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Topic: Pioneer DJM-S9 and two CDJ 1000MK3 turntables are drifting out of sync

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When I first start playing both tracks using the pair of CDJ 1000MK3 for timecodes with my DJM-S9, the two tracks are automatically synced, but after a while they start to drift apart. Is there a way to keep them in sync?
 
Posted Mon 30 Jan 17 @ 11:18 pm
I want to avoid using the sync button as I use my Pioneer DJM-SZ with it for EDM and want to practice my turntabilism with hip hop on this setup.
 
Perhaps a certain setting in VDJ?
 
Also, BPMs are the same for whatever two tracks I'm using.
 
if you do not want to sync then you will have to manually nudge with either platters or the pitch fader.

that's the way we all used to do it on vinyl
 
Please forgive my noob ways as I'm just starting out training in turntabilism. Would you know how to nudge using the edges of a CDJ 1000MK3? I use the pitch faders to get them to the right BPMs, but when they start to drift they need that little extra nudge.

Alternatively, if there's a setting in VDJ that keeps them locked in sync right from the get go while scratching too, that'll work.
 
Why would you practice scratching using timecodes on CDJ's when you have a DDJ-SZ ?

Other than that, nudging is as simple as spinning the platter without using pressure on top, or by touching the outer rim of the platter.
CDJ-1000MK3 has "push switches" on the top surface to detect your touch in Vinyl mode. If you touch the platter without putting pressure then the "touch" sensor doesn't get activated and you nudge the track.
Of course you can also nudge the track by moving the platter using the outer rim of the jog which doesn't have any touch sensors, and that's the preferred way to do it.

PS: CDJ-1000MK3 were the last CDJ's from Pioneer that used "push switches" to engage vinyl touch.
Since CDJ-2000 and onward Pioneer uses touch capacitive surfaces on its platters. This means that you don't need to apply any pressure to trigger the vinyl touch and that barely touching the top surface of the platter will activate the vinyl touch.
Therefore I would advise you to learn to nudge the tracks by moving the outer rim of the jog since if you ever move for CDJ-1000 to CDJ-2000 (or anything produced this decade) it will have touch capacitive platters and you will find your self scratching the song instead of nudging it.
 
Thanks! I'll give it a try. To answer your first question, I wanted to learn how to do this and the crossfader on the DDJ-SZ isn't anywhere near as good for scratching as the DJM-S9.
 
Yes, but on the other hand using timecodes on CDJ-1000 is nowhere near as good as direct platter manipulation that SZ offers :)
 


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