skipping when using keyboard

rickdjkj · May 12, 2012, 09:10:40 PM

while dj'in last night whenever I typed on keyboard the music would skip,I hooked it up today using just computer speakers and can't get it to skip...hmmmm. any suggestions?

Darryl · May 12, 2012, 10:13:36 PM

Are you using the same sound device in both situations?

rickdjkj · May 12, 2012, 10:23:12 PM

yes,I am using M audio 192

milky · May 12, 2012, 11:08:51 PM

More information on your PC specs would help. The M-Audio card is vary efficient, so there must have been some other background process sucking performance. Wifi? Online activities?

rickdjkj · May 13, 2012, 11:50:45 AM

amd, 3.00 ghz, 2gb ram, nivida gee force 6200 le,usb wireless wifi,usb keyboard & mouse,running on windows xp sp3...also ran into another problem,while transfering music into ots it froze completely and had to shut down using power button

Jigger · May 13, 2012, 07:49:23 PM

Try switching off the wifi.

rickdjkj · May 13, 2012, 08:57:41 PM

ok,I will try that(pull out the usb wfi)and see what happens,next gig in two weeks,thanks for the reply

mel garland · May 14, 2012, 03:34:24 PM

You are going to wait 2 weeks, until your next gig, to sort the problem out?

JAylmer · May 14, 2012, 04:23:14 PM

Nice comment, Mel

Perhaps the competition has installed a software keyboard logger on Rick's laptop?

rickdjkj · May 14, 2012, 09:05:09 PM

I have been playing at a local bar for 6 years and they know what I'm going through so if I have a minor glitch such as skippimg while I type,they know I will eventually figure it out.If I were doing a wedding or some other party soon,I would set up in my garage and figure it out.Right now just want suggestions on solving the problem,not a big deal at the bar.Thanks for the help

milky · May 14, 2012, 09:34:35 PM

If you have USB keyboard and mouse AND USB wifi, maybe one of these is flooding the USB bus. Can you try going back to a wired KB and mouse, and drop out the wifi. If that works, add back the devices one at a time.

rickdjkj · May 14, 2012, 11:00:58 PM

thanks for the suggestion,I will try that.My keyboard and mouse run on a usb,which are both wireless,runs off a small usb device.That could be the problem,thanks Milky

JAylmer · May 14, 2012, 11:51:57 PM

The software keyboard logging bug I mentioned is a serious suggestion.

Sometimes they have no symptoms and with others you will notice your rate of mistyping increase for no apparent reason especially with double letters. eg if you typed in "misspell" it may display as "mispel" sometimes or misspel etc. If you slow your typing down then the error rate improves. Perhaps you have noticed these symptoms.

The point is it loads the system on each keypress as it logs & analyses each keypress. Once a day it tries to email the list of keypresses back to "galactic headquarters".

I have detected and removed keyboard loggers on my machine twice now. In one instance it happened after a couple of "trustworthy" business acquaintances visited and I was distracted. I do remember from a distance seeing a CD being loaded and wondered why. Another case I have no idea how it was installed but probably by visiting a web site etc.

Anti-virus programs don't detect keyboard loggers. I use Malwarebytes in addition to an antivirus, but there are others that are effective now as well.

Its a 90% chance that its the wifi or a driver, but other things are worth a mention.

powerjam · July 28, 2012, 07:25:27 PM

You probably got this sorted out, but I noticed on older systems sometimes if you have a huge music library and you choose the search option to display more than the first 100 matches, then you may get a stutter while it searches...especially if playing high bitrate video at the same time... just my 2 cents.