Scratch Upgrade - Noob to Turntables Question?

DJ Software & Apps Traktor
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Scratch Upgrade - Noob to Turntables Question?

So I picked up a Technics 1200 on ebay and I am really happy with the purchase. The unit looks and seems to work great. I just have one for now and I am planning on setting up a deck toggle button to switch between decks C and D for timecode and have decks A and B for use on my S4.

I am having some issues though… not really sure if it is a big deal or not. But when playing a track on my TT the BPM jumps sparatically up and down ± 0.1 to 0.3% for every track I play. Although the track does not sound any different then it should. I was wondering maby if it was me balancing the tone arm incorrectly or if it is some setting within the software I can change. To me it seems that the tone arm might be OK. I followed some youtube videos on proper technique but I could be wrong.

Also my traktor control vinyls that came with the upgrade seem to have slight bends in them. when looking at the spinning platter at eye level it is noticable. I was wondering if this is not too out of the ordinary or if it could be causing me problems. Since both vinyls with the scratch upgrade have slight bends I ruled that out originally. IMO they should not have any bends tho when paying for such a product.

I am also waiting on my slipmat to arrive in the mail and as of now I am using a piece of plastic. It will due for now..I don’t think this would cause bpm variations…its only paper thin and seems to work generally well.

I am a complete noob to TT’s so any help would be appreciated.

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Bump

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sounds like you have an old model, this sounds like the problem with the shifting pitch that was i think corrected from mk 3 upwards

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I really hope thats not the case… It’s pretty much just totally annoying to look at and not to mention difficult to beat match.

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I looked online and the native instruments forum, did not manage to see any sort of problem which you mentioned?

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The piece of plastic you’re using might be TOO slippery. It’s possible. Otherwise, try using Traktor’s “stable BPM” deck display rather than the standard BPM one.

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I think stable deck is what you want.

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Thanks, I had a look through the manuel couldn’t see anything regarding it. I will see if I can find that setting later today when im off work

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Prefs > Decks > change the BPM display to Stable BPM in the drop down menu.

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Ya I found it works a charm, thanks. Now the only thing to do is figure out how to toggle between decks in traktor. I have an LPD 8 and it seems it can be done but the midi mapping for it is not as easy as I originally thought.