Starting song Drifts & Stutters when starting in silent part of previous song

Hi,

When I start a new track while the previous one is still playing, particularly in its silent end section, significant stuttering occurs as the new track begins. This creates an unpleasant sound experience, especially when the volume is up during a live performance.

Video Details:

  • In my video example, you can ALSO see that the previous track does not reset to the beginning or stop automatically once it reaches the end. Instead, it remains in “play” mode even though the audio has already finished for several seconds. I am unsure why this occurred since the track usually stops, resets, and returns to the beginning, but in this instance, it did not.
  • As a result, the stuttering effect continues until I manually stop the previous track (or switch the crossfader if I’m using it).
  • This issue with tracks not ending correctly recurs unpredictably.
  • It also appears that the stuttering and drifting worsen in the silent end section of a track. Notably, it’s not only the beginning that stutters, but there are multiple corrections as it attempts to adjust itself.

Additional Observation:

  • I also discovered that this issue can be replicated by manually scrolling the playhead beyond the end of a track and pressing play again. The track remains in playback mode even after reaching the end of the audio, causing continuous stuttering when a new track is loaded.

Could you please investigate this issue? A reliable start and stop function is essential for smooth performances.

Thanks!

Thanks for looking into it.

Device: MacBook Pro (16", 2019)
Operating system: Apple Os / Sanoma 14.6.1.
Djay version: Djay Pro 5.2.5
Hardware/controllers used: Reloop Mixon Pro 8

Hi @DJ_Big_Blender, thanks for the videos and details about this issue. Can you please also upload these 2 tracks to your Google Drive/Dropbox, enable sharing permissions, then share a link to the files in a DM to me? Thanks!

Hi,

Thanks for your reply on this one. While I believe the issue would occur with any set of tracks, I just sended the Dropbox link to your DM with the two tracks I used in my example.

You’re welcome @DJ_Big_Blender. I received the songs and have shared everything with engineering.

Hi @DJ_Big_Blender, our engineering team was not able to reproduce this issue.

  1. Can you please confirm if your Reloop Mixon 8 Pro is connected when you experience this issue?
  2. If so, does the issue still occur without the controller connected?
  3. Can you try to provide the exact steps required to reproduce the issue on Deck 1?

Thanks!

Hi,
Yes i can do that:

  1. No, Reloop is not connected. Nothing was connected. All is done on the MacBook
  2. Nothing special there. Just loading these track and playing a bit with.

Now trying to replicate, but issue does show this time.

Thanks for the additional info @DJ_Big_Blender