If you already tried a new cartridge, it's most likely the RCA cables. Either the plugs are corroded or the wires are worn out from transporting or the wires got yanked off the solder. It's a simple fix. Nothing can really happen to the wires inside the tonearm, other than corrosion on the gold plated contacts. I left my 1200 Mk2s out in my balcony for a few years, only wrapped in plastic. And they were fine.
100% get it. So for me, I did play out a bit here and there at outdoor raves in the 90's but since then I've mainly been a bedroom dj! I went from mixing vinyl to CDJ's when they first came out and then various controllers over the years. About 5 years ago I decided to go back to vinyl, spent a small fortune on vinyl, decks and mixer only to find that after about a year of mixing on them - I don't really care any more. I sold it all off and went back to my DDJ-1000. For me and the limited time I get to mix, it's just much less hassle.
I still like vinyl because physical products is still how I SEE music. When ‘ripping CDs’ into iTunes was a thing 20 years ago I even found that really boring and tedious. I can use the basics of Rekordbox (I have a cheap DDJ400 and mixer that can DVS) but again I just don’t find it ‘fun’
I play both digital and vinyl, but I get more enjoyment out of djing with vinyl. Also people on the dancefloor tend to admire and enjoy vinyl sets more is my experience. But I do both
Its always nice to hear a vinyl set every now and again but times have changed. I really don't mind what sets are played on as long as the music's great. And your sets are great 👌✌️🕊️❤️🙏🔥🤪
DJ'ing on vinyl without sync takes a whole load of skills many people don't have. Sadly for those with the those skills they are irrelevant now. Kind of annoying but it's reality, deal with it. On a wider level, with no need to learn to beat match, DJ;ing is so easy. Technology allows you to mix from Day 1. In theory that is massive progress. In reality it means a load of e-thots and people with no love of music or sharing music crowd out the DJ scene now. So the technology has both positive and negative impacts.
I had the same problem with 1 channel not working on my 1210s. I changed the RCA cables. All you need is a it of solder and a solder iron. Turn them upside down. Take the cover off to get inside. Undo the old cable and solder the new cable on. Lots of tutorial vids on youtube
😂 a pair of 3000s as a repair for the 1200s, you made my day. Also coming from the era of 1210s I know what you‘re talking about, 5am and a recordbox to carry… your friend is probably right about the tearing apart of the Technics, but it‘s just about 500 screws to loose, than it‘s just straight forward 😉 if you‘re not into soldering, you can get the needed part (audio cable on a platine) online. Hope you manage to put some life back into your 1200. 😊
Grandmaster flash when interviewed for channel 4's dance night was asked why he didnt use vinyl. He couldnt be arsed carrying it about anymore and is anyone telling the grandmaster he aint an old school mixer
I went to the through the same process during lockdown mainly down to space. Of course I miss the vinyl but like you said, we're in the digital age now.
I never moved off vinyl…but I’ll readily admit having moved house twice in two years it’s an absolute pain in the arse lugging loads of records around, and keeping them safe during a move. I definitely want to start incorporating digital tech, but in a way which utilises the 1210s, I’ve seen a lot of DMC guys do this and it seems to be a good blend of old and new.
There seems to be an Epidemic of people commenting on DJ content saying things like "Bet you can't mix on vinyl" or "Glad i grew up raving when DJs where real" and all i can think is, how sad is your life when you have to comment with these kind of rhetorics on something that doesnt really effect you. it's both frustrating and sad. People should spread good vibes and positivity but often content creators are met with trolls
PS its a bit like the ease of buying music. 30 years ago you had to pull yourself around London (or wherever) to a load of underground record shops to be able to hear and buy the music. Takes time, energy and effort. Only so many people had decent record collections. Now you can download anything and put it on a stick. That is both an amazing improvement (access to all music of all time, at home in seconds)...... but unexpectedly the death of effort to build a music collection, no longer available to weed out the fakers. By the way, I would also add that things that are more difficult mean more to you. If you were trying to find a tune for weeks and finally got a copy, that tune means something (you might even remember the moment of buying it 30 years later), that simply downloading it at zero effort could never bring. So making everything easier, strange as it sounds, doesn't always make the human experience better.
@@brockukg I'd personally just move onto another video if I didn't like something I was seeing, I certainly wouldn't take the time to post a comment, especially not a negative one. What's nice about all the positive comments is they drive me to continue filming mixes and content.
there's nothing wrong with using vinyl as DJs we have had to go with the times and at the end of the day does it really matter if we use vinyl or digital, we now record our vinyl which i have done into our computers and use them on digital set ups at the end of the day we can make vinyl sound better and to be honest there is no sound difference between vinyl and digital
I watched one of your "old school" mixes. It was great! As far as the bad channel. It's crazy to me in all those years you never had to change the RCAs! Just put the turntable in a case flip it upside down. Pop it open de-solder and re-solder new rca cables. Done...
I just bought turntables and started buying vinyl records after more than a 10-year break. I’m happier than ever-mixing with CDJs is boring, and anyone can learn it in a few days… Currently, there’s a plague of TIKTOK DJs playing with CDJs… Enough of this!
