Rane System One issues: Serato beatgrid display mismatch, Engine BPM edit/reset problems and possible BPM drift — anyone else?

Engine DJ Hardware Mixers
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Hi everyone,

I bought the Rane System One last week after selling my almost-new Rane Performer, and I must be honest: I am beginning to regret the change. My Rane Performer worked perfectly for my workflow, but I am experiencing several issues with the System One that are making me lose confidence in the unit.

I am not posting this to attack Rane or other users. I genuinely want to know whether these are known bugs, settings I may have missed, firmware issues, or whether I may have a faulty unit.

My setup is:

  • Rane System One
  • MacBook Pro
  • Serato DJ Pro
  • Engine DJ / standalone mode
  • Music from Serato and Engine/internal media

The issues I am experiencing are:

  1. Serato beatgrid/waveform mismatch When I connect the System One to my MacBook Pro using Serato DJ Pro, the beatgrids look correct on Serato on my laptop, but on the System One screen the grids appear slightly out. This is worrying because the same tracks look properly gridded inside Serato.
  2. Engine DJ BPM/grid editing inconsistency In Engine, access to BPM/grid adjustment seems inconsistent. Some files allow more adjustment, while others only show limited options such as BPM or Reset. In some cases, pressing Reset appears to do nothing.
  3. Possible BPM drift / speed change during playback A few times while playing a track in Engine, I noticed the BPM/speed increase and then reduce on its own without me intentionally moving the pitch fader. This is very concerning for live performance.
  4. General reliability concerns I have seen so many positive YouTube reviews, but none of the reviews I watched mentioned these issues. I appreciate that reviewers may have different workflows or may not test long enough to expose problems, but my experience so far has been very different.

Has anyone else experienced any of the above, especially:

  • Serato grid correct on laptop but not matching properly on the System One screen?
  • BPM drift or speed changes during Engine playback?
  • BPM/reset/grid edit buttons not behaving consistently?
  • Pitch range or Sync-related speed changes?

I would really appreciate any advice before I decide whether to keep the unit, request a replacement, or return it. I loved my Rane Performer, and at the moment I feel very disappointed and stressed because I sold a setup that worked perfectly for me.

Many thanks,

DJ Sao Tao

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wish I could return mines but that window has long been closed. Honestly if I were you I would return it now while you can or else your gonna be stuck like me waiting on false advertisment and a vast improvement that engine dj needs. My main gripe with engine dj is their beat grid system, it is terrible, if they are unable to improve in this area, why not just support one library and solve that problem.

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I’ve not got the Rane hardware but I do know that a new os version was released at the same time. Have you come across any other posts about similar issues on other hardware?

Engine is updated with hot fixes regularly so hopefully one will be released soon to address any issue that have been reported.