Dj_Rasko Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Hey all , was just wondering if someone could offer me some sound advice. I just moved to uni and took all my equipment with me. When i set my equipment up and started spinnin sum tracks I noticed heavy distortion thru my speakers. I thought it may of been the speakers and so I went back home and changed my speakers for another pair. When i set these up there was also distortion. Basically im confused to what causes this distortion. I figured if it was the speakers then the distortion wouldnt come through my headphones but it does and iv tried several pairs and still the same outcome. I went out the next day and bought new needles and theres still distortionso im stuck. could it be my mixer ( elcler nuo 2 3 yrs old which iv used in clubs n stuff), cartridges ? crossfader? I dont have a clue and i dont really want to start spending unecessary money so any help would be much appreciated. thanks Rasko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 If it comes through your headphones, to me it implies that there's something wrong with the mixer. If it's a technical problem with the decks, it would be unlikely to affect both at the same time, and it's getting distorted before reaching the amp, so it's unlikely to be the amp or speakers. How's it going anyway man? LTNS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decisive Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 you've definitely grounded it properly i take it? does the distortion disappear when the channel faders are turned down/the inputs are switched to line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj_Rasko Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share Posted October 11, 2007 Safe dude u cool ? im good man just moved to nottingham! Yer i thought it may be, but i was trying to look for a kind of fluctuation by toggling with wires or slightly liftin up the mixer but no response. Do u reckon i should consider gettinga new mixer. I have used it out and about a lot but surely it should last longer than 2 years. One thing is that i bought sum fader cleaner from hard to find used it, then realised that they sent me switch cleaning fader with a fader cleaner label on top, so that could of fukd it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj_Rasko Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share Posted October 11, 2007 It definitely grounded properly no humming or anything. It just heavy distortion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 How close are your speakers? Also, just to be sure I understand you, you get the distortion both through the speakers AND when the speakers are off and u are just listening thru ur headphones?? Out of curiosity, are ur slip mats real thin (like the thud rumble mats) b/c I've heard that can cause issues with some setups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 check your needles for dust, you might have a fat load of grime on them. but i'm guessing you've already done that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj_Rasko Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share Posted October 11, 2007 lol its not dust and yup i get it thru the headphones too. Soeakers are pretty close to the rest of the set up. I just use the vestax standard slipmatts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rygon Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 i think that even if you arent playing vinyl and you have a bad ground then you will hear the feedback. Id look at the amp personally. Is this grounded with the mixer?? have you got your wires into the speakers/amp/mixer properly. Start of with one deck....make it the most basic setup you can then fault find from there...change channels/leads/speakers/decks/needles etc and see how it goes..make sure all the levels are set to no more than 0dB as anything over will give you a certain amount of distortion..go too far and it clips the level giving looadds of distortion (>8dBapprox) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBearOne8III Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 also, try cleaning the contacts on your carts. do you still get distortion if you play a cd thru the mixer? also, if you got a cheap beginners mixer laying around, i would swap them out just to see if it is the mixer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dextrous Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Don't take it the worng way or owt but are you set up properly? You haven't got your turns going into the line ins or something have you? That seems the most obvious thing if it only started happening when you moved your set up.Also are you keeping unity gain until the output stage. You're not driving it too high at mixer level and then attenuating it further along the chain are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 your setup's haunted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pand Malone Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Full of practical advice as usual! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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