I've done CDJ and Vinyl and there is no comparison. For me, mixing properly on vinyl is REAL and hence much more enjoyable. Appreciate the hassle free nature of playing out without all the weight tho. Nice channel keep it up. ❤
I've found your mixes by looking for old school jungle and it's really something that inspires me. The medium itself, be it vinyl or files, is personal preference. I like vinyl because it gives me more to do and keeps me thinking (I need to move/turn and search.) Others have different preferences and goals. Fact is that you are a great DJ with lots of experience and nice selection. Keep it up.
I Remember when DVS came out in the mid 2000s? There was a massive hype about it... It was welcomed with open arms by the DJs. Funny how things change.
No need to apologise or explain mate. People gatekeeping music, be it what genre or how its played are the complete antithesis of what its about. Times change & sod lugging bags of wax around warehouses anymore, my back hurts. Peace, Love, Unity ✊
I bought a 1210 with a similar problem some 10 or so years ago when they where still cheap! replaced the tone arm which solved the issue however that was just me guessing about the issue and maybe i got lucky. with the price of them these days and the fact i'm not a skint early 20s DJ anymore i would take them to someone who can actually troubleshoot the issue
Easy enough to check continuity from the arm to head contacts to the phono plugs. Cheap meter set to dc ohms or continuity. Top two contacts are centre pin on photos. Bottom two are ground (outer contact on phono plugs).
Take the back off and check the continuity on the side not working and trouble shoot. Its easy as! Now you can buy new rca leads with soldered PCB board. I recently restored my Technics so should be good for another 40 years.
Vinyl afficianado here, the format isnt important. The most important thing is to get a dancefloor buzzin' when you're playing. Everyone has their preferences. My preference is vinyl (duh). But then, I play only as a "Bedroom DJ". I have my whole archive at my disposal, that wont be the case if I went on a gig... But I can play a digital set when push comes to shove. Been on the digital format since the early nineties (Technics SL-P1200 and the CDJ500 from Pioneer) Every format has its pro's and con's. Just embrace every format and keep going forward and improve yourself/your skills. I'd rather watch someone on a CDJ pulling out all the tricks with hot cues, loops and really neat other things a CDJ can do than someone only mixing the end of track A into the beginning of track B on vinyl. And yes; There is NO SHAME in using the sync functionality (if it's done right with warped tracks and you already know how to beatmatch)
Yes to all of that and just a cable as many other said re the turntable 😊 Have to say, turning up at a venue or event and there’s a broken turntable, well, you are gonna have to play digital anyway. Good to have options!
I remember people moving from Vinyl to Cdj's and one of the reason I was hearing at the time time(because of where they were performing) was mostly because the main spot out here has massive speakers all around the stage and that when spinning vinyl there was a chance that the needles could jump off the records due to the vibrations from them. I'm a turntablist. Been for many years so I prefer Control Vinyl (DVS) but I can see the benefits of Cdj's. A lot of clubs moving in the Controller direction these days. Wish they all just had a pair of tech1200's like they used to.
I do respect that you have moved with the times and enjoying it too mate! I have a mp3 library packed with all sorts of awesome tracks old and new! I have a track request if you can maybe fit it on one of your upcoming classic trance sets. It's called Duende - Luna Negra (Duderstadt Remix) I played this tune on my last mix, it's superb! I hope you have a great Xmas mate, stay safe! 😃👍🙌🎄
Where as I wish I had my old 1200’s and old vinyl, I don’t! I’m from your time in the 80s as well. I’ve just move forward and embrace tech. You do you! 👍
I had the same problem on one of my 1210's and i found one of the wire from the tunearm broken of the main board where the rca cables are connected.... No simple fix, but can be done at home...
This is exactly what my mate Danny (DJ Terrace) had said, the wire from the tonearm broken off the main board. Thanks. I'll take some time over the Christmas break to hopefully take a look at it.
There's a RUclips channel called Mend It Mark, and Mark has a video where he fixes a couple of issues on a 1210 including replacing the output cable. If you're handy with a soldering iron or know someone who is it's a pretty straightforward job.
Jeeez, can't belief you have to defend digital. I've played since 1988, and a sound enthusiast, the biggest and most obvious advantage of digital DJing, is adjusting the BPM without affecting the pitch of the tune ( In the key the artist intended ). The AIFF tip is perfect, keeps the metadata/tags, and works on all OS platforms these days. Always go lossless if you can.
It could be one of several points of failure regarding your turntable only playing on one channel. First point is the needle/pickup shell. Then there is the contacts between the pickup and tonearm. Clean that with some isopropyl alcohol or contact cleaner and a q-tip. Then there is the cable running through the tonearm down to the circuit board under the tonearm assembly. They are really thin and needs to be routed the correct way. (A common mistake when you replace the tonearm is just that which results in a short circuit.) And lastly the RCA cable from the circuit board out. Usually it starts with that you can get it to work if you try and move and bend the cable some. But it needs to be replaced and that involves soldering on a new cable. (Carefully I might add so you do not brake the thin cables from the tonearm that is connecting to the same board.)
i am like you i have been a DJ since 1978 and used vinyl and cd s and MP3 prefer vinyl but because we have been forced to change use analogue to digital i use 256kbs and they sound fine i have also used 320kbs
I mix vinyl at home for fun its more organic i find and how i enjoy mixing the most. Planning to add a cdj as a third channel to drop some tunes in quickly and to increase my tune selection as vinyl are expensive. Cdjs are awesome as well both have there pros and cons. Its exponentially more convenient playing out on cdjs i imagine.
