Gaps in Audio Playback

[dahurd]

I am still experiencing gaps in the audio playback every now & then. I have analysed all of the tracks I want to play but when I am playing them every now & then I will get a maybe half second where the sound cuts out.

Before I started my set I went to task manager & stopped everything running on the PC except the bare neccessary & I mean to the point that I stopped things that were needed & had to go back & replace them. So basically there is nothing else I can stop. I am assuming that these gaps are caused by the CPU being overloaded, like when you are playing one track & you load a track that wasn't analysed previously?

I checked & most of the time when playing a set the CPU is running at around 10-20% and used memory at around 30%.
In the config part of Cross I have Preferences > Audioo Cache set at 30%.
Thanks in advance...

[christiankoopmann]

Hey,

from what source do you get your music? internal HDD, external? USB flash drive and so on?

You could also test to set the Cache at Cross to 0% and test it again. Is it still the same?

When you run HDD internal or so please run a defragmentation on all discs like the HDD with the music and also the disc where you store the PEAK files.

Regards
Christian

[dahurd]

Hi Christian,
The files are all on the internal drive. Will try the other things before I play out again. Are there any settings on the audio card that can be changed?

Thanks!

[christiankoopmann]

Hey,

you can decrease the Latency but I would first check the other options and if this will not help you should test to set a higher latency and run a test if it is better.

Check also if like firewall or anti virus software is running. This can cause drop outs too when checking files or so.

regards
Christian

[Hannes]

Your PC is already opmtimised, is it? (CPU-Priority set to background-services)


Do you have a dedicated grafix-card on your system?

[dahurd]

@j-kut.

I have a dedtcated graphics card (ati mobility radeon™ hd 3430).

I went into task manager > Processes> right clicked on cross-dj.exe.

It has settings:

Realtime
High
Above Normal
Normal
Below Normal
Low

It is set now (default) to Normal.

Thanks!

[daniel clark]

let ME know if this is the solution and a little bit more info as to the solution since expericeing same thing,,

[Hannes]

Check Realtime!

Also if possible (given you can switch grafix-cards) try running Cross with the integrated grafix-card (intel HD/GMA) and see if it helps.

To set the cpu for Audio do the following:

Click the Windows-Icon (Keyboard or Explorer) -> Computer
-> systempreferences (left to install/deinstall programm) -> advanced preferences -> advanced -> Visuals/CPU -> Cpu set to background tasks.

[dahurd]

snaap.jpg

Like this?

[Hannes]

muy buen