AARGH !!! What is causing my timecode to flip out !?
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    Default AARGH !!! What is causing my timecode to flip out !?

    So I have been having timecode issues since the last days of 2012.

    First I bought new needles. (Got Shure M44-7s now)
    Got 1210 recalibration, cleaning, tone arm tightening, new cables, new RCAs.
    I clean my timecode vinyl with a piece of cloth before each set, and today I even cleaned my Shures with those little brushes that come with ortofons. I have dust covers for my technics.
    I did a full tonearm calibration (height, weight and anti-skate) not too long ago and I do it about once a month, just to be safe.
    These issues also appear when using my older Ortofon Concorde pros.
    Also changing mixer channels (Scratch-certified Korg Zero 4) seems to have no effect.

    I was 40 mins into a deep house set, not even halfway by far and traktor is freaking out, have a listen to the last 5 minutes or so:


    What the hell is going on and how do I prevent it from happening again?
    I sick and tired of this fucking up my mixes.
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    If everything is fine for 40 mins, and then you start having problems, its probably not the decks that are the problem.

    Could be a problem with your laptop? Maybe it's getting hot and performance is suffering?
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    Damn, soundcloud won't let me upload because of copyright infringement. Currently uploading to zippyshare, because it also has a player.

    I have a macbook pro (early 2011) it does get hot, but never had any heat related problems. I could try elevating it.

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    Listen to the end (it's the last 10 minutes of the mix)
    http://www34.zippyshare.com/v/62417384/file.html
    Issues start around 6:20 minutes in.

    Probably gonna go down this route:
    http://www.djtechtools.com/2011/05/2...laptop-stands/

    But what if heat isn't the problem ?

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    If it's not heat then I don't know... As long as the pvc pipes don't block your fans, that stand will be fine. No reason NOT to stick the coolballs on as well, though (for 99p!).

    I don't use Traktor (right now - but maybe soon...) so I don't know if there is any kind of issue with using .mp3's like there is with Live... Decoding cache? Loading into RAM?
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    If you haven't I'd strongly recommend you open a support ticket with NI about this.

    When the music starts going crazy what does the timecode signal look like? Checking the timecode graphs will tell you whether it is a timecode reading problem (your timecode graph starts looking bad) or a sound decoding problem (your timecode graph looks fine).

    Have you tried the recent beta with the new timecode algorithm? Mk 1 vs. Mk. 2 timecode? What does Traktor's load indicator and your cpu usage look like when it goes crazy? Have you tried a different soundcard? What are specs of the laptop?

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    What is your latency set at? What do you have turned off in the background (screen saver, wifi, services, bluetooth ect.) what otyer programs are you running ( audacity, itunes, winamp).
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    Run SMCfancontrol at 5000 RPM just to be sure your macbook stays cool.
    Tell us a little about your set-up in the digital area.
    What sample rate and buffer size are you using? Are the timecodes MK1 or MK2?
    Is your TSP legit or not? What version are you running?
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    Quote Originally Posted by frequencym View Post
    If you haven't I'd strongly recommend you open a support ticket with NI about this.

    When the music starts going crazy what does the timecode signal look like? Checking the timecode graphs will tell you whether it is a timecode reading problem (your timecode graph starts looking bad) or a sound decoding problem (your timecode graph looks fine).

    Have you tried the recent beta with the new timecode algorithm? Mk 1 vs. Mk. 2 timecode? What does Traktor's load indicator and your cpu usage look like when it goes crazy? Have you tried a different soundcard? What are specs of the laptop?
    Timecode signal is fucking terrible, when it happens, just fucking drops to zero pretty much.
    Mk. 2 timecode
    Will look at cpu next time it happens.
    I don't have an other external soundcard.

    13" Macbook Pro (early 2011) 2.3 GHz intel core i5, 4 GB of RAM
    but when I run traktor no crazy other things are open, sometimes itunes and google chrome.
    Oh I do run audacity to record tho.

    EDIT AUDACITY QUESTION:
    When you record with audacity is it writing a file on your harddrive, or is the project file being saved with temporary memory ?
    Do hard drives struggle with reading (such as playing a song in traktor) and writing at the same time?
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