RRRanky
Hi,
I am using a Pioneer DJ DDJ-1000 and Serato Control Vinyls on Technics 1210s running through ART DJ Pre II preamps.
Suddenly, in the middle of a track, I had the issue that the track on one deck started playing reversed by itself.
Of course I had no time for further error searching in the middle of my set, I have quickly switched over to the internal deck of the DDJ.
Here is a clip of the moment when it happened in my livestream, take a look at the right deck:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dGibpu2VgAK4GPjwx1EjWBiemzc9fHey/view
What could have possibly be the reason and how to avoid this from happening again? I'm really afraid this could happen again any time.
Thanks in advance for your help.
I am using a Pioneer DJ DDJ-1000 and Serato Control Vinyls on Technics 1210s running through ART DJ Pre II preamps.
Suddenly, in the middle of a track, I had the issue that the track on one deck started playing reversed by itself.
Of course I had no time for further error searching in the middle of my set, I have quickly switched over to the internal deck of the DDJ.
Here is a clip of the moment when it happened in my livestream, take a look at the right deck:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dGibpu2VgAK4GPjwx1EjWBiemzc9fHey/view
What could have possibly be the reason and how to avoid this from happening again? I'm really afraid this could happen again any time.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Inviato Sun 13 Oct 24 @ 12:19 pm
DJ VinylTouch
Given your turntable was playing correctly in the first place, it's most likely a headshell connectivity issue or a dirty needle (it's happened to me before too, VirtualDJ seems a bit more sensitive to these things). If you go to the Timecode tab in the settings and the scopes are not what you expect then that would be the proof (e.g. the scopes are flat along one axis)
Go through the regular issue finding/correction - switch to internal mode (switch vinyl mode off) out your headshell, using like methylated spirits, clean the terminals that connect to the tonearm, clean off the stylus thoroughly (looks like you have the all-in-one cartridge + pluggable stylus so no further leads need to be checked), screw the headshell back into tonearm as tightly as possible (surprisingly it has been this for me a lot of the times), go to the Timecode tab and check to see if the scopes are normal, if so, recalibrate and you should be good.
Addition: clean everything (terminal, stylus, records, before playing.
Go through the regular issue finding/correction - switch to internal mode (switch vinyl mode off) out your headshell, using like methylated spirits, clean the terminals that connect to the tonearm, clean off the stylus thoroughly (looks like you have the all-in-one cartridge + pluggable stylus so no further leads need to be checked), screw the headshell back into tonearm as tightly as possible (surprisingly it has been this for me a lot of the times), go to the Timecode tab and check to see if the scopes are normal, if so, recalibrate and you should be good.
Addition: clean everything (terminal, stylus, records, before playing.
Inviato Sun 13 Oct 24 @ 12:55 pm