PDA

View Full Version : Do I need to replace my pitch fader? (Technics 1200 MK2)



djnickhustle
03-10-2012, 09:13 PM
Ok...So I recently got a set of technics 1200s (3rd pair)

Had them calibrated and the guy told me that one of the decks "pitch fader" was bad, but he was able to salvage it...


From time to time now I start experiencing this........

Im in the middle of a mix and right when im messing with the pitch fader to beat match, sometimes the BPM starts bouncing/jumping without me doing nothing..
For example, I set it on 89.0 and i can see on serato its jumping from 89 to 91 to 88 to 94 something random like that..Also I can hear the records tempo going fast then slow, fast and slow....

Thought it was my platter at first, but it is not...

What I also noticed is when I move the fader all the way up then all the way down..and then spray it inside with Dust off "Air in a can" it seems to go back to normal... Sometimes i experience this...sometimes I dont..

does my pitch fader need to be replaced?

g-sep
03-11-2012, 10:35 AM
Yup, replace that pitch fader. Mine did the same thing a few months ago.

Rek_Aviles
03-11-2012, 10:44 AM
Need to do the same. Keep procrastinating. :freak: