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    Hi All

    Having spent weeks searching for and further developing a midi map that works for me, I'm using a VCI 100, Kontrol 1 and Traktor Pro 1.1.2. A really annoying/dangerous problem happens everynow and again. The left hand deck freezes, the phase meters go wild, the play button show it is on, but the track isn't moving. I only seem to get this with the midi map that I like to use. To restart it, I have to shut down and reload, not good when playing live! Any suggestions gratefully recieved!:eek:

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    Is it possible that it senses a "tap" on that platter (check the color of the platter's LED light) and you're in scratch mode?

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    Cool I will check it out. If it is that how do I fix it?

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    Does the jog wheel switch to red when this happens?
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    If the above is the case, you can try lowering the sensitivity on the back of the unit. It's labeled "touch sensor level" and can be adjusted separately for each jog wheel.

    Edit: Is the Kontrol 1 the Dj-Tech one? Did you map some sort of scratching maybe there and hit it by accident?

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    Some tsi files have a bug where if the jog gets nudged while the deck is paused, the track appears to not respond to the jog when playback is resumed. If that's the case, see if the tsi has "jog scratch + tempo bend" commands on the jogs. If so, you might try deleting them, just make sure you still have "tempo bend" applied to the outside of the jogs. I've seen that command do weird things before.

    Does playback resume if you actually touch the top of the jogs and spin them a little?
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    Thanks for the advice guys will try later today and will keep my fingers crossed.

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    Zac You are a genius! Touching the top of the jog and spinning it does indeed get the thing working again. I will look at the jog scratch + tempo bend and deleting it in a while. As I have a gig tonight your advice has come in very handy!!!

    Any advice on how to get the sync lights to come on ie green when set to Toggle, or should they be set to hold?

    Many thanks

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    Hmm. They should come on for either/both toggle or hold, as long as there's a command in the tsi, "output" mapped to the same note number as the button. (Except in a few cases where the vci-100 receives a different note number for the led than what's sent by the button - the preview button is a good example). Good luck!
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    Oi!

    I saw a similar issue the other night while jamming with the VCI-100 on my lap.
    I figured it had to be the touch sensitive Jog.

    Thanks for confirming.

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