Top post mate. It shits me to fucking tears when people go on about being DJs and then reveal they use programs like Virtual DJ, with the auto beat matching. Someone said it here about a month ago and i completely cracked it. And sadly, it is a growing phenomenen. I read about so many people that claim they are DJs and mixing and using computer based programs!! Grrr. its commonely the producer crowd. Myself, I dont use vinyl, but i do like it. Have you considered Serato, by Rane? From what I've gathered, it is the CDJ-1000/Technics 1200 of DJing and its a similar setup to Traktor without the auto beat matching. DVS is great mate, and with serato you can almost completely seperate yourself from the program with Absoloute mode (ABS), which requires you to move the needle to the correct point on the record. Relative (REL), which is reccomended, it sorta 50/50, your vinyl controls the program, but you can use hot cues within the program and click on where you want the song to be. The needle will continue to work as it would until the record ends. Internal (INT) not recomend, nothing to do with the timecode. Designed for hack DJs with an ability to D/L a cracked torrent.