassie Member Posts: 15 Member

    I have it as far to the left as possible (64).

    My concern is that I've seen Serato users with weaker laptops than mine scratch with the key lock on while having their latency at the lowest, and they have no load spikes whatsoever.

    Reason why I ask if Traktor is generally more CPU heavy compared to other DVS.

  • pARty_bOy
    pARty_bOy Member Posts: 143 Pro

    are you on turntables? Why scratch with keylock? It sounds bad and digital(distorted)

  • Rajiv Cassie
    Rajiv Cassie Member Posts: 15 Member

    I use timecode with CDJS… I keep it on because I generally mix using key lock, and only scratch when necessary. My question is why does that generally trigger the load meter to spike in Traktor? But other DVS are able to handle it without this issue.

  • pARty_bOy
    pARty_bOy Member Posts: 143 Pro

    When cpu spiking happen, does it affect the sound? If it doesn’t don’t worry, my MBP 2012 has latency at 64 spiking, no sound issues

  • Rajiv Cassie
    Rajiv Cassie Member Posts: 15 Member

    It does for me. Every time the load bar spikes in to red, I hear popping sounds.

    So, another thing I've noticed is that the load spike doesn't happen with native controllers or mixers.

    I use a Pioneer DJM-850 as the primary sound card so I'm uncertain if that may be a factor towards the problem as well.

  • Owner
    Owner Member Posts: 565 Guru
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/165937#Comment_165937

    Did you enable the Multi-Core Prozessor Support in the preferences? That helped me to decrease CPU spikes.

  • Rajiv Cassie
    Rajiv Cassie Member Posts: 15 Member

    I haven't tried that with Traktor 4 as yet.

    But with Traktor 3, enabling multi core caused my load meter to increase.

    It's all extremely confusing to me, but I will try with Traktor 4 and let you know.

  • DJBite
    DJBite Member Posts: 16 Member

    I'm not sure if this is relevant or not, but I've noticed that turning off wifi improves the sound quality and performance of Traktor (Pro 3) significantly. So you might check/try this.

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