I like to prepare my sets in Rekordbox. It's much easier than doing in on the decks. I can listen to songs quickly, compare them to each other, set hot-cues, etc, much faster. When I get the set all together I eventually play it in the studio on the MK2's and record it.
But before heading to the studio, I do mix the set at least one time in Rekordbox. The mixes in RB are tighter than shit. Once the bass kicks are on top of each other, they don't come apart.
But on the MK2's they drift. I have the decks in vinyl mode, but I'm not using sync. Why bother? The BPM is on display. If one deck is at 124.6, just set the other one to 124.6.
So you'd figure that if both decks are at 124.6, that they wouldn't drift. But they do. I'm always having to babysit the pitch control or nudge the jog wheel. Sometimes it over-corrects. Tired of that shit.
Why is it that Pioneer can't get it together? How is it that in RB the mixes stick together like magnets, but on their $1100 decks they come apart?
I was wondering if it's related to MP3 format. Perhaps during the encoding process from WAV to MP3 the track somehow loses a little bit of its dedication to the BPM. But if that's the case, then why isn't that happening in RB? I'm tempted to buy a bunch of my tracks in WAV and compare the mixes to MP3, but I have a feeling it won't be any different.
Anyone got a way to deal with this that doesn't involve using sync? I don't like using sync not only because it kinda feels like cheating but sync is not tight enough sometimes. They still need a little adjustment.
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