Non responsive turntable

[ph3inator]

I just got into beatmania and I bought the beatmania bundle from my friend. it was a little stiff, so I read around and I did the thing where you stick wax paper in there to make it slide better and now the turntable is pretty unresponsive. I noticed that there are little sensors that read when the turntable is turned. The turntable has these tabs that, I would guess, break some sort of beam. So my question is can I take out some of those tabs because I think the turntable is spinning too fast and it thinks the turntable is just continuing to spin. Thanks in advance, and, I almost forgot, is there some sort of guide or tutorial that tells you how to make your own controller, google hasn't been much help.

[M4XX loves Under the Sky]

First of all, making your own controller costs so much and has such a high chance of failure that you're better off buying an ASC.
Secondly, you're supposed to ALTERNATE spinning up and down, not keep spinning in one direction.

[ph3inator]

I dont really care about the cost of making my own or the chance of failure, I always accept learning oportunities. If I end up breaking something, I will have learned, Plus, I dont like to play things safe, If you dont take risks, you opt out of chances for rewards, and I dont mean material rewards, but personal rewards, and, sometimes, material rewards. I like the satisfaction of being able to say "yeah, I built that." I've been modding xboxes for a while now and I have some technical background with electronics, soldering and whatnot, so I say "bring it on!"

[ph3inator]

oh, and also, thanks for the little insight about alternating the direction of spin. I bet you could tell, but in case you couldnt, I'm new to beatmania.

[M4XX loves Under the Sky]

The DA and Ransai forums should carry tutorials on refitting your KOC, also you should google 'curry-style mod' for step-by-step instructions on refitting.
As for building your own, you're pretty much flat out of luck, the chance of failure that I was talking about is building your own TT, something that no garage-worker has been able to do.

And the point is that a DIY job just doesn't look half as good as a professional (djdao) or experienced DIY (DA, Ransai) job.

[-Chef-]

i took the spring and the two clear plastic things out of my US controller and it works perfectly like the arcade version.
hell i barely have to touch the turntable and the scratch registers which has just made passing blue mirage [a] something i might be able to do if i can get those rediculous combinations of notes down to a science.

[revenGmyass]

Originally Posted by ph3inator

I dont really care about the cost of making my own or the chance of failure, I always accept learning oportunities. If I end up breaking something, I will have learned, Plus, I dont like to play things safe, If you dont take risks, you opt out of chances for rewards, and I dont mean material rewards, but personal rewards, and, sometimes, material rewards. I like the satisfaction of being able to say "yeah, I built that." I've been modding xboxes for a while now and I have some technical background with electronics, soldering and whatnot, so I say "bring it on!"

very true, u make things, u make mistake, u learn from the mistake, u feel good

[ph3inator]

Originally Posted by M4XX loves Under the Sky

The DA and Ransai forums should carry tutorials on refitting your KOC, also you should google 'curry-style mod' for step-by-step instructions on refitting.
As for building your own, you're pretty much flat out of luck, the chance of failure that I was talking about is building your own TT, something that no garage-worker has been able to do.

And the point is that a DIY job just doesn't look half as good as a professional (djdao) or experienced DIY (DA, Ransai) job.

my diy jobs arent that bad. I mean, I've worked with resin and mold making and whatnot, so that's probably what I'd do. I'd take the koc and and cut it apart to use as a mold and modify it. It wouldnt be that hard to make it look good. I would make custom buttons as well, you know, that light up. It wont be that bad. of course I would have to work some stuff out, but it shouldn't be bad, it would be hard getting everything worked out it might take a month or so, but I'm up for it. If nothing else, I'll make a clear koc.

[M4XX loves Under the Sky]

Hey, if you'll make yours entirely out of plastic, I'm with you ALL THE WAY. You could easily become the best ASC manufacturer in the USA. IF you succeed.

[Pakachu]

Hmm the us controller, in my opinion, when I first got it, it was also kinda unresponsive, but like I played around with the turntable too much it kinda got losen? But I would just use Chef's idea I played on his turntable before and it works perfectly.

[FoxFireX]

Originally Posted by M4XX loves Under the Sky

As for building your own, you're pretty much flat out of luck, the chance of failure that I was talking about is building your own TT, something that no garage-worker has been able to do.

And the point is that a DIY job just doesn't look half as good as a professional (djdao) or experienced DIY (DA, Ransai) job.

Ahem. I would agree with you on the appearance; I'm hoping to refinish mine sometime now that I have a bit more experience. But the DIY turntable and circuit is possible. It's expensive, particularly if you want a quality rotary encoder, but it is indeed possible and successfully completed.