The quartz lock is an ingenous little device that works to return the turntable platter to the particular pitch you've set - no matter how much resistance is going for or against the current speed. You may have noticed when you're pushing or pulling your record while pitching up or down that its not as precise as what you're trying to achieve- sometimes over or under compensating (you slow it down, the motor tries to compensate by speeding it up, and vice versa). Removing this quartz lock makes pitch setting far more responsive and fluid... and thus much easier.
This is extremely easy to do. What you will need is a set of wire cutters - and perhaps a little piece of blu-tac to put on the severed ends for piece of mind (so that they wont accidentally reconnect). First of all, you need to make sure your turntable is unplugged, and that you have removed the turntable platter. Unscrew all 5 screws on the rubber guard that is now in front of you and remove it. Now take a look at the electrics there and take a look at the pic provided.
All you have to do is find and then cut the connection to the TP17 Resistor (prety much down the bottom right of the board). Thats it =]. When cutting, make sure you cut it so that you can re-solder this in the future if you so desire. You can put the blu-tac on both severed ends now if thats you're thing.
Con's
Clubs aren't going to have this (i'd say this is the deal breaker)
Im just wondering if anyone has done this or seen this or even heard about this and ur thoughts on it?
Nov-24-2005 08:48
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no-one .... 52 views and no clue? (yeah i got no idea either) i posted it cause a friend of mine and i were discussing it and he's considering doing it, thought someone might be able to shed some more light on it, good old TA's (apparently not though)
Nov-24-2005 19:28
SpecRadio
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I'm going to try it when my 1210mk2 comes in a few days. If anything goes wrong, it all looks pretty easy to fix. Just some basic soldering.
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Nov-24-2005 23:29
djkoolaide
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Seriously, do it. Everyone should, when I get my Techs that will be the very first thing I do. It's so frustrating mixing on decks with quartz lock because the only way to make slight adjustments is to either ride the pitch (which I can do but prefer not to) or to touch the vinyl, which can really fuck up if you're not careful. Without the quartz lock, you can gently touch the platter and make very slight, precise adjustments.
Nov-25-2005 04:01
Laszlo
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SO THAT'S WHY I'M HAVING THE HUGE F-ING PROBLEMS BEATMATCHING WITH MY DECKS?! Sorry for caps lock but god damn have I struggled with getting the beatmatching spot on...with my CDJ's I can line up two tracks within 10-15 seconds but I've been tearing my hair out a lot of times when it comes to my MK2's...
Originally posted by Laszlo
SO THAT'S WHY I'M HAVING THE HUGE F-ING PROBLEMS BEATMATCHING WITH MY DECKS?! Sorry for caps lock but god damn have I struggled with getting the beatmatching spot on...with my CDJ's I can line up two tracks within 10-15 seconds but I've been tearing my hair out a lot of times when it comes to my MK2's...
That's probably it. Give this mod a try and see if you like it
Nov-25-2005 21:07
Laszlo
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quote:
Originally posted by djkoolaide
That's probably it. Give this mod a try and see if you like it
I most definitely will..but what good does it make if the clubs don't apply this modification? I'll still be fucked at places where the beatmatching really needs to be on top
Originally posted by Laszlo
I most definitely will..but what good does it make if the clubs don't apply this modification? I'll still be fucked at places where the beatmatching really needs to be on top
Which is why im suggesting to my mate not to do it, i mean you get over it and i can beat match fast enough anyway. I was just curious as to someone that had done it. If you plan on doing it let us know how it goes
Cheers!
Nov-26-2005 03:43
djkoolaide
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quote:
Originally posted by Laszlo
I most definitely will..but what good does it make if the clubs don't apply this modification? I'll still be fucked at places where the beatmatching really needs to be on top
Then I'd say learn to ride the pitch really well
Nov-26-2005 05:13
SpecRadio
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Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Specradio
Ok...ive cut tp17 and the orange wire...turntable still works and everything and ive noticed it's easier to beatmatch already
And I already took the bearing out when I was messing with the fader
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Dec-04-2005 07:33
richg101
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Registered: Apr 2005
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anyone know if the vestax pdx d3 mk2 has this feature?
its got a quartz lock button like on the newer techs that resets the pitch to zero.
i remember it being a lot easier to mix on my belt drive soundlab dlp 1's than on my vestax.
say the track coming in is going slightly too quick.. if i touch the platter to correct... it ends up being even further off because its like the motor is trying to compensate and speeds up
i like to be hands on and not fiddle with the slider. some tecks seem to act like my vestax and others seem a lot easier to mix on.
any ideas?
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Dec-05-2005 13:59
altitude
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guys guys guys! come on now! you aren't actually thinking about doing this are you?!
You paid good money for that quartz lock. Don't just rip it out.
If you dont want the pitch lock buy mk3s or mk5s
learn to mix with the quartz lock. its just a click. yes it is annoying, but you guys are djs, you NEED to learn to adapt to any situation. if you are thrown off by a quartz lock..
you are not a dj if you cant pull it off anywhere on any equipment, no matter how crap, much less worry about a small click on your pitch!
(apparently not though)
