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A lower carrier frequency for the timecode would mean poorer response as you wouldn't get as much information per inch in the timecode. Also bass causes the needle wobble that normally causes feedback, but in serato affects the tracking, so you would want to keep the timecode carrier freqency as high as possible to allow it to be filtered more easily before decoding.

i think he means the noice that is produced when the needle travels on the groove. just like how you can just barely hear a record if you put you ear close to the needle. I agree it would be nice if you couldnt hear that beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. when using SL at home, but then you wouldnt be getting as loud of a signal to your computer and have a better chance of SL not knowing what point on the record the needle is at

Yeah, but you peeps are aware of no matter how great Rane/Serato is... they cant get around physical laws. Needle moves inside the groove, makes noise aka music and you hear it. Thats how it is.

And if you can honestly hear the timecode coming from the needle, then you need to turn the music up louder then :)

Anyone know what frequency the timecode is actually at?

so true - however, sometimes even with the music volume at a decent level - if you focus hard enough you can hear this sound sort of masked in the background..... its real annoying when you notice it!

1kHz for SSL, 1.2kHz for FS. Dont know about the other DVS'es.

Cheers mate... always wondered what the SSL timecode was at.

Maybe try to focus so hard on listening to the to tone.



No,
Jk. :}

If you were to press a higher freq. like 20,000hz. plus timecode that is above our hearing freq. if in fact possible, then we will " in theory be able to obtain better response and hear no noise from the needles". but I'm not sure if the hardware thresholds engineered into the Rane Equipment could handle that higher frequency...i would like to think they could.

Doesn't record wear affect higher frequencies more as well?

i think so
but the records are cheep

I doubt a stylus would be able to powerfully reproduce a signal 20kHz or above.

first thank you for your knowledge. the reason i came up with that idea was of a mistake of mine by conectin my tt stanton str8 150 to the sl device. the tt have an analog and a digital output. on the first time running the sl the output came from the digital, but i didnt reconize cuz the functionality was given. everything worked fine exept the pitching. the turntable has a pitching range plus minus 50%. when i turned it up&down to 50 the track played in its original speed.(aware that the pitchcontroll can be also switched on&off...it was on!) now the big but is that the timecodesignal wasnt hearable anymore becuse of its lower noise while pitch was at minus 50. so the idea to lower the noise on the records witch i think (and probably proofed by my digi analog plug mistake!) should have no effect on how the soft and hardware of sl handle the freq no matter if high or low. i also wrote to shawn at rane. no answer yet. may good things take their time,greets the popster

What would happen if you used a FS CD (1.2khz tone) in SSL? Just curious...

it would not controll it

plus it would make your dogs freak out

play the control record on a victrola...

It would be the exact opposite of what the original poster asked for. BTW, the records work fine in relative mode.

I work in television so I already hear 1khz tone all the time (I swear I'm probably carving a 1khz notch out of my hearing!) You don't notice it so much when 'real' vinyl is on beacause the noise from the groove is essentially the same as the noise from the speakers.

If it's any consolation - I found Serato records to be the least annoying out of all the vinyl emu solutions I have tried.

call up a fax line and just stay on the phone, listening intently, say for an hour or so...
The control record's not that bad now, huh? is it? huh?

I was bored so I made a few tracks with different frequency tones and burned it to a disc to see how it would operate SSL. In Rel Mode, lower frequencies made the made the pitch slower and higher frequencies made it faster. In Abs Mode, they controlled the deck but there was no output sound even with the 1000hz tone.

What a surprise bubbler. :)

lol