hi all, i experience a 'buzzing' through my headphones when a record isnt playing, you cant hear it when a record is playing, anyone know what it is? i have the decks grounded to my mixer , so i cant figure out what the problem is. anyone had this problem before? thanks

does the buzzing come through the speakers as well? if not then i wouldn't worry too much, it will be a problem with the cue channel.

if yes, its most likely to be a ground loop (so re-check all your grounding), or fluff in the terminals of the headshell/cart.

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yeah if i turn the speakers up loud without playing anything i can still hear it. its not my stylus or headshell.. just replaced them for shure mg44's . iv tried replacing my leads, could it be becasue i dont have an amp? i just have active speakers.
thanks

I've had this problem before and found it actually varies from place to place. Even if everything is well grounded in your setup the main power feed could suck. I remember in my old apartment I had a terrible ground and would get a humm/buzz all the time. Since I moved its pretty much gone... Guess they have better wiring here.

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Do you have anything else pluged in to your mixer like a computer or an amplifier. Try to plug everything in to the same power strip, that usually gets rid of the ground loop for me.

A good tip from my production days is to make sure that everything plugged into the amp and mixer is routed from the same mains plug.
The reason being that using different mains sockets can introduce a potential difference, which presents itself as a hum.....
Use an extension with a surge protect on it if ya have lots of gear.

you clearly have a winged insect trapped in your headphones.

Call rentokill

And an Antlion in your speakers.

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Originally posted by Freak you clearly have a winged insect trapped in your headphones. Call rentokill

its most likely to be a grounding/power supply issue. i used to get a buzz when i had my decks in the other room, it was mainly down to my computer being attatched to it from a different power source. try buying an 8-way plug board and have everything coming from one plug.

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i have a double socket in the wall one of them has a 4 way plug with my pc on. the other has my 2 decks, mixer and active speakers, even with the pc off the sound is still present. doesnt bother me too much tho if its just something to do with the main power feed then ill just ignore it.
thanks everyone who replied

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Originally posted by abnorm And an Antlion in your speakers.

...That thing is beautiful

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Originally posted by eyeball_2003 hi all, i experience a 'buzzing' through my headphones when a record isnt playing, you cant hear it when a record is playing, anyone know what it is? i have the decks grounded to my mixer , so i cant figure out what the problem is. anyone had this problem before? thanks

I had a very similar problem. Its a grounding issue and its very simple to fix. All you need is an adaptor that takes your typical 3 prong plug and turns it into a 2 prong (pos and neg, no ground). Although if your in the UK, I'm not sure if this will be completely accurate but you just need to get rid of the ground.