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Topic: XDJ R1 scratch problem

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(Reposted from the PC forum - hopefully more people will see it here!)

I have discovered a reproduce-able fault and I'm not sure if there is a way round it....it concerns a delay in response when scratching. Hopefully someone out there can advise me how to solve it and its not a bug!

System:
Win XP/Lenovo X200/Core 2 Duo 2.4/3gb ram
VDJ Pro 7.4 (b453) Mapping plugin for XDJ R1
Pioneer XDJ R1 Firmware 1.07 Driver 1.00 (both latest I think)

Problem:
Scratch with deck 1 in vinyl mode and all is fine until you press play on deck two. The "sync" of the scratching drifts out very quickly; the audio and waveform are synced with each other but the jog wheel is not. Both audio and wave start lagging. If you continue to scratch deck 1 but pause or stop deck 2 the problem will revert to working accurately again. This fault cannot be reproduced by reversing the test, i.e. scratching on deck 2. In this instance all is operating as expected.

There is no difference to this test if I:

1. change latency settings, making them longer/safe mode etc
2. change any other transport buttons
3. change songs playing
4. toggle master tempo

This only affects VDJ operation and not standalone operation with usb/cd

Please help! I cannot gig with this behaving as it is, and may have to dig out my CDJ350/DJM350 setup again. :-(

Keeping everything crossed that this is a settings fail on my part...........
 
Posted Fri 25 Oct 13 @ 12:10 pm
I think it has something to do with the mappings as KEY LEARN button shows different things for each deck when testing jog wheel!?!

I have been fiddling with the mappings but this problem occurred previous to that ;-)
 
After further testing I have isolated the problem! :D (well, sort of)

I cannot reproduce the problem using the XDJR1 2-deck skin.............RESULT!

I personally prefer the default VDJ skin as it has a better wave form display IMHO, but I'll still with my new skin until an update from someone is released ;-)
 

You mean this problem occurs with all skins except XDJ R1 the one?
Even a default 2 deck skin?
 
The default 2 deck doesn't work but the four deck does!
I haven't reproduced with any other skins so far, although some other skins have less smoother waveforms..
 

what doesnt work? was scratch you where referring to ?

Does this work good in 4 deck skin but not 2 deck skin? That sounds very odd.
How is it different?
 
My original post explains it as best I can. Basically, if I scratch the beat on deck 1 whilst deck 2 is playing normally, then the controller loses sync with the audio and waveform display. This only happens with the VDJ 7 2deck skin... I agree its very weird.
I initially thought it was a controller problem, but this seems to function correctly with other skins, including the VDJ 7 4deck skin.
I then thought it could be a mapping issue, but my head started to hurt thinking about it..

All is good though; minor glitch aside, I'm VERY happy with my XDJ-R1 and VDJ 7.4 Pro purchase :-D

This forum is also spot on!

One random question though; is there a way of notifying posters of replies to their posts (by email, maybe)?
 
RobGmixes wrote :
is there a way of notifying posters of replies to their posts (by email, maybe)?


See that little bell near the top of the page?
 
Hahaha! DOH! Cheers :D

By the way, just got the multi touch skin as it looks very nice (IMHO), but it has the same issues as the default VDJ7 2deck skin for me.... :(
 


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