Tracktion Software

qringo · Post by **qringo** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:13 am

I'm fiddling around with Traktion right now, looking for a host to settle into. But I'm having serious serious issues with the program that's keeping me from investing any more time in it. Which is too bad because I like the layout and the way everything works, but these problems are way to terrible. Maybe someone here can help me with them because I haven't seen any solutions on the board so far:

1. Every so often, about every two bars or so, Tracktion will 'fart', basically the sound will garble for a half second. And this is when I'm running extremely simple stuff, a kick drum and 1 Vanguard instance.

2. When it's rewired into Reason, all the sounds being played in the reason sequencer will often start out of time and then literally catch up to what's happening in Tracktion after a bar or two.

These are my two specific problems, but if anyone has any advice for tweaking this program to run as efficiently as possible, that'd be appreciated too. I really like the program, but the two problems above are driving me f*ing nuts and make the whole thing pretty much unusable for me.

Thanks
Ryan

unknown user · Post by **unknown user** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:23 am

tuning windows XP for music

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:45 am

Don't know what to tell you, sorry.

I don't use Reason, so no ideas there,

And I've never had it fart at me unless my CPU was taxed heavily.

Greg

Robert Randolph · Post by **Robert Randolph** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:49 am

maybe that fart is the demo sound?

qringo · Post by **qringo** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 4:27 am

Nope, not the demo sound. It's basically like the freakin thing just craps out.

And I'm using windows 2000.

Sicklecell666 · Post by **Sicklecell666** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 4:30 am

Have you configured the soundcard settings. What sound card are you using, blah, blah..

ppl can't help you without that kind of info.

Jed · Post by **Jed** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 7:23 am

Runs sweeeeeet with win2000 here

Cheers
Jed

qringo · Post by **qringo** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 7:42 am

I have tried using both a simple SBLive and a M-Audio USB Quattro. Both have exactly the same problem. I'm running a P4 1.6ghz with 512 megs of ram so I shouldn't be hitting my ceiling so damned low, which is what seems to be happening.

I've configured both sound card to the best of my abilites inside Tracktion, but it doesn't help one bit.

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 7:53 am

Hrm...

I know it's not a cure-all, but in the settings page, activate the "add low level noise to blah blah denormalization blah blah" (don't remember the exact phrasing) option.

Older P-4s denormal, which spikes the CPU. Haven't experienced it myself, but I understand it can be quite the annoying problem.

Greg

christianmusicmaker · Post by **christianmusicmaker** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 8:29 am

qringo wrote:I have tried using both a simple SBLive and a M-Audio USB Quattro. Both have exactly the same problem. I'm running a P4 1.6ghz with 512 megs of ram so I shouldn't be hitting my ceiling so damned low, which is what seems to be happening.

I've configured both sound card to the best of my abilites inside Tracktion, but it doesn't help one bit.

What is you latency setting?

ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 2:02 pm

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homebrew · Post by **homebrew** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 5:41 pm

qringo wrote:1. Every so often, about every two bars or so, Tracktion will 'fart', basically the sound will garble for a half second. And this is when I'm running extremely simple stuff, a kick drum and 1 Vanguard instance.

Doesn't the demo also stop all the midi notes or something at regular intervals? That might sound like a glitch.

Sicklecell666 · Post by **Sicklecell666** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 5:49 pm

this is a demo limitation..

Tracktion Software

KVR Audio

Oh man, is this how it's supposed to work???