Pitch skipping, fluctuating on its own?!! HELP!

I'm not sure what this has to do with but as I'm playing tracks, the pitch will go up and down on its own. It makes the songs sound horrible, I'm wondering if its the tracks I'm playing, audio 8, multicores, quartz lock? How do I fix it or turn it off?

Thanks

I'm running TSP 2.6, control vinyl, audio 8, multicores on a macbook pro.

key lock maybe?

i'll check that and see if it makes a difference, thanks. Could there be anything else making it do this?

how much variation?

anywhere from .1 to .1.5, it's sporadic. I tried the key lock and it worked but then the track would skip.

key lock made the temp stay on beat, sounds how the track should sound, yet the track would skip around.

thats not really a huge jump ( I assume your saying 0.1 - 0.15 cause your reply is a little confusing with all the extra decimals). I assume your control vinyl is in absolute mode, hence the skipping? vinyl a little warped maybe?

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Originally Posted by manchild

thats not really a huge jump ( I assume your saying 0.1 - 0.15 cause your reply is a little confusing with all the extra decimals). I assume your control vinyl is in absolute mode, hence the skipping? vinyl a little warped maybe?

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well the vinyls are brand new, visually I don't see any warping in them, yet with another new pair I bought, the same thing was happening. Should I take it out of absolute mode?

Sorry the key/pitch is what's fluctuating. The number is well over .15, it jumps up between 1.0 and 4.0% as I just checked.

that is quite a bit. well taking it out of absolute would prob solve the problem w/ the song skipping and jumping, but the only reason why it would be doing that is if the needle is skipping I believe

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Originally Posted by manchild

that is quite a bit. well taking it out of absolute would prob solve the problem w/ the song skipping and jumping, but the only reason why it would be doing that is if the needle is skipping I believe

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checked my preferences and the absolute mode isn't active. i also thought it may be that I don't have enough pressure on my needs, or there is a lot of vibration. I bumped up my needle pressure to 3 grams (shure m447's) which is a lot.

3.0 is actually within recomended specs, and I'm gonna assume everything else is correctly set. How bout playing a regular vinyl record?

Yea if the little icon of the record without the tonearm is highlighted when your playing then you're in relative mode not absolute, which is prob what you want anyways

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Originally Posted by manchild

Yea if the little icon of the record without the tonearm is highlighted when your playing then you're in relative mode not absolute, which is prob what you want anyways

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alright, thanks

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Originally Posted by manchild

Yea if the little icon of the record without the tonearm is highlighted when your playing then you're in relative mode not absolute, which is prob what you want anyways

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http://youtu.be/yKk4218PzEU

to better show my issue!

yea thats def all over. It almost looks like its jumpin up and down on the same spot on the record, but you said you def cant notice any warping on the record and it would def be noticable. FYI in that video you are in absolute mode which if the needle skipped it would skip thru the song....just wanted to make sure you understood my explanation from before.

Yea, I put it in absolute mode after you suggested that and it was still happening. crazy man I can't figure it out, I appreciate the help though!

Not sure if this is relevant to your situation bc you are using a dvs but I've seen multiple controllers (including my own) have variations in the tempo and skip (like you're scratching or bending the pitch with the jog wheels). In my experience it was caused by the bass hitting so hard the jogs think they are being touched. If we put a piece of foam under the controller to reduce the vibrations it stopped.

Like I said earlier, I'm not sure if this is really any help since you're running vinyl (and I cant watch the vid at work).

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Originally Posted by tims4789

Not sure if this is relevant to your situation bc you are using a dvs but I've seen multiple controllers (including my own) have variations in the tempo and skip (like you're scratching or bending the pitch with the jog wheels). In my experience it was caused by the bass hitting so hard the jogs think they are being touched. If we put a piece of foam under the controller to reduce the vibrations it stopped.

Like I said earlier, I'm not sure if this is really any help since you're running vinyl (and I cant watch the vid at work).

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I didn't think of that. I'll have to check that

i had this problem yesterday when i did the new traktor update. after hours of messing around i found my decks were set to 10m (if you click on the spinning record it will flip to another view) were it says mk2 vinyl blah and 10m in brackets but prior to the update if said 15m so i did a cheeky set up wizard and then it set it back to 15m n works as it was

mayby give this a try

Change the key lock setting under preferences to 'scratch'.

Alternatively, set the loaded track info to give you a 'stable bpm' read out.

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Originally Posted by OmniRoss

Change the key lock setting under preferences to 'scratch'.

Alternatively, set the loaded track info to give you a 'stable bpm' read out.

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how do I set the loaded track info to give me a stable bpm? Thanks

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Originally Posted by djlukewathey

i had this problem yesterday when i did the new traktor update. after hours of messing around i found my decks were set to 10m (if you click on the spinning record it will flip to another view) were it says mk2 vinyl blah and 10m in brackets but prior to the update if said 15m so i did a cheeky set up wizard and then it set it back to 15m n works as it was

mayby give this a try

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I've noticed that same switch, I keep an eye on that, I did run the wizard again and it seems to be fine now.

Still having the same issue.. anymore suggestions?