Just get your turntable serviced properly, at 'Just Technics'. I have been DJ-ing since 1980, and use a controller now, simply because my record collection took over my house, and my wife said 'it was becoming a problem'. I don't have any problem with anyone wanting the ease and simplicity of a digital DJ setup. What I do have a problem with, is the utter melons who claim digital is somehow 'better', and how it requires as much skill, as using analogue. That is just a blatant lie, and usually said by youngsters who don't even have a clue how to put a needle into a groove, let alone have spent years mastering the art of vinyl turntablism.
sounds like your wife was becoming the problem... actually the skill and hands on manual approach is what i still love about playing vinyl. the hunt, the craft, the scarcity of certain records, the occasional exclusive dubplate, the culture. i won't get that from going digital and i've decided to rather be fine with not getting booked anymore because promoters don't consider vinyl to be the club standard anymore than to switch to a format i simply wouldn't enjoy using just for the sake of playing out.
Your turntable problem is probably the 4 pins in the end of tone arm. Mine was like this and only 2 pins were making contact giving you only one side of the signal. If it's not that it could maybe be the line out wires.
I've tried cleaning the contacts with all sorts of wipes and electrical sprays but nothing ever worked so can only assume it's an internal wire that's come away :-(
@@djhurleymkfm yes I did exactly the same with mine. At the end of your tone arm where the 4 pins are that whole unit is removable from the arm itself. It is like a tubular plug around 4cm long that the tone arm wires connect to inside. If you replace it or should sort out your problem. The part is called a 'headshell connector socket' and will cost roughly £20 - £40 for the part. Hope this helps?! :) good luck ;)
I said "Vinyl?" Because I'm a collector of a lot of sounds. The problem with digital even if you back it up an be lost as have found out. Yes, digital is more portable, but nothing like mixing, collecting, and buying vinyl. Personally, I'm not a digital fan ( I felt that way since it emerged), but it's here to stay :) Oh Kiteforce Records are doing that? Gotcha. Yeah, Wav is annoying for the fact you cant tag information.
I’m strictly vinyl but I’m only part-time playing mostly local nights where vinyl is the selling point. Yes, if people started inviting me to fly to far off lands to play then USB would almost certainly be it. That said, I have rekordbox and a basic controller. I’ve only been on CDJs a handful of times so underskilled.
If your a travelling / working DJ then there is no doubt that USB sticks are the way forward but for me just playing at home iv gone back to playing and collecting vinyls. It's much more fun.
Totally understand all the clubs have gone digital but your mixing at home on your RUclips Aren’t you? Would love to hear a vinyl mix from you, plenty of people out there that repair 12’s .. get them sorted and squash all them haters !.. 👊
Also i rip my vinyl and my process if even simpler. With a Pioneer mixer connected to your laptop via usb you can simply record using Rekordbox in wav format... No sound card needed and these mixers already have one built in...
Yeah, no, as long as you have the tracks it's old school. I'm not lugging my vinyl/decks back out when I've already got the same tracks easily available on my computer.
Hey you don’t explain to anybody if any body knows from what I see you can mix as long as you do not use sync I can’t stand people who use that there fake djs Hints why on my shows on my radio my camera shows that white light is off it soon shuts them up Let’s goo buddy love the channel and subscribe ❤
I started in 1980, I was a freshman in high school. I dropped out of the dance/DJ scene in 2005, then I discovered Virtual DJ in 2016 so I started "spinning" again. I spin at parks for free and young chicks dig this old boy. I like Sync, but I play plenty of music that aren't clocked with MIDI like classic rock, 70's 80's disco, ska. so I beat match manually.
I'm surprised that DJs don't use FLAC. It's lossless like .aiff and .WAV but also compressed to reduce the file size, and the format isn't owned by a big company. Also, many "audiophiles" would tell you that most people can't hear the difference over 192kbps, 224kbps at a push and you definitely don't need a constant bit-rate of 320kbps. Go for a good encoder like LAME using the V0 VBR profile and you're good to go. I have all my music digitised in FLAC so I have a lossless version, and then V0 VBR encode for portability and every day use. I thin like all these things, the opinions out there are mostly hearsay "Oh but you can hear the difference on a big soundsystem". Can you though? If you double blinded it? If anything, the big soundsystem will distort the crap out of it!
Pioneer RX-2 doesn't play FLAC. The technology is just not possible from the "industry standard" company to play a simple music file on one of their very expensive music players. Awful company
I stopped buying vinyl in 2014 when Chemical Records shut down, so digital was the way forward for me, my entire collection and more now on a memory stick, no more lugging around heavy bags for gigs.
