Wobbly DJ Setup -- Help/Advice Needed

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Posted by Anomyst on Feb-03-2006 05:43:

Wobbly DJ Setup -- Help/Advice Needed

Hi Guys,

I run a night at a bar in the city and have had 2 parties so far.

My problem is:

The upstairs DJ Setup had started with a tressel table and freefloats

When the place packs out and starts to rock the whole setup shakes like an earthquake. not fun when your trying to mix and the needle is flying all over the place.

Second attempt at trying to rectify this problem was two pieces of thick, medium density foam under the freefloats followed by the turntables ontop.

Still shaking all over the place but not as bad.

Thank god for Shure 44 carts!!

I have asked for a suspended platform from the roof, but owner said no.

So i am looking for an alternative (low-cost) to try and fix this problem.

Some ideas:

-- Milk crates gaffered together (6, 3 crate High stacks) and a solid piece of wood over the top. with cement tiles and foam under neith each crate stack..

Wouyld love some ideas from you guys if you have ever been in the same situation...

Cheers.

Posted by djdk on Feb-03-2006 09:47:

dump the freefloats, get two paving slabs, 8 tennis balls and some gaffer tape.

stick a tennis ball in each corner of each paving slab making sure theyre secure, then put one slab under each deck. If theyre still a bit wobbly you can try only using half a tennis ball.

works a treat, much more effective than those silly freefloat things!

EDIT: make sure the table your're using is stable, the tennis balls should remove feedback

Posted by Mimoza on Feb-03-2006 10:03:

look for some earthquake stabilizers:

http://www.djresource.nl/Topics/sto...ble_Stabilizer/

or the tennis balls, a good and helpfull idea, buth just start with cutting them in half, then they are much more stable!

Posted by djdk on Feb-03-2006 10:06:

quote:
Originally posted by Mimoza

or the tennis balls, a good and helpfull idea, buth just start with cutting them in half, then they are much more stable!

yeah for some reason i couldnt remember whether u cut them in half or not, pretty obvious when you think about it

tooooo early

Posted by Freak on Feb-03-2006 11:37:

Bricks or concrete paving stones

Posted by Allen Mueller on Feb-03-2006 12:41:

Dump the freefloats. If you don't mind some sway in the turntables, go with ashtrays and rubber bands. Rubber bands are way less jittery than the freefloats. Go to a restaurant supply store get 8 ashtrays (cost about $5) than pick up a bag of #84 rubber bands (about $2). Remember with any isolation setup weather the one I mentioned above or the others make sure you have your tables leveled up. You can get a cheep bubble level that looks like a circle that checks surfaces for level for a few dollars at any hardware store. I think anyone with turntables should have one. Any method isn't going to do too well if your tables are sitting on an angle.

Allen

Posted by Nemesis44 on Feb-03-2006 19:33:

Two paving slabs on sleeping bag underlay and then get your tennis balls and cut them in half, place under each foot of the deck.

Cheers
Nem