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I have an Idea why this can happen with the unearthed power lead, but could be completely wrong.
The power lead is next to the USB connection, all electrical currents create an electrical field perpendicular to its flow, possibly the two fields created by the USB and the power cable are interfering with each other hence causing a corrupted signal within the USB connection, this would explain why touching the USB connection can cause or solve this problem as are bodies are a natural earth with its own electrical field.
This problem is a real set killer as you lose confidence in the NS6, as scratching is a major part in my performances.
Maybe it's time to dust off the 1210's
If your record is sratched you wont know til it skips a beat, probably live, so really using techniques id say im more likely to experience problems with tracks jumping off beat out of nowhere.
Or if someone just barely bumps the table, or the bass is way too heavy for the record and causes feedback (ive played many events with massive sound walls and dozens of bassbins).
Or if i don clean off the needle in time at some point the sound degrades and may start to slide around the track.
And i dont need an entire record to use the very very very few samples on it that are worth using (on average a dj tools record from person to person is only 5% usable, the rest is extra crap that some other dj would probably want to use but not you). I like being able to cut my own samples and have them as digital files and scratch those, a whole crate of samples and 5 sample tracks (since the 5 cue points on ns6).
I didnt purchase an ns6 so that i could be a vinyl dj, been there done that, my record collection sounds like shit compared to full quality digital music, my mp3s dont crackle, i could care less about that "warmth" vinyl has, wool blankets have warmth too but they are itchy.
Also, I want to mix 3 tracks as well as scratching, i wouldnt even be able to do that on technics unless i had 4 of them but then id have less time to do anything having to dig through a record box looking for the tracks i want to play as well as getting them cued up right, having to hold each record before i cue leaving one hand unusable other than cueing the next record...
To do what I want (use my controller and laptop o perform multi track and scratch mixes) using 4 technics and a 500 pounds worth of vinyl and a mixer, not gonna happen. I can carry my set up right now, i cant carry 4 turntables, a mixer and records all at once and the set up time would be much longer, its just not a solution for me.