5000 because you are a good boy … Slipmatt doesn’t play vinyl anymore? I play it at home! I remember last time i mixed on vinyl the needles jumped with the dance floor!!😭 plus you do a set in a club the gear was always shot to hell..😂👍
I am still in the process of digitising my vinyl collection its taken me a good few years on and off doing a few each week. Clubs and bars don't have vinyl decks so most djays have to be digital anyways so anyone criticising you probably isn't a dj or an active dj so don't listen to them
The problem is those CDJs sound atrocious, and it is almost impossible to upgrade their sound. The cold hard fact is that less and less people go clubbing. The numbers don’t lie. DJs and club owners placing convenience over sound quality has a LOT to do with it, when an average home audio setup sounds better than what you get on a night out, minus the hassle and ludicrous costs.
Strictly o.g vinyl for me, but i'm more a collector/D.J than a 'working dj'. It's always a case of whatever works best for you ! 😇 *1210 repair = JUST TECHNICS **aiff is also a lossy fileformat. I encode my vinyl mixes direct to FLAC.
It is a load of hassle. You need to continuity test your cables from source - cartridge head - to output - phones, and then repair any breaks. Pretty skinny cables😂. Good luck.
Same here, plus I personally find digital sounds significantly better anyway, even if it doesn't have that warm snap and crackle that so many love about vinyl. I do miss the feel of vinyl mixing, It's just too expensive for me to go back down that road anytime soon.
Thanks for the knife force records tip. Thrilled to hear someone is re releasing old skool choons. I'm going to check this out right now! Also, bollucks to the vinyl evangelists. My RME DAC and Meyer Sound system will sound better than anything on vinyl.
It really isnt that hard to repair your decks yourself. Ive had mine for over 25 years and both have been repaired only a handful of times but done myself and both still working perfectly. Theres a couple of guides on RUclips on repairing your 1210s so I'd suggest just watching a few tutorials and just open it up 😊
Call yourself a real dj…..why are you not using reel to reels to mix or gramophone to gramophone???😂😂😂😂 so many idiots out there in dj land. Most have the worst collections of music. You do you mate😂😂❤
Probably what doesn't help with the digital world of DJing now is when you see these djs at venues or online etc pretending to play on digital decks and the camera pans round to see the things aren't even switched on. You know the knob twiddling prats we've all seen with hands in the air and the heart shapes with the fingers. Those guys certainly don't help the industry. Yes I'm old skool but the digital era has to be embraced but that doesn't mean you still don't put the hard work and commitment in to your sets.
@@dw2261 Honestly, I find I have to put in so many more hours of prep with the digital collection than I ever had to with my vinyl collection. Damn, it was less hassle with a flight case full of vinyl LOL
Hey welcome to the channel. I honestly found it really hard when Sensoria ended, I got really low at the point. But the memories stay with me. 🤓🎧👍🏼🎶🎅🏻🌲
Yes to all of that and just a cable as many other said re the turntable 😊 Have to say, turning up at a venue or event and there’s a broken turntable, well, you are gonna have to play digital anyway. Good to have options!
If you already tried a new cartridge, it's most likely the RCA cables. Either the plugs are corroded or the wires are worn out from transporting or the wires got yanked off the solder. It's a simple fix. Nothing can really happen to the wires inside the tonearm, other than corrosion on the gold plated contacts. I left my 1200 Mk2s out in my balcony for a few years, only wrapped in plastic. And they were fine.
100% get it. So for me, I did play out a bit here and there at outdoor raves in the 90's but since then I've mainly been a bedroom dj!
I went from mixing vinyl to CDJ's when they first came out and then various controllers over the years. About 5 years ago I decided to go back to vinyl, spent a small fortune on vinyl, decks and mixer only to find that after about a year of mixing on them - I don't really care any more. I sold it all off and went back to my DDJ-1000. For me and the limited time I get to mix, it's just much less hassle.
I still like vinyl because physical products is still how I SEE music. When ‘ripping CDs’ into iTunes was a thing 20 years ago I even found that really boring and tedious.
I can use the basics of Rekordbox (I have a cheap DDJ400 and mixer that can DVS) but again I just don’t find it ‘fun’
Don't matter what you play on your a dj mate we move with the times top mixs top tune wicked mate😊
Thanks for the link I will be checking that out!!
I play both digital and vinyl, but I get more enjoyment out of djing with vinyl. Also people on the dancefloor tend to admire and enjoy vinyl sets more is my experience. But I do both
Its always nice to hear a vinyl set every now and again but times have changed. I really don't mind what sets are played on as long as the music's great. And your sets are great 👌✌️🕊️❤️🙏🔥🤪
DJ'ing on vinyl without sync takes a whole load of skills many people don't have. Sadly for those with the those skills they are irrelevant now. Kind of annoying but it's reality, deal with it.
On a wider level, with no need to learn to beat match, DJ;ing is so easy. Technology allows you to mix from Day 1. In theory that is massive progress. In reality it means a load of e-thots and people with no love of music or sharing music crowd out the DJ scene now. So the technology has both positive and negative impacts.
I had the same problem with 1 channel not working on my 1210s. I changed the RCA cables. All you need is a it of solder and a solder iron. Turn them upside down. Take the cover off to get inside. Undo the old cable and solder the new cable on. Lots of tutorial vids on youtube
@@iancowley_DJ Thanks, I'll hopefully find time over the Christmas break to take a look properly.
To be fair, I ditched vinyl in the 90’s. I ditched CD’s in 2007. I ditched USB’s in 2021. Nobody on the dance floor cares what you’re using.
