Do you use Ortofon concord cartridges?

There is no getting around bad RCA cables, so you will need to have them replaced/repaired. Simply put, Scratch LIVE must read the left and right signal of the control record to work properly.

That wont work with SSL as Shaun said. SSL relies on a good signal from both the left and the right signal, if one side falls out, you're out of business. Unfortunately. There is a thread here scratchlive.net where AJ explained why l/r is needed.

OK I HAVE A SOLUTION, WORKED ON IT OVER THE WEEKEND AND HERE IT IS.

SITUATION:
YOU GOTO A CLUB WITH YOUR LAPPIE AND JUMP ONTO THEIR SETUP ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE TABLES HAVE BAD RCA's. WELL I BY-PASSED THE RCA's TOTALLY BY TAKING THE SIGNAL RIGHT OFF THE BACK OF THE CARTRIDGE AND TIE WRAPPING THE CABLE ONTO THE TONEARM. THIS IS A TEMPORARY SOLUTION FOR MESSED UP TABLES AND IT WORKS, I TESTED IT OVER THE WEENEND AND WOULD HAVE POSTED PICS ALREADY EXCEPT MY ISP HAS BEEN DOWN FOR 2 WEEKS. ANYWAY TAKE A SET OF RCA's, SPLICE THEM AND CONNECT TO THE 4 WIRES COMING OFF THE BACK OF THE CARTRIDGE. YOU WILL HAVE TO PLAY AROUND WITH THE GROUNDS TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY ARE CROSSED. ALSO NOTE THAT THE INNER INSULATED WIRE FOR THE RCS CABLE IS YOUR POSITIVE WIRE (JUST COLOR COORDINATE BTWN. LEFT AND RIGHT). BASICALLY THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT THE RCA CABLES I SPLICED WERE TOO THICK A GAUGE AND KINDA PUT SOME RESISTANCE TO THE TONEARM SO I WILL TRY TO FIND SKINNIER WIRES. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY POSSIBLE WAYS OF BOXING THIS THING OR A BETTER WAY TO ROUTE THE WIRES. THE WAY I SEE IT YOU COULD SETUP A PAIR OF THESE FOR THAT JUST IN CASE MOMENT.....HIT ME UP!!!

Did you have to post that in CAPITALS, man?

sorry just maad busy at the office and was not thinking.....

that is a good idea but no mater how thin the wires there will always be resistance on the ton arm with extra weight and wires hanging from them.

yeah and probably slight signal loss with like a 24 gauge wire. I've been looking at the setup all weekend and cant seem to find a better way to route the cables......:(

Surprised you got away with the grounding being bad....

i was thinking the same thing that somehow the ground would be tied in with the chasis of the table but everything worked pretty well

Did you look at the circles in the setup page? Maybe they looked like UFO's :-)

actually they are pretty good, nice and round. I compared my mockup with a ortofon with the electro stylus on it. My mockup had pretty good resemblance to that of the ortofon on the setup screen

i was looking at this wire. It is used for aerospace applications and is 30 gauge.

www.coleparmer.com

Pretty expensive though.

yeah i know but im thinking conductivity and the torture test they did on it might make the 50 dollar investment worth it.

this might be a good temporary solution if you are the only DJ playing that night. however, there is no way that you are going to be able to do this and get the setup calibrated while in the middle of a set. i can't tell you how many times i've had to jump on the decks in the middle of the night--after the opening DJ--and have had to connect my SSL box and cables, switch out the needlez and check the calibration all during the prvious DJs last track...and in such a way that the music doesn't stop. i think it would be hard to do this if you also had to jimmy around with the headshell contacts and run new wiring. but as you said....this may be the only option available to get SSL running smoothly.

100 feet...You really need a cable that can withstand temperatures of 2600°F? Must be really hot where you live, man ;)

[feniks] - yeah i hear that, the only seemless way to do this is to build a coffin with tables of your own and go into the house line in but that would defeat the purpose of carrying less.


[Revolutionary] - naw i really dont all that it is capable of doing, it was the first link i clicked on when i did a search for 30 gauge wiring and my only concern was the signal conductivity in such a thin wire....

at least if there's a fire, the cable will still be left. ;)

That's right. You will be glad you spent those 50 bucks on them then. "Hey, all my other equipment is gone, but I still have my 50 buck cables" ;)

at least I will still have them to jump start my car, do my science project with a bulb and a switch, and with a 100 feet i could double dutch with 15 people

Nice. How is that Alienware working out for you?

man if you gonna go though all that might as well just take the tech apart and rewire it... its not difficult considering what you have already done...

[Revolutionary] - I love the alienware lappie, i do alot of flyers and this machine has crazy performance. I dont see a difference with serato than when I had it on my PC but I love the laptop. I think the only thing is I wish the keys bere backlit, would come in handy at the clubs

[BadCompany] - only reason why is this....I do share time slots at varoius clubs and bars in NYC. Almost all the time I will have to bring a y-splitter bcuz the rca's are always jacked up, no the splitter will not work with serato and for me to use my serato i will have to come up a temp solution for these situations. I think if I could fine tune this mockup it'll work out fine. I erks my when i walk into a club and they have 50,000 jiggawatts of sounds and the turntable are jacked up.

Didn't we recently discuss this somewhere? Maybe you should have a look at that thread LoLyfe if I only could find it :)

yeah we did, in the lappie section but hey, between this forum and all the legal documents i have to read at work my brain is scrambled. You what else i was thinking. If i could find a tiny wireless transmitter and mount it to the headshell and the other end will continue onto the RCA's then there will be no issues with the tonearm or the wires, the only problem is there is bound to be some sort of interference with all the amps and mixers and speakers surrounding you

Interesting. Really interesting, man.

i know, im getting stretch marks on my forehead from all this thinking, but imagine that sh*t and headshell with a wireless connection to an rca box...hmmm sweeeeet

Mmmmm...Wireless ;)

maybe rane will pick up on this and offer me a prototype as payment. Ill be sure to get a second pair to hit you also....hehe

Thanks, man. I would appreciate that :)

lets see what happens, if not ill make it myself and call it the "LYFE Flux Capacitor Needles"

LoLyfe they use wireless transmitters and recievers for quitars and other instruments on stages. wireless mics the whole nine yards. as long as it is a stong signle that is changable then it shouldnt have any feedback.