|
Skipping problem with techies (need help before gig)
|
View this Thread in Original format
| spdandpwr |
| I have one technics m3d and another technics mk2 and for some reason they skip. I use stanton trackmaster II cartridges. The needles are 3 months old but for some reason the tables skip like crazy. Sometimes i can't even touch the record, even lightly, because the record will skip. But i use the same catridges on my two stanton str8-80s and there is no skipping at all. I can't use the stantons for the gig though because they hum. So what i need to know are the settings you guys use that makes the records skip the least. I will be pllaying hip hop so the needle staying on the record is crucial. |
|
|
| zizack |
| I don't know exactly what the problem is...but keep messing around with teh counter weights and I'm sure you'll work it out. Different TT's require different tone arm setting for different carts. |
|
|
| mzvirbulis |
| please dont tell me that you have the ANTI-SKIP UP ON 6 cause that would be your problem. set the anti skip to 0! |
|
|
| dj portion |
| when are they skipping is it just when you pull the record back or is it when they are playing aswell... |
|
|
| spdandpwr |
| I played with the anti-skate but now its at zero. Also its when i push the first downbeat (the first note of the song) foward and backward it skips a lot. But it doesn't now skip during normal playback. |
|
|
| Dervish |
| Are you using exactly the same carts or just the same model? |
|
|
| dcougar99 |
| check your counterweight... you may need to take it off... turn it around and put it back on… you can flip the # ring as well… then adjust your needle pressure at that point. let me know if that works. |
|
|
| spdandpwr |
| i use the saem carts i just switched them to see how they performed on the decks |
|
|
| MrChrome |
| I once bought a Stanton Discmaster II and it did exactly as you described. Stanton cartridges seem to suck. |
|
|
| CosmoKid |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrChrome
I once bought a Stanton Discmaster II and it did exactly as you described. Stanton cartridges seem to suck. |
I have Stanton's...I foget which though. Either the Groovemaster or Trackmaster whichever are elyptical. Anyway, I actually really like them. I have had them for a year and a half, got them at guitar center for a steal, and they sound great, and havent worn out.
My set came with 2 carts with needles, and an extra set of needles. I havent even had to replace them yet. |
|
|
| spdandpwr |
| shures are louder and sound a bit better for live perforamnces i think headshell cartridges (whatever they are called) are better for s-shape tone arms but in the mean time what should i set the height to? also what is your counterweight setting cosmokid |
|
|
|
|
