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erratic volume fader behaviour

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hi all,

ive been battling to get my friends hercules rmx to play nicely with my laptop and finally got it working the way i need except that the right deck volume fader oscillates wildy up and down by about 3/4db even when im not touching the hardware. when i do slide it up and down, i get no response in the software, it just stays where it is. it also seems to be somehow connected to the movement of the left deck fader, when i slide that up and down, the right fader moves with it, while continuing to oscilate up and down rapidly.

ive tried it on a windows xp laptop running traktor pro 2.0.1, and an imac running traktor pro 2.0.3 and seen the same thing. does this sound like a hardware failure? or perhaps i need to change my midi mapping as the two faders behaviours are interfering with each other or something.

any and all assistance on this would be gratefuly recieved.

thanks,
trav 

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First thing to so is to confirm if the problem is software or hardware. The following document explain how to proceed:

If indeed it seem to be hardware, you may want to try cleaning the fader:

- First use a small vacuum or a can of air ro removed any amount of dust that may prevent good contact.

- An additional step would be to get some electronic contact cleaner, available from most electronic stores. This will help with potential corrosion that might have started to build.

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Thanks very much phatso, looks like this is a hardware problem. I'll try your two other suggestions to try and fix it.