Was looking some expertise on an issue I have with my rekordbox control vinyl.
I have a DDJ-RZ with a reloop RP-7000 TT. Cartridge I’m using is Ortofon Pro S.
Everything on TT is calibrated correctly. I’ve calibrated the DVS scope but the circles still look a little distorted. Although playback and audio is fine.
But the issue I’m getting is that the BPM is fluctuating on its own randomly about +1/-1 BPM whenever the vinyl is being played.
Its impossible to beat match as the song is slightly going slower and faster all the time.
Would anyone know what’s causing this?
Tracking issuse? Or dodgy stylus maybe?
Or the cartridge im using?
I’ve raised the issue at pioneer and seems a few people have had this issue, although pioneer don’t seem quick with an answer.
Ahh right okay. I have it set to 2.2Ms.
I have a macbook pro i7. There’s no CPU issues at all but I’ll give it a try above 11ms in a minute.
So did you have the same problem?
I will be honest man. Pioneer hasn’t put any effort into the DVS portion of rekordbox DJ. I don’t see stability ever coming out of the software in relation to timecode. Pioneer has always made it’s money on CDJ and Mixers, and that will always be the company’s focus.
Is there any update on this? I’m having the same issues. Sometimes it works fine sometimes the dvs is all over the place! I didn’t think this would be an issue, traktor timecode is streets ahead.
I’ve got my latency at about 5 and I’ve set sync to BPM not beat (BPM works much better than beat)
I’ve got it working better. Every song was all over the place last night. With the tweaks tonight I managed to have a good mix for about 15 mins then it started drifting, then the last couple of songs were back to being in time. Some songs would start fine then in the last quarter would just start getting faster? Really annoying.
Pioneer support sucks, I wish I would’ve researched more before I bought it now.
Windows 10, intel I5 2.20, 8gb
RBDJ 5.1.1
RBDJ TCV
x2 1210, DJM450 and DDJXP1
Audio selected DJM-450 ASIO
Timecode calibrated but will try it again
Yesterday. I turned sync off and tried to use them just using the pitch on the TT. I got both records in time. looked at the screen bpm was both saying 120.9.
The cued record then sounded a touch slower, I chased the slower beat down around -3 on the TT pitch before it settled again and was in time. Checked screen, both running at 120.9 again. After about 30 seconds of both records being in time the cued record was suddenly much slower and that deck was now reading 117.4?
Considering that I haven’t seen these issues mentioned many other places, I’m thinking there’s something weird going on.
What cartridges are you using and how are they set up? Have you tried replacing them? Also, what happens if you just leave the TT at 0% pitch? Do the dots stay stationary for the whole length of the control signal?
They are ortophon pro s, about 6 months old. I’d say I’m not a heavy user, once a week max. I have a record collection and there is no issues mixing normal vinyl or traktor timecode. I will re calibrate and try again this afternoon.
If they’re headshell mounted, and you either mounted them offset to emulate a straight arm or did it wrong, I feel like the distortion from tracking error might be able to cause this kind of problem…and those distortions are subtle enough that you might not notice it playing real vinyl.
Concorde, I think they were a pair already made up in a metal box.
I’ve calibrated again and it’s been much better. Only once the mix was running about 128bpm and one of the songs jumped to 123bpm. When this happened I looked at the screen and 128 was
on the master and the cue had jumped to 123, sync was still flashing so should have been in time.
I switched sync off for a bit and managed to have a decent go without much issue. I’d like to use sync sometimes though just to give me time to play on the xp1.
What settings do you use in the dvs tab and also what sync do you use (beat or BPM)?
When you have sync selected do your songs run in perfect time? Mine drift out slightly.
If your songs drift out of time with sync selected how do you get them back in time? When I try to get them back in time using the turntable I really have to fight to get it back. Sometimes it just ends up a mess like galloping horses (I can mix vinyl fine)
