I DJ'd at a big pool party the other day & it was quite an important gig. Lots of peeps watching. I used Pioneer 1000's with timecode. I kept getting the phase meters (or what ever they're called... the meters above the wave form on each deck that tell you how out of sync you are) jumping all over the place. I had to keep hitting sync on my controller to keep it bang on, but they'd keep jumping, not drifting, out of time. Another DJ had timecode CD's he downloaded & when I tried them it seemed to sort the problem out. I know NI did a timecode CD update which I have now downloaded, but I want to confirm that was the issue and not just coincidence that the problem didnt happen again after using his CD's. Does anyone know what the update sorted out?
I also DJ'd in a big club the other night and had a calibration failure, again with CDJ's. I can't remember the reason but Im pretty sure it said 'medium unknown'. With like nearly 2000 people in front me I couldn't start messing around fault finding so I just had to go fully internal. I was definitely 100% on CD mode in the timecode set-up. All I can think is that the CDJ cables had something to do with it. They weren't you're usual red & white phono leads, they were the metal kind that are a bit longer on the grip part so might not have fit snuggly due to the extra weight (maybe). I know it's a case of fault finding. But someone might be able to shed light on the matter as to whether the CD's had something to do with it. Like is this a known fault?
Anyway, any help appreciated.
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