Q: Whats the quartz lock button on 1210's MK3 & 5 for?

[Si the Sigh]

Q: Whats the quartz lock button on 1210's MK3 & 5 for? :?:

Does it have any use? If so, could someone explain what please.

[Hakka]

Q: Whats the quartz lock button on 1210's MK3 & 5 for? :?:

Does it have any use? If so, could someone explain what please.

There is no quartz lock button? there's a pitch reset button, which when pressed puts the pitch (no matter where it is) back to 0.

[Hakka]

Not sure what use it really has. I know it removes the "click" that you normally have when you roll over the 0% part wit the pitch, what use the button is for I dunno. A lad I knew use to half press it to use it as a sort of pitch bend once, but not sure what else you can use it for... any ideas?

[Barely Human]

On technics, they have always used Quartz to keep the platter spinning bang on time. Just like how a quarts watch works. On the mark 2, if you put the fader in the middle, then the quartz lock will come on and the turntable will be spinning at exactly 33, or 45 rpm. Because of the way they did it on the mk 2, it caused many problems for mixing, for one, the click is annoyng, and also if your decks arnt perfectly calibrated, or have been deliberatley sped up, then when you pass the slider over the quarts lock, it will drastically speed up or slow down the platter.

To overcome this, they removed this function from the actual slider itself, and made a seperate button for it. If the quarts lock is switched off, the the pitch slider will work as normal. If the quartz lock is switched on, the the pitched slider is bypassed and wont work at all, the turntable will just play at exactly 33, or 45 rpm...

[Barely Human]

Double post...

[Yoshimitsu]

on mine its just labelled a reset button

[Louis Theroux]

On the mark IIs can the click at 0% b removed??

[Barely Human]

On the mark IIs can the click at 0% b removed??

I think it can, not sure how to do it tho :neutral:

[Si the Sigh]

On technics, they have always used Quartz to keep the platter spinning bang on time. Just like how a quarts watch works. On the mark 2, if you put the fader in the middle, then the quartz lock will come on and the turntable will be spinning at exactly 33, or 45 rpm. Because of the way they did it on the mk 2, it caused many problems for mixing, for one, the click is annoyng, and also if your decks arnt perfectly calibrated, or have been deliberatley sped up, then when you pass the slider over the quarts lock, it will drastically speed up or slow down the platter.

To overcome this, they removed this function from the actual slider itself, and made a seperate button for it. If the quarts lock is switched off, the the pitch slider will work as normal. If the quartz lock is switched on, the the pitched slider is bypassed and wont work at all, the turntable will just play at exactly 33, or 45 rpm...

Nice one mate. Thanks for the info. Its a pretty pointless button really then.

[Carl Bailey]

i was always under the impression its for recording from vinyl onto cd as it will keep the record playing at a constant speed.

ideal if you are gonna use the cd on a cd deck.

[drudles]

On the mark IIs can the click at 0% b removed??

I think it can, not sure how to do it tho :neutral:

I think you can replace the mk2 pitch slider with a mk3 or mk5 slider and you won't have the click any more

[Barely Human]

On the mark IIs can the click at 0% b removed??

I think it can, not sure how to do it tho :neutral:

I think you can replace the mk2 pitch slider with a mk3 or mk5 slider and you won't have the click any more

I dont think its in the actual slider. I think there is a little switch that it touches above the actual slide rail.

[Carl Bailey]

im pretty sure that the pitch from a mk5 is longer so it cant be used.

not sure about the mk3s tho.

would love to get rid of the click on my mk2s aswell.

[Traxx]

The click is annoying.

[jesus]

this is what you're looking for

http://info.bergenteknomafia.com/tech/1200pitch/

[Barely Human]

http://www.mio.co.za/article.php?cat=dj&id=238&pagenumber=2

It shows you in there how to remove the quarts lock, but not the click. It does get rid of the double 0% problem tho, but i wouldnt recomend getting rid of the quartz timing becase the way technics compesnsate for the speeding up and slowing down of the platter is half of what makes them so special. Plus yu will of acustomized yourself to these changes - IE - if you need to slow your track down, you actually slow it down more than it needs becase the turntable speeds it back up a bit more. Doing the second bit will eliminate this, and probably make your mixing go wierd for a while. I dont see a problem with the first part tho, i might try it myself and see how it is...

[Carl Bailey]

let me know if anybody tries any of the mods as am interested in doing it.

just dont feel confident enough to be the first person to have a go at it.

[Milesy]

ive done this mod to remove the 0% click on my mk2's

http://music.hyperreal.org/dj/pitch_slider/

[Carl Bailey]

is it worth doing it?