More Final Scratch Problems - Help!

[Jizzy Kizzy]

ok so i have a different kind of erratic deck B behavior now. for the last 2 days only deck A (left turntable) works with FS. i don't get the window upon startup that says "deck b not responding" -- no it loads fine. but deck b is always "waiting" or "calibrating" but while deck a shows channel strength and calibrates quickly, it's like deck b is just not plugged in.

I'm running v1.53 for mac os10.3.9 .. until 2 days ago it was running like a charm.


what i've done to trouble shoot:

- obviously, unplug and restart, no dice.
- switched left turntable to deck b input: works fine, not the scratch amp B input.
- switched right turntable to "working deck a input" doesn't work : turntable problem?
- play regular records on that right turntable plugged directly into the mixer: works fine!

i'm using digital stanton str8-100's - if that makes a difference. they have a phono/line output switch -- obviously neither setting is getting this to work.

it's not like the channel strength bar is at ZERO -- just like 30% while the working deck is at 100%.

hmm.


what could this be??

[Jizzy Kizzy]

lol

thanks that was really helpful


i fixed it -- don't know how .. jiggled a bunch of stuff for a while, and then prayed, and it works.

[billytron]

Maybe it was one of the three volume knobs on the front of the ScratchAmp? Happened to me a couple of times, but I'll remember to look there first now. If they're set too low, the timecode signal doesn't pick up so well.

[Jizzy Kizzy]

hmm no i'm running 1.5, no volume knobs on the scratch amp

it works again, just cuts out sometimes :P

prolly gonna buy serato b4 i go to china