[DJDaylightRobbery]

Hi I use a pair of Ministry of Sound (yes I know) direct drive decks which I believe were manufactured by either Numark or Gemini - I forget which.

Anyway, I'm finding mixing a constant battle. I have DJ'd now fow 18 years on and off, so my mixing skills arent really in question BUT I'm finding that frequently for example in the first 1/3 of a track I will have a perfect beat match between the two tracks - this will wander out very slightly.

Acceptible - it needs a slight tweak so I'll alter the pitch by the slightest amount (my decks have digital readout and often this is less than 0.01%) - it will stay in again for the say, mid 1/3 of the record - then it will run out again - all too often back to where the settings were before.

Is it the vinyl?
Do people recording vinyl do this on purpose - I notice on some tracks more than others that the same predictable behaviour of tracks "running out" then "back in" sync again - particularly towards the end making mixing a nightmare.

Or

Is it the decks?

When I check the strobe against the platter all appears well, there is no apparent "running out at all".

I would rush out to buy a pair of Technics if I heartily believed this would solve the problem but I'm not convinced.

Maybe CDs is the way to go. Anybody have this problem on CD at all.

Looking forward to your responses.

Frustratedly.

Rob.