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As a DJ who's gigged out 300+ times on the V7's, these issues aren't relevant. Why's everyone so reliant upon sync? When you have motorized platters, you can't expect everything to be exact. In addition, nothing is better than the human ear in recognizing the beat. CDJ-2000's, the club standard, don't have sync. Not saying it isn't a helpful tool, but it shouldn't be relied upon as a handicap. Frankly, if you can't manually sync two tracks, then you shouldn't be mixing 3 or 4 decks at the same time.
I just gigged out last night for the first time with Serato DJ and ran into no problems. (set was 4 hours long)
Someone commented about the temperature effecting the sync. This is true. When just starting up, the grease in the motors needs to warm up in order to be 'loose'.
Frankly the only way you're going to get an exact sync with the motors on is if you match the V7's. No two motors are the same, its just how they are. Because of the complexity of the internals, even motors manufactured to the same specs will have different characteristics. Want an exact sync? Buy 100 v7's and test out each one. Unrealistic, but with motorized platters this is the only option.
If you want an instant start, hit the cue button, hold it in, then press the play button.
cdj 2000 do have sync ! and keep shit tighter than a nuns ***** in traktor no issues.
the pioneer ddsj sx also works fine in serato dj. no issues ..
the numark ns7 left the oven 3 parts baked ...had it for 7 weeks and used it for its debut on Nye and here is my view on the thing there is only two things they need to fix the platter not working when the motor is off and the track is playing. this is vital you cant spin back out of a track or manipulate while its playing this is a massive floor.
2nd.
instant start why cant you just load the track press play then sync the track then when you return to your cue point just press play and the track comes in on point at the start of the bar in sync with the other track...instead of doing all that and having to press sync again to correct it its just all a bit messy as it is ........I found looping the first 4 beats of the track you are bringing in dropped it in on point with the motors off and is a bit less hassle just remember to turn it off when its in.
if you fix the first issue of inactive platters off when track is playing with motors off it will be a great machine for all types of djs.. .scratch djs wont really need the sync for long mixes with the motors on, and house, techno djs will just turn the motors off and it will behave just like any other controller but with all the bonus features it has on the other controllers at the minute ..
I hope that serato take these points into consideration the thing costs a bomb and at the min its feels slightly inferior to the other controllers and this is just pure shame imo....
