copying NI TC Cds to usb?

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copying NI TC Cds to usb?

Can i copy my Timecode CDs to USB and play them off of my players?

one of my CD player’s lense isn’t working (or so i am inclined to believe)

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i dont see why not.

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Yes, you can rip them to WAV or MP3 and they’ll work fine.

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Pretty sure you can just download the MP3 off their site can’t you?

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Not anymore

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I’m confused as to why? If you are going to use usbs, why not just put your tunes on the usbs and spinning from them?

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because my tunes are all organized, marked, gridded and ready to go in TSP2

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Makes sense.

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and… i believe one of my laser’s on my CD player is broken since im getting a disc error.

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What kind of CDJ’s are you using?

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Traktor CD timecodes are not recommended since TP 2.1 (not sure the exact version) because of slow response from the timecode and BPM or Temp-bend problems. (still able to mix with ear though).
if you are using Pioneer CDJ or other USB compatible CD players, you can just hook up with USB directly to the laptop (need driver installation and import CDJ midi setting), in this method, you don’t need to CD timecodes.

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where did you get that info. kinda weird that they still ship all NI soundcards with timecode cd’s.

also white traktor vinyl is the only way to go… i saw it in your sig… :slight_smile:

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I don’t remember but I think there were many complains on NI forum but NI could not fix it until now.
and then I found the solution on Pioneer DJ support(smarter than the original manufacture?!)

:slight_smile:

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  1. i have Reloop RMP-3a’s
  2. Traktor Timecode Cd mk2 are the timoecode CDs i have, and they aren’t that bad

i don’t like using my cd players in midi mode, and i don’t like pioneer players. If anything i will probably sell off my Cd players soon and keep two X1’s

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So i used WMP, ripped them in .WAV, and put them on my USB’s along with the rest of my music.
Best decision ever

Traktor receives the timecode just fine, and it works as well as my controllers.

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I see, sounds like all the Pioneer CDJ have problem with timecode.

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There are no CD players that have problems with timecode. They all work the same.

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are you using Traktor with “timecode CD”? or straight USB to your laptop?
NI couldnt fix it.
check the link below.

Pioneer’s solution was connect USB straight to the laptop without Timecode CD.

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I don’t use timecode for mixing that often, but when I have it has worked as expected.

Connecting via USB is not a “solution” to timecode problems, it is just an alternative method of control. If you’re talking about using 850s in Traktor that involves basic MIDI which some people find worse than timecode. HID on the other hand works much better.

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No, just in formal basic way to use CD timecode with CDJ(at least my 850 and other on NI forum and here) won’t display BPM correctly and Tempobend isn’t instantly updated (about 3 seconds lag). I don’t know about other CDJs. it isn’t that every CDJs working flawlessly.

and I don’t know about your meaning of HID, but I thought using USB cable is HID.

EDIT: anyways, I like how it works with via USB, everythings are instant response even faster than Timecodes also I can modify all those buttons on 850 customized. also please try timecode CD on TSP2.6 if you haven’t tried from later version of 2.1.3 which the bug started from.