How Does Timecode Vinyl Actually Work? (Pt. 3)

Wed 27 August 2025 Jan Claußen traktor, timecode, dvs, vinyl control

Since its release in 2011, the Traktor Control Vinyl MK2 has sparked curiosity among digital DJs and audio developers alike. Its timecode format stands apart from Serato’s, which we explored in the previous posts. With the MK2 system, Native Instruments introduced a more advanced timecode that boosts resolution and …

How Does Timecode Vinyl Actually Work? (Pt. 2)

Wed 22 December 2021 Jan Holthuis serato, timecode, dvs, vinyl control

In the last post, I explained how a basic relative-mode Digital Vinyl System (DVS) works. But there are two problems that are still left to solve:

1. Seeking inside a track by picking up the needle from the record and dropping it somewhere else will not work.
2. The basic relative-mode implementation …

How Does Timecode Vinyl Actually Work? (Pt. 1)

Sun 21 November 2021 Jan Holthuis timecode, dvs, vinyl control, serato, cd

Since the dawn of DJing, spinning vinyl records has never really gone out of fashion. Even when CDs became popular in 90s and most music listeners happily phased out their record players, the classical "two turntables and a mixer" setup stayed the epitome of DJing. In recent years, digital DJ …