Technics/timecode questions

[mostapha]

lol…that's a really funny phrase.

[bumtsch]

Yeah, I wasn't quite sure how to parse it properly :P

[Nicadraus]

lol…that's a really funny phrase.

Yeah, I wasn't quite sure how to parse it properly :P

Squash your balls in half.

How's that?

[KryticalH!T]

About to purchase a set of Technic 1200 MK2's and I have a few more questions. I have a Denon Mc6000 which can also be used as an external mixer. I'm also going to have a Traktor Audio 4 soundcard. Is there a way to set up the timecode so that i can still scroll through my songs, trigger cue points, and basically send midi like normal, but use the controller as a mixer for the Turntables? What kind of cable setup would i be looking at if that's possible?

[Ryan Leo]

I put drop in led kits in anyway so there isn't much of a difference between the M3D and MK5.

What purpose does the LED on the turntable serve? Just looks or is it to notice which table is moving faster more easily when side by side?

[bmwnutfrombirth]

About to purchase a set of Technic 1200 MK2's and I have a few more questions. I have a Denon Mc6000 which can also be used as an external mixer. I'm also going to have a Traktor Audio 4 soundcard. Is there a way to set up the timecode so that i can still scroll through my songs, trigger cue points, and basically send midi like normal, but use the controller as a mixer for the Turntables? What kind of cable setup would i be looking at if that's possible?

No extra cables at all. Plug the 1200s into your audio 4 inputs. Set Traktor's mixing mode to "Internal". Set the deck modes to "Vinyl Control" and away you go. In this setup, your cueing and master outputs would come from the Audio 4, and you would only use the MC-6000 for a USB midi controller. I do this with a VCI-100 instead of an MC-6000 and it works splendidly. I always say my VCI is really a mixer with an X1 built in.

[mostapha]

What purpose does the LED on the turntable serve? Just looks or is it to notice which table is moving faster more easily when side by side?

There are 2 lights.

The one next to the power knob flashes at a specific speed that makes the dots on the side of the plater appear to be still at specific speeds…which you can use to calibrate the pitch fader. That's also what that 0, +3, -3, +6 thing is on the side…it tells you which dots should be still at which speeds. (or whatever they actually say…they're there so people don't have to remember)

The more important one is the popup light, which shines a hard cross light at the grooves on the record and lets you read the grooves in the dark.

Yeah…those awesome waveforms that Traktor has………vinyl gives almost as much information just based on the nature of the medium. An LED target light is brighter, more directional, and prettier than then normal, crappy tungsten bulbs that came in the originals.

Oh, well 3. The pitch reset light doesn't count. It's mostly used to tell whether not a DJ is cheating.

[KryticalH!T]

No extra cables at all. Plug the 1200s into your audio 4 inputs. Set Traktor's mixing mode to "Internal". Set the deck modes to "Vinyl Control" and away you go. In this setup, your cueing and master outputs would come from the Audio 4, and you would only use the MC-6000 for a USB midi controller. I do this with a VCI-100 instead of an MC-6000 and it works splendidly. I always say my VCI is really a mixer with an X1 built in.

So I don't plug anything into my MC6000? I thought i would've had to plug the turntables into the controller, and the audio 4 into the controller with the denon then plugged into my comp. Also, I only have 2 usb 2.0 ports...am I gunna need a usb hub of any sort?

[bmwnutfrombirth]

It all depends on how you want to wire your output matrix, and whether or not you want to mix internally; forgive me, as I forgot your MC-6000 can also be an actual audio mixer, so there is two potential scenarios:


OPTION ONE:
Set Traktor to INTERNAL mode, your audio 4 as follows:
Channel A Input:Turntable one
Channel B Input: Turntable two

Channel A output: Master output

Channel B output: Headphone (Cuing) output

OPTION TWO
Set Traktor to EXTERNAL mode, and wire your audio 4 as follows:
Channel A Input:Turntable one
Channel B Input: Turntable two

Channel A Output: Turntable one
Channel B Output: Turntable two

Set your MC6000 to audio input mode (or mixer mode, or whatever it's called).
Run Channel A into line one, channel B into line two.
That should do it.

[KryticalH!T]

It all depends on how you want to wire your output matrix, and whether or not you want to mix internally; forgive me, as I forgot your MC-6000 can also be an actual audio mixer, so there is two potential scenarios:


OPTION ONE:
Set Traktor to INTERNAL mode, your audio 4 as follows:
Channel A Input:Turntable one
Channel B Input: Turntable two

Channel A output: Master output

Channel B output: Headphone (Cuing) output

OPTION TWO
Set Traktor to EXTERNAL mode, and wire your audio 4 as follows:
Channel A Input:Turntable one
Channel B Input: Turntable two

Channel A Output: Turntable one
Channel B Output: Turntable two

Set your MC6000 to audio input mode (or mixer mode, or whatever it's called).
Run Channel A into line one, channel B into line two.
That should do it.

Seems like option one would be the most logical way to do things, yeah? Is there any advantage to mixing externally with my controller?