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Crackling noise with Interface 2 when scrolling Rekordbox

I purchased Rekordbox DVS with Interface 2 package.

With music playing from Rekordbox through the Interface 2 when I open Playlists, scroll in Rekordbox or drag tracks around in the user interface I can hearing loud crackling sounds coming through the Interface 2.

I do not have this problem with either Traktor or Serato.

Rekordbox version: 4.5.0. Interface driver: 1.0 (6 July 2017) for Mac OSX Sierra

Connected to a 2016 MacBookPro with Intel Core i5 / 16GB RAM / SSD running MacOS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G29).


It seems that the Interface 2 is allowing the noise of reads from the SSD on the MacBook to be audible.

I have already logged this with Pioneer support and I am overdue a response.

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Logged with Pioneer support where? I just looked and don't see any tickets in our system, so I assume you maybe called someone?

Please file a rekordbox inquiry ticket here and our support team will be able to better address this than any other support avenue. Thanks.

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Hi. No, I logged a Ticket and then followed up the original ticket.

Email reply:
"Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for your email, your enquiry has been registered in our system under reference number:
Pioneer ticket ref nr: 40734"

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@Greg > Sorry, that's not a ticket within our Zendesk system; which website did you log that with?

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@Greg > Yeah, that's the Pioneer Europe contact form. Since the company changes last year, I'm not 100% familiar with how Europe has managed the support split, but it should still get to our DJ department.

Please use the link I provided above and our PDJ support teams will be happy to help you resolve the issue. Sorry for the confusion!

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I don't think this is an Interface 2 issue, as it does it with both my RR and RZ.

The problem seems to be the way RB draws to the screen, ie, not very efficiently - using up tonnes up CPU usage to do so (check your CPU limit at the time). If you look at the "time elapsed/remaining" counter on the decks, does that also freeze whilst you are scrolling around?

For me, it behaves horribly if I have the full screen library page open, but if I just use the standard view it's fine (as not so much to update).

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@Greg > I just spoke with our European support agent and he said that the ticket on their system seems to be closed, so he's asked me to follow-up here...

 

Are you using the IF2 with the external power supply?

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Hey guys, the engineers have asked if you could try increasing the buffer size for the audio device in the preferences. While playback at a low buffer may be fine, it's known that sometimes scrolling can increase the load on the buffer, resulting in distortion in the audio output.

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