Confused with hooking up vinyl and cd players

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Posted by Spoonz on Jun-20-2007 10:44:

Confused with hooking up vinyl and cd players

basically, i've had this problem for a while, tho i've just managed to work round it annoying as it is!

below is an editted pic of how i have my decks connected to my mixer:

basically this is my problem, my vinyl comes through too loud! every single one of them!

if i leave the EQ's in the middle while playing a vinyl, it red lines through the roof! i have to turn the EQ's equally down to around 10 o'clock to keep it in the red. the same happens if i try it in the other spare channel.

any ideas?

thanks in advance!

Posted by nutsan on Jun-20-2007 11:35:

why dont you just use the gains?

Posted by Spoonz on Jun-20-2007 11:51:

because even with the gain on the channel turned down it still doesnt make any difference.... my mixer knackered? lol

Posted by Boomer187 on Jun-20-2007 11:56:

So you turn the gains down and it still red lines?

Posted by squats on Jun-20-2007 12:17:

The phono input is too loud? Did you try switching your cd player into the phono input and the turntables inot the cd input? maby its screwed around

Or maby your turntables have a line level input ?

Posted by DiscoStew on Jun-20-2007 12:31:

What turntables are you using? I think some of the new ones (like the Numark TTX's, perhaps) don't have a true phono connection b/c the pre-amp is in the unit itself. Does your turntable have a ground cable? If not, probably pre-amped.

Posted by Spoonz on Jun-20-2007 16:32:

if i turn the gain down it still redlines, yes - it does make a little difference but where there's a beat it is still hitting the red quite frequently - thus turning the EQ's down a little bit

just tried using the line inputs but nothing wotsoever comes out of the mixer as expected

the tt is old, very old... numark TT-1520 and yep, it has a ground wire

Posted by Tony Morello on Jun-20-2007 19:13:

try hooking it up to every phono connection to see if it's the connection or the mixer, could be the TT too

try find another TT and hook it up to see if that's the problem too

go through and eliminate every possibility and you'll find your problem

Posted by chris harrington on Jun-20-2007 19:49:

my tt is switchable between phono and line so c if ur is tat might be a problem

Posted by theognis1002 on Jun-22-2007 12:12:

im a noob...

why do u gotta plug TT into phono? why not Line input

Posted by SPAWNmaster on Jun-22-2007 12:22:

quote:
Originally posted by theognis1002
im a noob...

why do u gotta plug TT into phono? why not Line input

Phono inputs have built in pre-amps to bring TT audio signals up to line-level. otherwise it would be extremely low volume.

Posted by Spoonz on Jun-22-2007 14:59:

quote:
Originally posted by Tony Morello
try hooking it up to every phono connection to see if it's the connection or the mixer, could be the TT too

try find another TT and hook it up to see if that's the problem too

go through and eliminate every possibility and you'll find your problem

well, giving the age of the TT (about 6yrs) it is quite a possibility it is that. unforunately the other 1 i had is in the loft/atic somewhere - too lazy to climb up there. if i swap the TT to the other phono's on my mixer i get the same situation so it all points towards the TT at the minute. quite unlikely to be the mixer if it happens on all 4 channels... isn't it?

Posted by Tony Morello on Jun-22-2007 20:39:

it's pretty unlikely the pre-amp is messed on all 4 channels

now, either get your lazy ass up and get that other TT, or borrow one from a friend or even take your mixer over to a friend's house and try it there

then once you eliminate the mixer from the problem you can start shopping for a new TT

i'd also take a look at your carts, headshells and styli

Posted by Spoonz on Jun-23-2007 10:04:

hehe yes boss

i suppose i could get the other TT down this afternoon