Exactly
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😂 a pair of 3000s as a repair for the 1200s, you made my day. Also coming from the era of 1210s I know what you‘re talking about, 5am and a recordbox to carry… your friend is probably right about the tearing apart of the Technics, but it‘s just about 500 screws to loose, than it‘s just straight forward 😉 if you‘re not into soldering, you can get the needed part (audio cable on a platine) online. Hope you manage to put some life back into your 1200. 😊
Grandmaster flash when interviewed for channel 4's dance night was asked why he didnt use vinyl. He couldnt be arsed carrying it about anymore and is anyone telling the grandmaster he aint an old school mixer
Bro you aint got to explain yourself it's just people being narsty. Big up and don't let them bother you BRO
I went to the through the same process during lockdown mainly down to space. Of course I miss the vinyl but like you said, we're in the digital age now.
I never moved off vinyl…but I’ll readily admit having moved house twice in two years it’s an absolute pain in the arse lugging loads of records around, and keeping them safe during a move. I definitely want to start incorporating digital tech, but in a way which utilises the 1210s, I’ve seen a lot of DMC guys do this and it seems to be a good blend of old and new.
DVS is a good balance I use it and it’s great ❤
There seems to be an Epidemic of people commenting on DJ content saying things like "Bet you can't mix on vinyl" or "Glad i grew up raving when DJs where real" and all i can think is, how sad is your life when you have to comment with these kind of rhetorics on something that doesnt really effect you. it's both frustrating and sad. People should spread good vibes and positivity but often content creators are met with trolls
Just subbed btw. you seem like a cool bloke. will give your mixes a listen when i get the chance :)
PS its a bit like the ease of buying music.
30 years ago you had to pull yourself around London (or wherever) to a load of underground record shops to be able to hear and buy the music. Takes time, energy and effort. Only so many people had decent record collections.
Now you can download anything and put it on a stick.
That is both an amazing improvement (access to all music of all time, at home in seconds)...... but unexpectedly the death of effort to build a music collection, no longer available to weed out the fakers.
By the way, I would also add that things that are more difficult mean more to you. If you were trying to find a tune for weeks and finally got a copy, that tune means something (you might even remember the moment of buying it 30 years later), that simply downloading it at zero effort could never bring. So making everything easier, strange as it sounds, doesn't always make the human experience better.
@@brockukg I'd personally just move onto another video if I didn't like something I was seeing, I certainly wouldn't take the time to post a comment, especially not a negative one. What's nice about all the positive comments is they drive me to continue filming mixes and content.
@@paullegend6798 Well said on all parts.
The algorithm requires controversy. Pretty sure most of the repeated comments, like the one you mentioned, are made by bots.
there's nothing wrong with using vinyl as DJs we have had to go with the times and at the end of the day does it really matter if we use vinyl or digital, we now record our vinyl which i have done into our computers and use them on digital set ups at the end of the day we can make vinyl sound better and to be honest there is no sound difference between vinyl and digital
I watched one of your "old school" mixes. It was great! As far as the bad channel. It's crazy to me in all those years you never had to change the RCAs! Just put the turntable in a case flip it upside down. Pop it open de-solder and re-solder new rca cables. Done...
I love your mixes Keith, even if some aren't quite my thing. PS, Sell me a loaded USB stick 😂
Top vid, mate. Enjoyed that!
I just bought turntables and started buying vinyl records after more than a 10-year break. I’m happier than ever-mixing with CDJs is boring, and anyone can learn it in a few days… Currently, there’s a plague of TIKTOK DJs playing with CDJs… Enough of this!
A master mixing on vinyl is just so much more fun to watch.
I've done CDJ and Vinyl and there is no comparison. For me, mixing properly on vinyl is REAL and hence much more enjoyable. Appreciate the hassle free nature of playing out without all the weight tho. Nice channel keep it up. ❤
I've found your mixes by looking for old school jungle and it's really something that inspires me. The medium itself, be it vinyl or files, is personal preference.
I like vinyl because it gives me more to do and keeps me thinking (I need to move/turn and search.) Others have different preferences and goals. Fact is that you are a great DJ with lots of experience and nice selection. Keep it up.
I Remember when DVS came out in the mid 2000s? There was a massive hype about it... It was welcomed with open arms by the DJs. Funny how things change.
No need to apologise or explain mate.
People gatekeeping music, be it what genre or how its played are the complete antithesis of what its about.
Times change & sod lugging bags of wax around warehouses anymore, my back hurts.
Peace, Love, Unity ✊
I bought a 1210 with a similar problem some 10 or so years ago when they where still cheap! replaced the tone arm which solved the issue however that was just me guessing about the issue and maybe i got lucky. with the price of them these days and the fact i'm not a skint early 20s DJ anymore i would take them to someone who can actually troubleshoot the issue
@@brockukg That's what I'm thinking of doing, rather it was done correctly and not a 'bodge it' job by me LOL
Easy enough to check continuity from the arm to head contacts to the phono plugs. Cheap meter set to dc ohms or continuity. Top two contacts are centre pin on photos. Bottom two are ground (outer contact on phono plugs).
Take the back off and check the continuity on the side not working and trouble shoot. Its easy as! Now you can buy new rca leads with soldered PCB board. I recently restored my Technics so should be good for another 40 years.
