Reloop RP800 Mk2 + Ortofon Concorde MKii Scratch sartridge + Numark Scratch + Serato control Vinyl Serato 2.4.3
I've never messed with a DVS setup, but it should be easy enough to get up and working. After I had issues I did watch a few tutorials and read some articles. Here's what I've done
Simple setup, just the 1 turntable and mixer. First I balanced the tonearm for the cartridge, since I was having horrible sound issues, I did it 2 more times to make sure it was right. I also unscrewed the Ortofon just to make sure it was connected well. When the mixer's in line /phone mode, the timecode tone sounds good. I set it to PC and went into Serato and hit estimate under audio settings and the best I could get it sounded awful. The scope showed a flat horizontal line. Which Serato says
The right channel signal is missing. If using CDJs, ensure that the RCA cables are properly connected. If using Turntables, ensure the cables are properly connected, the wires from the cartridge to the headshell are connected and that the headshell connectors are clean and it is screwed in tightly.
Not saying it couldn't be a bad cable, but it's brand new from the box. I don't have another with a ground wire, so I hooked up the one regular RCA cable I have and it was the same. When I try line mode, it sounds slightly better (but still awful) and plays the audio like it's being pitched up or something. Since I've never set up a DVS before I don't know 100%. But seeing how in line/phono mode the tone sounds normal, I'm thinking the problem's with my PC, but since I don't know enough to troubleshoot properly maybe it is a hardware thing. Here's my setup
i5 3570k, 8gb ddr3, SSD, Windows 10. To eliminate it being a software or something else in my Windows install. I have a spare SSD with a clean install of Windows 10 and nothing else. I booted to it and it still sounded bad.
I've tried 2 different USB cables and 2 different ports (a 2.0 and a 3.0) Everything was new out straight out the box. I even tried the 2nd timecode vinyl to make sure it wasn't a bad record, no improvement. IF a piece of hardware's bad and I need to replace it I don't know even know where to start to figure that out. I'm hoping someone on here can follow what my problem is and has an idea for me. I did email Serato support, but even when they're quick to respond, it can still take a long time if I gotta go back and forth with them. I'm kinda broke after buying this new shit, but if anyone here would be willing to do a 10-15 minute Skype call or something and try to troubleshoot it with me I could float a bit of money for the help.
I'm going to hit the Goodwill tomorrow to see if they have any actual records, then I could know for sure if the turntable or cartridge are the problem.
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