Humm When Recording Turntable

[The Bastard]

I JUST BOUGHT THIS TURNTABLE SO I CAN SAMPLE RECORDS AND I NOTICE THAT NO MATTER HOW I EQ IT I ALWAYS GET THIS LOW FREQUENCY HUM,SO FAR IVE BEEN GETTING BY WITH ELIMINATING THE FREQUENCY IN THE NOISE REDUCTION FEATURE OF COOL EDIT BUT IT KINDA SCREWS UP THE SAMPLES AND ELIMINATES THE WRONG SOUND SUMTIMES, I NOTICED I DONT GET THE HUM WHEN I TURN MY VOLUME DOWN ON THE MIXER BUT THEN THE SAMPLES RECORD REALLY LOW IN VOLUME AND I HAVE TO AMPLIFY WHICH I DONT THINK IS MUCH GOOD EITHER,I HAVE A BERINGHER EURORAK WITH A GEMINI XL 4002 RUNNING INTO A LINE INPUT.IM NOT USING THE GROUND CUZ OBVIOUSLY THERES NO GROUND ON THE EURORACK,DO U GUYS THINK I MIGHT NEED AN AMPLIFIER FOR THE TABLE?

 

[bigdmakintrax]

U definitely need some kind of pre amp....but another thing there might be either a potential difference between your equipment electrically....make sure your ac plugs are grounded.....also I would try plugging my equipment into a couple of different outlets.....improperly grounded equipment will cause humm.....but again you need an amp for the tables try that and see what happens.

 

[Haterade]

Hey man-

Sounds like to me you're plugging your turntable into the rca inputs on your recording mixer. You need an RIAA preamp (Rolls makes one for like $40) or a cheap DJ mixer to get rid of that low frequency hum. (Does your sound also have a lot of high frequency energy? If so, get that preamp asap!)

If you're using a DJ mixer already, it might be a problem with the ground on the turntable. Use a peice of speaker wire to tie the turntable to your DJ mixer's rack holes or the ground connection on the back. That should do the trick.

 

[GhostChamberz]

I think an RIAA preamp would b wise.
but the most important for you to do right now is to connect the grounding wire into your gemini, u got to do this man, and eventually output from the gemini and into the behringer.
gold plated RCA cables is wise too, get the most expensive ones u can afford.

 

[The Bastard]

sorry to waste yur time guys but the turntable wasnt the thing i was havin trouble with i was getting the hum from my vcr,any suggestions

 

[GhostChamberz]

throw it out , hehe

 

[The Bastard]

nah man i just got that shit its a vcr,dvd combo im gunna use it to sample videos n dvds,any real suggestions

 

[Ominous]

How do you have it connected? I don't really have any experience in this area but I was thinking you may be experiencing some sort of built in copyright protection mechanism on the hardware you are recording from.

I would check maybe the placement of your wires too...this might be some sort of magnetic field interferance adding some sort of distortion to your audio cables an speaker wires...

I am totally guessing here.