Vinyl afficianado here, the format isnt important. The most important thing is to get a dancefloor buzzin' when you're playing. Everyone has their preferences. My preference is vinyl (duh). But then, I play only as a "Bedroom DJ". I have my whole archive at my disposal, that wont be the case if I went on a gig... But I can play a digital set when push comes to shove. Been on the digital format since the early nineties (Technics SL-P1200 and the CDJ500 from Pioneer)
Every format has its pro's and con's. Just embrace every format and keep going forward and improve yourself/your skills.
I'd rather watch someone on a CDJ pulling out all the tricks with hot cues, loops and really neat other things a CDJ can do than someone only mixing the end of track A into the beginning of track B on vinyl.
And yes; There is NO SHAME in using the sync functionality (if it's done right with warped tracks and you already know how to beatmatch)
Yes to all of that and just a cable as many other said re the turntable 😊 Have to say, turning up at a venue or event and there’s a broken turntable, well, you are gonna have to play digital anyway. Good to have options!
I remember people moving from Vinyl to Cdj's and one of the reason I was hearing at the time time(because of where they were performing) was mostly because the main spot out here has massive speakers all around the stage and that when spinning vinyl there was a chance that the needles could jump off the records due to the vibrations from them. I'm a turntablist. Been for many years so I prefer Control Vinyl (DVS) but I can see the benefits of Cdj's. A lot of clubs moving in the Controller direction these days. Wish they all just had a pair of tech1200's like they used to.
I do respect that you have moved with the times and enjoying it too mate! I have a mp3 library packed with all sorts of awesome tracks old and new! I have a track request if you can maybe fit it on one of your upcoming classic trance sets. It's called Duende - Luna Negra (Duderstadt Remix) I played this tune on my last mix, it's superb! I hope you have a great Xmas mate, stay safe! 😃👍🙌🎄
Still got a load of original hardcore/DnB/jungle records from the 90s. Never get played but I just keep them out of nostalgia more than anything
Send them.this way, I will play them for ya, and have lots of fun at the same time!!
Where as I wish I had my old 1200’s and old vinyl, I don’t! I’m from your time in the 80s as well. I’ve just move forward and embrace tech. You do you! 👍
My vinyl are too precious to leave the house, so USB on the road. Pioneer plx 1000 are solid vinyl decks for me
DJing is about dancing and bringing people together. The DJ Inquisition is old hat.
Get them serviced by Jay at Just Technics
new phono lead, needs solder iron to take off old one and fit new one . good luck
That's true that happened to mine years back, and I got a new phono lead put in.
Love the explanation.
Nothing wrong with what medium is, it’s all about the music being played. But I do love the tactile feel of vinyl.
I had the same problem on one of my 1210's and i found one of the wire from the tunearm broken of the main board where the rca cables are connected.... No simple fix, but can be done at home...
This is exactly what my mate Danny (DJ Terrace) had said, the wire from the tonearm broken off the main board. Thanks. I'll take some time over the Christmas break to hopefully take a look at it.
was this filmed 20 hours ago, or 20 years?
the cables inside the tone arm are really thin... they can break quite easily!
There's a RUclips channel called Mend It Mark, and Mark has a video where he fixes a couple of issues on a 1210 including replacing the output cable. If you're handy with a soldering iron or know someone who is it's a pretty straightforward job.
Jeeez, can't belief you have to defend digital. I've played since 1988, and a sound enthusiast, the biggest and most obvious advantage of digital DJing, is adjusting the BPM without affecting the pitch of the tune ( In the key the artist intended ). The AIFF tip is perfect, keeps the metadata/tags, and works on all OS platforms these days. Always go lossless if you can.
your mixes a cool
It could be one of several points of failure regarding your turntable only playing on one channel. First point is the needle/pickup shell. Then there is the contacts between the pickup and tonearm. Clean that with some isopropyl alcohol or contact cleaner and a q-tip. Then there is the cable running through the tonearm down to the circuit board under the tonearm assembly. They are really thin and needs to be routed the correct way. (A common mistake when you replace the tonearm is just that which results in a short circuit.) And lastly the RCA cable from the circuit board out. Usually it starts with that you can get it to work if you try and move and bend the cable some. But it needs to be replaced and that involves soldering on a new cable. (Carefully I might add so you do not brake the thin cables from the tonearm that is connecting to the same board.)
i am like you i have been a DJ since 1978 and used vinyl and cd s and MP3 prefer vinyl but because we have been forced to change use analogue to digital i use 256kbs and they sound fine i have also used 320kbs
I mix vinyl at home for fun its more organic i find and how i enjoy mixing the most. Planning to add a cdj as a third channel to drop some tunes in quickly and to increase my tune selection as vinyl are expensive. Cdjs are awesome as well both have there pros and cons. Its exponentially more convenient playing out on cdjs i imagine.
Same as me mate.
The cd was a way of getting those tracks you want at a much more affordable price. 👍
I think you are blinding,bang on the money and when you play it takes me back and makes me smile,a massive handshake 🤝
Just get your turntable serviced properly, at 'Just Technics'.
