Velocity pitch not accurate

I can only sympathise with you ADAMRSX, unfortunatley it seems AAudio is only interested in 0.1% pitch incremental technology in their players. Other manufacturers are providing 0.05% and even 0.02% increments which IMHO gives greater contol over tempos.

Others on this board will disagree and say that 0.1% is all that you'll ever need to maintain tempos but I guess it ultimately comes down to preference and how you intend to use your players.

For me it was one of the major factors in replacing my PS2s with CDJ1000s...I just needed finer, more accurate pitch control. And yes there is a big difference between the PS2 and CDJ1000 when it comes to pitch control. With the CDJ1000 I no longer have to constantly hit the pitch bend (both jog wheel and buttons) to maintain tempos.

Everyone has their own style of mixing music and that's just me. Hope this helps, cheers.

ROQ out.

Its sucks because I didn't even think about this when I bought my Velocity.

Sorry guys,
To obtain those higher Pitch resolutions it takes a lot more DSP processing. This costs money. That is one of the reasons the CDJ's are so expensive. To obtain that with the Velocity. It would have probably sold for about $300 more.

It would have been well worth an extra 300 or 400$.

Like I said to each their own on how they use their decks. I was happy to pay the extra $$$ for the CDJs because I knew they would perform exactly how I wanted then too. Granted the fact I had to give up the onboard effects and sampler of the PS2s but again it all comes down to preference.
At the end of the day both AA and Pio make exceptional players and each have their pros and cons. When making a purchase on DJ equipment, no matter what brand, and I've probably said this a thousand times already, but always try-before-you-buy. Good luck

ROQ out

I have a mc-909 so I dont use the effects or sampler on my velocity.

Well maybe American Audio will take the suggestion into consideration for its next premium player. I still think they can make a deck similiar to the CDI's with just a couple of key features added and still keep it affordable.

What I would like to see in their next flagship models.
-DVD Audio capability
-A little larger Jog wheels (tabletops, you are limited in size in the rack mounts).
-minimum .05% preferable .02 percent pitch resolution.
-MP3 or WMA capability if DVD audio not possible
-Everything else that's in the CDI's
-Slot drive.

Can I add one more thing:
- Either a knob for dry/wet effect mix, or use the jog wheel for dry/wet effect mix.

while we are at it how about a little motorization for the jog wheel.

I atually have 4 S5000's and in IMHO the motored platter makes little difference, and actually makes mixing harder since the speed of the platter does not correspond to the speed of music playing (they do this because of the high Wow & flutter of the belt drive). ie you can't really use the platter to make small adjustments while playing. I think it's eaiser to nudge the static platter of the CDI's/CDJ's to make pitch adjustments and yes I have been a vinyl jock since 88, so I am still faithful to turntables. I believe that the only way a spinning platter would make it better is if it were like a CDX, or Tech CD player. A full size (or almost) with a direct drive motor. And completely emulates what the platter is doing. ie if you nudge it ahead a little faster, or drag your finger to make on the fly adjustments.

" I believe that the only way a spinning platter would make it better is if it were like a CDX, or Tech CD player. "


Most certainly.