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Recording vinyl into serato problems


Jon

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I've noticed recently that when i record a vinyl into serato the recording is very trebly and there is very little low end meaning i have to boost the bass a lot on my mixer. Is there a way to control serato's EQ for recording? I don't think it's a needle problem as I've tried with both of my needles.

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Yes what you were hearing there is the RIAA eq curve. Due to the nature of vinyl grooves, they boost the treble and cut the bass when cutting the record. A phono preamp has RIAA curve compensation which boosts the bass and cuts the treble by the same amounts they were altered by during cutting - bringing you back to normal.

 

Just a lil' bit of science for you there.

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Yes what you were hearing there is the RIAA eq curve. Due to the nature of vinyl grooves, they boost the treble and cut the bass when cutting the record. A phono preamp has RIAA curve compensation which boosts the bass and cuts the treble by the same amounts they were altered by during cutting - bringing you back to normal.

 

Just a lil' bit of science for you there.

 

Crazy, thanks for the knowledge Paul :)

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It is the RIAA problem and if you read the manual it tells you quite clearly that unless you are using a TTM-57 if you want to record using serato you have to connect it after the mixer (or suitable pre-amp).

 

Of course they could do the RIAA correction in software but I would assume that the reason they don't is because the hardware is designed to be able to take a line level input and there for the circuitry isn't sensitive enough to get a really decent signal.

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