Novation Dicer Issue with SL3

[Wonderboy]

Hi Guys, anyone else using Dicers with SL3? I bought a pair to go with my Serato but I cannot get them to work or respond at all. I've tried everything, plugged them in, fired up Serato and they light up but absolutely nothing happens when I press the dice. The only thing I can do is scroll through the 3 different modes.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Wb.

[durtyjerzy609]

they are natively mapped to ssl, are you saying you cant set cue points either? and youve tried the loop roll, and loop function as well with a track playing? are you plugging them in before or after you start ssl

[Wonderboy]

Hi, thanks for the quick reply. I can set cue points manually within scratch but i haven't tried to set them using the dicers. I plugged them in before I started ssl and neither looping or loop roll work either!

[djlotus]

Sounds like a bad connection and your comp isn't recognizing them. Not too uncommon. Try wiggling the plug at the Dicer around. You may need a new one.

[durtyjerzy609]

i always plug my dicers in after i start serato, im not sure if that matters but always safe than sorry

[Cook]

Try setting some cue points with the dicers (red), if that works then the dicers ARE responding, you just have to analyze your tracks for loop roll and looping

[durtyjerzy609]

i completely forgot about that, if you havent analyzed ur files, then the loop and loop roll function wont work

[Wonderboy]

Thanks for the advice guys! I've tried everything. Plugged them in before & after I start SL3 etc . The dicer pads only seem to half light up. Certainly not as bright as I've seen in videos etc. I have a gig tonight so I will try again one last time then if it doesn't work I'll contact the supplier about a refund.

Ps files are all correctly analyzed.

Cheers, Mark.

[Bassline Brine]

Yeah, I can honestly say I've never run into that issue with my dicers. It sounds like the software isn't recognizing the hardware correctly, meaning it's most likely some form of a connection issue.

Are you plugging them into a USB hub perchance? That might cause issue, I don't know.

[Wonderboy]

Thanks for the advice fellas. I played about a bit more on Saturday night and got them to work. I'm using Serato with CDJ's in Absolute Mode and it seems the dicers won't work unless I switch to Relative. Is this the way it should be? I just think that ABS mode is much better for cueing the start of a track on the CDJ.

Regards, Mark.