Sync & Pops/Stutters/Artifacts

M1 Air
MacOS 5.3.1
Djay 5.2.9
Rane One

I’m having a deeply frustrating time trying to record a mix with a heavy use of sync.

  • If I press play on my non-playing deck, for which the crossfader is fully closed, there’s a 50% chance the playing track will stutter, pop, etc.
  • If I have two tracks playing in sync, then increase the speed of the master sync track above 0% via the pitch fader, there is again a 50% chance of hearing what sounds like artifacts.
  • When I’m messing around on the non-playing deck (again crossfader closed), such as pressing and holding hot cues, this can also seem to affect the playing track.

I don’t know exactly what is going on, like if it’s just the result of the tracks getting abruptly synced together, performance issues (my guess, especially because I know key lock is problematic), or something to do with the moving platters. In any case, I can’t get through recording a 30 minute mix without it being ruined by at least one or two instances of this.

I will try to get some more concrete examples, but honestly I’m just hoping that other users have also experienced this and can chime in.

5 posts were merged into an existing topic: Pitch Faders- Strong sound degradation

Merged with existing topic: Pitch Faders- Strong sound degradation