Trim/gain issue with Traktor and VCI-100
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    Default Trim/gain issue with Traktor and VCI-100

    I use auto-gain with Traktor and a VCI-100, but sometimes I find that the auto-gain is not entirely accurate, so I make little adjustments with the gain knobs on the VCI-100.

    However, whenever I change the position of the knob in the VCI, the gain in Traktor jumps to wherever I have moved my knob to, instead of just moving relative to wherever I move my knob. For example, if I have the VCI gain knob in the middle (+0 dB) and I load a new track with an auto-gain setting of +3 dB, if I want to increase the gain of the new track to +4 dB, it will take a noticeable dip first if I use the VCI knob. If I move the gain knob up +1 dB, the gain will jump down to +1 dB instead of increasing to +4 dB.

    Is there a way to correct this? I'm using the original firmware (1.1 I believe), and I'm going to change to DJTT's 1.3 firmware soon.
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    Use "soft takeover" on the command within the midi section. (You may find you'll want to use this option again for other functions as well).
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    This FW won't fix that. It's a big pain in the ass. Try the Relative Mode for the knob and play with the sensitivity.
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    Where is "relative mode" located?
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    Nevermind, I found it. Thanks guys! Relative mode works great.

    EDIT: I think I actually prefer soft takeover. I'll play around with the two modes.
    Last edited by cielomobile; 06-01-2009 at 04:27 PM.
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    I know this is an old post, but I'm having issues with the relative mode.

    Most of the times it works as it should, but sometimes the gain value jumps to +12dbs... is this a bug? is there anything I can do correct this?

    I'd love to not use autogain, but the levels in traktor are hard to read compared to an analog mixer.

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    try a tweak to the sensitivity/acceleration settings?

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    I know this is an old post, but I'm having issues with the relative mode.
    don't worry, important thing is you used search to find a similar thread

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