I have been DJ-ing since 1980, and use a controller now, simply because my record collection took over my house, and my wife said 'it was becoming a problem'.
I don't have any problem with anyone wanting the ease and simplicity of a digital DJ setup.
What I do have a problem with, is the utter melons who claim digital is somehow 'better', and how it requires as much skill, as using analogue.
That is just a blatant lie, and usually said by youngsters who don't even have a clue how to put a needle into a groove, let alone have spent years mastering the art of vinyl turntablism.
sounds like your wife was becoming the problem... actually the skill and hands on manual approach is what i still love about playing vinyl. the hunt, the craft, the scarcity of certain records, the occasional exclusive dubplate, the culture.
i won't get that from going digital and i've decided to rather be fine with not getting booked anymore because promoters don't consider vinyl to be the club standard anymore than to switch to a format i simply wouldn't enjoy using just for the sake of playing out.
Your turntable problem is probably the 4 pins in the end of tone arm. Mine was like this and only 2 pins were making contact giving you only one side of the signal. If it's not that it could maybe be the line out wires.
I've tried cleaning the contacts with all sorts of wipes and electrical sprays but nothing ever worked so can only assume it's an internal wire that's come away :-(
@@djhurleymkfm yes I did exactly the same with mine. At the end of your tone arm where the 4 pins are that whole unit is removable from the arm itself. It is like a tubular plug around 4cm long that the tone arm wires connect to inside. If you replace it or should sort out your problem. The part is called a 'headshell connector socket' and will cost roughly £20 - £40 for the part. Hope this helps?! :) good luck ;)
I said "Vinyl?" Because I'm a collector of a lot of sounds. The problem with digital even if you back it up an be lost as have found out. Yes, digital is more portable, but nothing like mixing, collecting, and buying vinyl. Personally, I'm not a digital fan ( I felt that way since it emerged), but it's here to stay :) Oh Kiteforce Records are doing that? Gotcha. Yeah, Wav is annoying for the fact you cant tag information.
I’m strictly vinyl but I’m only part-time playing mostly local nights where vinyl is the selling point.
Yes, if people started inviting me to fly to far off lands to play then USB would almost certainly be it. That said, I have rekordbox and a basic controller. I’ve only been on CDJs a handful of times so underskilled.
If your a travelling / working DJ then there is no doubt that USB sticks are the way forward but for me just playing at home iv gone back to playing and collecting vinyls. It's much more fun.
Totally understand all the clubs have gone digital but your mixing at home on your RUclips Aren’t you?
Would love to hear a vinyl mix from you, plenty of people out there that repair 12’s .. get them sorted and squash all them haters !.. 👊
Also i rip my vinyl and my process if even simpler. With a Pioneer mixer connected to your laptop via usb you can simply record using Rekordbox in wav format... No sound card needed and these mixers already have one built in...
Yeah, that's so true, why am I making my life harder?!?! Awesome tip for anyone else who reads this :-)
Yeah, no, as long as you have the tracks it's old school. I'm not lugging my vinyl/decks back out when I've already got the same tracks easily available on my computer.
Hey you don’t explain to anybody if any body knows from what I see you can mix as long as you do not use sync I can’t stand people who use that there fake djs
Hints why on my shows on my radio my camera shows that white light is off it soon shuts them up
Let’s goo buddy love the channel and subscribe ❤
I started in 1980, I was a freshman in high school. I dropped out of the dance/DJ scene in 2005, then I discovered Virtual DJ in 2016 so I started "spinning" again. I spin at parks for free and young chicks dig this old boy. I like Sync, but I play plenty of music that aren't clocked with MIDI like classic rock, 70's 80's disco, ska. so I beat match manually.
If you can work a soldering iron basically you can easy fix this.
Plenty of guides on here mate.
I'm surprised that DJs don't use FLAC. It's lossless like .aiff and .WAV but also compressed to reduce the file size, and the format isn't owned by a big company. Also, many "audiophiles" would tell you that most people can't hear the difference over 192kbps, 224kbps at a push and you definitely don't need a constant bit-rate of 320kbps. Go for a good encoder like LAME using the V0 VBR profile and you're good to go. I have all my music digitised in FLAC so I have a lossless version, and then V0 VBR encode for portability and every day use. I thin like all these things, the opinions out there are mostly hearsay "Oh but you can hear the difference on a big soundsystem". Can you though? If you double blinded it? If anything, the big soundsystem will distort the crap out of it!
Pioneer RX-2 doesn't play FLAC. The technology is just not possible from the "industry standard" company to play a simple music file on one of their very expensive music players.
Awful company
@@iancowley_DJ Well that explains a lot!
@@there_is_no_switch Yeh, put FLAC on a USB and the Pioneer RX2 wont read it. Pioneer man
i ditched dj’s cause its all kinda same nowadays….sorry.
I stopped buying vinyl in 2014 when Chemical Records shut down, so digital was the way forward for me, my entire collection and more now on a memory stick, no more lugging around heavy bags for gigs.
sei so, wie du bist ... liebe grüsse aus hamburg, deutschland - dieser song ist für dich: _Alex Field - Cosmic Wind (Original Mix)_
Pitch changes in MP3 degrades the audio quality depending on how much the track is sped up or slowed down. So mixing with Lossless prevents this 😉
mp3 is terrible sound quality anyway, although most likely not noticeable on a dancefloor
sounds like the RCA cable might need to be replaced , seems to be a usual thing
Everywhere I go these days still plays vinyl and vinyl only , keep the faith and keep it real , anyone can be a DJ on the internet .
