New Serato Control Vinyl

[farhanashraf]

^ i luv them!

[GrimFandango]

Ballin'

[JesC]

i got the fools gold, im wondering if they have the updated timecode?

[GrimFandango]

Yeah, I ordered mine as well last week.
My guess is probably not =[

Dammit, glow in the dark ones are sold out! NUUUU!

[farhanashraf]

i got the fools gold, im wondering if they have the updated timecode?

no they dont. the ones that came out in 2012 namm (the new black, dark purple and the GIDs) have the new signal.

i think from this point on, any control vinyl that comes out will have the new signal...

[herlsy]

I'm not sure if all future versions will have the stronger signal. Why would they market it as performance vinyl vs version 3? I'll buy a ton of cv02, still tight!

[JesC]

damn it! i want the glow in the dark ones, Im gonna hit up D-Styles or the Stokyo guys, I have some pix from NAMM that I need to upload with them cats.

[icb]

I'm not sure if all future versions will have the stronger signal. Why would they market it as performance vinyl vs version 3? I'll buy a ton of cv02, still tight!

Ye, I couldn't find anywhere official explanation how is it better then cv02. But I got 4 cv02 vinyls still, so I hope they will be suporting it for a long time to come, unlike NI with their new vinyls (who buys latest traktor will get mk2 vinyls and can't use old ones).

[Konix]

The new performance vinyl are actually called "CV02.5." It's the same noisemap signal, just that it's +6dB higher pressed on the vinyl, hence it's a louder signal and therefore tracking/scratching should be better. They also used higher quality plastic/pvc for the vinyl.

Serato wouldn't pull anything like NI. NI was technically licensing their "old" timecode signal from N2IT (the original patent holders of Final Scratch). I'm sure they didn't feel like paying licensing fees anymore, so they probably said F it and made their own timecode signal finally, which is their "new" MK2 vinyl/signal.

Serato on the other hand own and made their noisemap signal from the beginning and still tote it as far superior to "timecode." The new performance series vinyl is still the same noisemap signal, it's just louder, that's all really. The regular CV02 of course will still continue work.

[fullenglishpint]

The traktor timecode licensing problem has plagued them for years and has driven up prices of scratch licences since they had to pay a fee to N2IT for every single one, I think the new vinyl was a good decision for both NI and their customers.

On the serato front, I don't think anyone wa screaming out for a better signal (correct me if I'm wrong) but improvements are always welcome whether they're needed or not lol.