Mitch Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 So I've been using the same usb drives with recordbox since i started using them (since september last year) - about 6 months, and they are beginning to get really slow loading songs, and sometimes lags when spinning the platter in vinyl mode. Not sure if this is just because they are starting to get full or because of the way recordbox writes and the way the cdjs read from them, wearing them out quickly.Just want to see if anyone else is experiencing similar issues before i test on some more usbs and possibly just make those slow too.Might just switch all my music back to cd's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobberz Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 My few month old USB is nearly full and its holding ok so far.Would it be worth reformatting them and reloading the tracks/playlists back onto them? Shouldn't take too long as you already have all you stuff analysed in Rekordbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 yer i'm thinking it may be partially due to how full they are getting.I bought two more 16gb drive. I'm going to put all my top40 crap on two, then real tracks on the other two. That will free up some space and should improve it a bit.It is strange though coz I spoke to another dude at work who has 850s and he said his drives got really slow after a few months as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandy Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 could be onto something fudd, i would assume it would write to usb in a non-standard way to keep the formatting/organisation from rekordbox, keep us updated on the new ones you do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 USB's also have different speeds, ive got black lexars i used to use, and these new red sandisks im using now...the lexars are slow as fuck, slow at loading songs on the CDJ, slow and draggin songs onto the USB from RBso maybe try some new 1's, and also dont get them to close to capacity, if you have a 8gig loaded with 7.6 gig of music it may affect it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 Yer I have red Sandisk ones atm. Can't remember the brand of the new ones I bought, but I'm pretty sure they are all made in the same factory over in China or something lol. I know flash drives are going to get slow over a period of time, but they usually last longer than 6 months which has got me curious.Hopefully I get some more time to look into this over the weekend and let you know all know what I figure out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREMM1S Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 The library would be bigger now i assume hence the longer loading times? Also if you delete stuff always do it through rekordbox and not on the actual usb i had issues with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 these 1's mitch?mine are so fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 Yep, the exact same as those. 16gb model. They were really quick when I first got them, but now they are real slow. Sometimes 5-10 seconds for the track to fully load up after selecting it. Didn't get time to look into it today but will soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 make sure the tracks arent just WAV, WAV loads waveform noticeably slower then mp3 on CDJ's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 All my tracks are mp3 320 or aiff lossless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobberz Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 these 1's mitch?mine are so fastSame as the one I just got, only had it for a week so I will keep an eye on it to see if it starts to slow down.My older one is a toshiba, only thing toshiba that I have owned that achaly works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djnatdog Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I've been using the SD Blade's and the Edge keys and haven't had any dramas I don't use them a lot I generally only use the Patriot USB keys for Recordbox, just due to the simple even thought they are one of the dearest keys around they are used by the US Army and even Australian Armed Forces as they are durable and trustworthly. The only keys I've ever had any problems with are Lexar S40s, S50s and the S60 & EMTEC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legunner Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Would SD cards be faster than USB's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 Would SD cards be faster than USB's?Probably not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREMM1S Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Apparently the SD's are quicker but only the cdj2000s have them so if a club has 850s or 900s youre fucked.TBH i have the same sandisks and i think they are pretty shit quality, i noticed my old almost full decent sticks load quicker, it seems like it helps to get better keys.Havnt really noticed any slowing and i use my usbs alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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