5000 because you are a good boy …
Slipmatt doesn’t play vinyl anymore?
I play it at home!
I remember last time i mixed on vinyl the needles jumped with the dance floor!!😭 plus you do a set in a club the gear was always shot to hell..😂👍
I love 💕 my1210's.technics.oldshool
Laaaaammmme
I am still in the process of digitising my vinyl collection its taken me a good few years on and off doing a few each week. Clubs and bars don't have vinyl decks so most djays have to be digital anyways so anyone criticising you probably isn't a dj or an active dj so don't listen to them
Mic drop, mate!
Be careful who you send the turntable to for repair , some take the old original types and give you back a Frankenstein deck
for me it was 30$ a pop
The problem is those CDJs sound atrocious, and it is almost impossible to upgrade their sound.
The cold hard fact is that less and less people go clubbing. The numbers don’t lie. DJs and club owners placing convenience over sound quality has a LOT to do with it, when an average home audio setup sounds better than what you get on a night out, minus the hassle and ludicrous costs.
Of course you're old school, look how old you are now 😁 ill always be older though Keith 🤣
Strictly o.g vinyl for me, but i'm more a collector/D.J than a 'working dj'.
It's always a case of whatever works best for you ! 😇
*1210 repair = JUST TECHNICS
**aiff is also a lossy fileformat.
I encode my vinyl mixes direct to FLAC.
This guy is a good dj
Started on vinyl, moved to CDs, gone tech now... Times are changing peeps... All I can do is just keep smashing it
It is a load of hassle. You need to continuity test your cables from source - cartridge head - to output - phones, and then repair any breaks. Pretty skinny cables😂. Good luck.
The reason i switched to digital,vinyl records are to expensive and there are no record shops in Dublin
Same here, plus I personally find digital sounds significantly better anyway, even if it doesn't have that warm snap and crackle that so many love about vinyl. I do miss the feel of vinyl mixing, It's just too expensive for me to go back down that road anytime soon.
Check All city records and Absys Records in dublin
Thanks for the knife force records tip. Thrilled to hear someone is re releasing old skool choons. I'm going to check this out right now!
Also, bollucks to the vinyl evangelists. My RME DAC and Meyer Sound system will sound better than anything on vinyl.
I spend a flipping fortune at kniteforce
😂😂😂
just send your technic to be repaired. but who cares what those people say about you playing vinyl
Dance music kept the pressing plants alive in be 90’s then got shoved out by the ‘vinyl revival’
I'm asleep 😂😂
Does it sound better on vinyl? Pfffftttt
All those “real DJs play vinyl” flat Earthers need to hear this. Well explained (not that you need to).
Mate, this made me laugh! Love it ;-)
Repair your 1210s mend it mike on youtube he's the man!
Proper engineer and has done a 1210 repair
You sure you don't mean 'Mend it Mark' ?
Thanks 🎧👊🏼
I'll look up both, thanks 🤓🎧👊🏼
check r c a connections could be a broken wire
It really isnt that hard to repair your decks yourself. Ive had mine for over 25 years and both have been repaired only a handful of times but done myself and both still working perfectly. Theres a couple of guides on RUclips on repairing your 1210s so I'd suggest just watching a few tutorials and just open it up 😊
I only dj vinyl now as too easy on cdjs
Not a fix, but more of a band-aid... For the rca channel that is working, buy a splitter: female rca IN to two male rca OUT.
Can’t stand vinyl. I also digitized it, it’s a long process but soulseek can save you time though, as sometimes others have already done it.
Call yourself a real dj…..why are you not using reel to reels to mix or gramophone to gramophone???😂😂😂😂 so many idiots out there in dj land. Most have the worst collections of music. You do you mate😂😂❤
Probably what doesn't help with the digital world of DJing now is when you see these djs at venues or online etc pretending to play on digital decks and the camera pans round to see the things aren't even switched on. You know the knob twiddling prats we've all seen with hands in the air and the heart shapes with the fingers. Those guys certainly don't help the industry. Yes I'm old skool but the digital era has to be embraced but that doesn't mean you still don't put the hard work and commitment in to your sets.
@@dw2261 Honestly, I find I have to put in so many more hours of prep with the digital collection than I ever had to with my vinyl collection. Damn, it was less hassle with a flight case full of vinyl LOL
Man i miss you and sensoria crew in bar central . So manny good friends made there
Hey welcome to the channel. I honestly found it really hard when Sensoria ended, I got really low at the point. But the memories stay with me. 🤓🎧👍🏼🎶🎅🏻🌲
That is fine , you can play how you like it 😉🎧💽💽🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Could this channel help - www.youtube.com/@JustTechnics I want to get my Technics fully refurbed one day!!
Thanks for the link, I'll check it out over the Christmas break.
Yes to all of that and just a cable as many other said re the turntable 😊 Have to say, turning up at a venue or event and there’s a broken turntable, well, you are gonna have to play digital anyway. Good to have options!