I have a few questions about time coded vinyl I think a few of you will know.

1) Can you use any brand of time coded vinyl (tcv) with any program? i.e. could you use a traktor tcv with serato, or vdj? For example: A Rene vinyl, running VDJ being split with the traktor hardware? Or do they all have to be the same manufacture?

2) Do you need a pretty much otherwise crap free computer to run your chosen program smoothly?

3) Is the BPM monitor in the programs that run the vinyl as reliable(or unreliable if you're using ripped mp3s) as the ones on CDJs?

4) Has anyone had any experience with cracked software, good or bad?

Thanks in advance

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I think the timecode is specific to the brand.

Having less stuff operating on your computer can only help, but you can adjust buffering (in serato) to compensate.

BPM monitoring is fairly good, but probably relates to the bpm it analysed at first, calculating the change based on the pitch. Don't notice wild differences between what is shown in serato and the bpm count on my pioneer 600.

serato software is free, so why bother? it's the hardware you buy.

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1) I think in most cases you can't mix and match the different companies timecode vinyl.
2) What do you mean by "pretty much otherwise crap" you need a computer that matches or beats the minimum specs quoted by the manufacturer. I run serato on a fairly old intel core2 duo laptop.
3) The bpm counter in serato doesn't count in real time (well not in my version anyway) but it's pretty accurate, sometimes it gives you the double time tempo and sometimes the half time when tagging dub and D&B.
4) No experience of using cracked DVS software.

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By crap I mean a machine that runs slowly, because it is full of films and crap like that. I need to get an external HDD and wipe my computer I think. Mixed opinions on another forum, other people seem to think you can run different vinyls with different software. I was thinking of getting Traktor, with a traktor vinyl and running either VDJ, or Traktor if I can find a decent working cracked copy. Then all I will need to buy is the hardware and vinyl.

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If you're gonna fuck about buying hardware and time coded vinyl, why not go the whole hog and get a legit copy? It's hard enough getting people to buy music these days... but software too?

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Well I'm gonna have to buy the hardware, so if I cant get that second hand (I'm very poor ) I will just have to save the pennys in my piggy bank and actually buy the fucking software. I hate paying for stuff I cant hold. It's why I hate paying for WAVs so much. Fucking digital revolution

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For the budget route and if you want to go Traktor (recommended by the way) check eBay for Audio 4 or 6 soundcards. You might even be able to pickup a Traktor Duo kit for cheap. As an example I recently I sold my VCI100 and Audio 2 soundcard for £180 and picked up a complete Traktor 2 Duo setup with an Audio 6 soundcard and TC cd's and vinyl for £130.

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afaik if you have a well maintained pc then your shit will be slack as fuck

the best thing to do is not to use the manufacturers time code, it is out of time anyway

most importantly i find that bass response is optimum when i have at least 79gb of downloaded jaybob torrents

i tried a well specced machine with 33gb of axxo films but found it to be lacking in the crucial lower mid area

contreversially i found that a modicum of anonymously downloaded pron helped my deadmau5 trax to really sing

i also have found that the timecode emitted by an atari notator running notator 3.21 is the only way to guarantee that my scrillex mixes sound truly sick

do not waste your money on a soundcard, they are closely monitored by the FBI and anyway in fact Joy Orbison uses a tightly wound reverse wired behringer UA25 and his shit sounds sick like a donkey fed on steroids

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Bullshit. I have 33GB of Axxo films here and the lower mids are pounding mofos through their skulls. If you're going to talk smack about audio quality you better at least have 34GBs.

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tarekith you are clueless, 34gb will result in your lower mids becoming upper bottoms. noob

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