MintyCondition Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Just did my first gig (outdoors) and everything went really well. However my MacBook air heated up by the end of the gig and started to lag a lot that we had to finish and hour early. How do you folks keep your laptops cool during outdoor gigs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolDios Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 A laptop with decent ventalation shouldn't have any issues.Just thinking, cooling pads ect wont work on em cause there's no vents on the bot.There should be an application somewhere to max out your fan speed?What temp was it running at? it must have been pretty bloody hot for it to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MintyCondition Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 It was running ranging from 70c to 90c while it was around 35c outside. The fans were on max and I set them on max using a program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Did you have any other programs / services running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MintyCondition Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 Did you have any other programs / services running?Honestly not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Did you have any other programs / services running?Honestly not sure.Heat is related mainly due to CPU usage. Higher CPU usage = more heat. So there is either too many apps and other services running which combined with traktor is hogging your CPU,, OR the computer isn't highly specced enough to run traktor how you wish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolDios Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 What version of traktor are you running?2.1.1 is a cpu killer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREMM1S Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 If it was that hot outside its not uncommon for computers to slow down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vieri3217 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Did you have the laptop in direct sunlightIs your mac book a thin? because thin laptops cannot release heat as well as a laptop that is thicker in width.You could try a cooling pad that connects to your usb port and has extra fans underneath increase ventilation.Also keep your laptop elevated by buying some elevation pads from ebay for a couple of bucks. THe better you can increase the airflow the better your pc will run at its full potential.Also try not to run anything cpu intensive while you DJ, the harder you push your machine the more heat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yizzle Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Ways to optimize MacBook for dj'ing:- If possible, turn off wi-fi and bluetooth as they can interfere with the audio. Turn off Apple Talk (OS X System Prefs>Network).- Turn off infrared receiver. To turn this off, go to System Preferences, click on Security. In the General pane, make sure "Disable remote control infrared receiver" is checked. You may have to click on the lock icon in order to make changes in System Preferences.- Disable Dashboard to speed up the system significantly To disable dashboard, open Terminal, and then type this command, followed by the Return key: # defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES # killall Dock To enable dashboard, use the following commands: # defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean NO # killall Dock - Disable the Sudden Motion Sensor to avoid the harddrive heads parking them due to loud noise in a club. To disable Sudden Motion Sensor, use the following command and look for the sms setting. 1 = enabled # sudo pmset -g # sudo pmset -a sms 0 To enable Sudden Motion Sensor, use the following command # sudo pmset -a sms 1- Optimize Energy Saver. This optimization will free up system resources as well as prevent the computer from going to sleep or standby mode which can cause audio dropouts. Click the 'Energy Saver' preference. Set the slider for 'Put the computer to sleep...' to 'Never'. Uncheck the box for 'Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible'. - Disable Time Machine- Disable screensaver- Disable Spaces in your System Preferences- Disable startup items to lessen the load on the machine. - Set your latency to 8,5ms in Traktor Preferences/Audio Setup. This is a value that generally should deliver good performance on a Macbook (Pro). Alternatively, set sampling to 48000Hz, 2.5ms latency, keylock set to scratch.- Use the correct USB port. Due to internal routing of the USB ports in many cases only a certain USB port is working properly for using an USB audio device on MacBook Pro's. You need to check in the Apple System Profiler (in Utilities) under Hardware->USB if your USB audio device shares a USB High-Speed Bus with another USB device or not. If necessary try another USB port on your computer. Finally the USB audio device should not share its USB High-Speed bus with any other device. In some cases it already helps to take the USB audio device away from the USB High-Speed Bus that is shared with the internal iSight camera.- If you get crackles in your audio, then try to increase real time audio performance and prevent issues with speed stepping.- Disable a core: install Xcode, go to /Developer/Extras/PreferencePanes, double-click on Processor.prefPane to install- In Traktor, turn off album art in the collection/playlist view*edit; obviously traktor biased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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