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By J.London Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:55 pm
Okay my setup is 2x Vestax pdx2000's and vestax pmc05pro2.

This setup was okay, and used to work without any problems.
After one gig I tried to plug my turntables to my mixer and I get ground noise, I thought it was just something wrong with the ground wire and I changed it, nothing.
I've grounded my turntables to my mixer, my mixer is not grounded (since I dont have grounded sockets at my grib).
The ground noise sometimes goes away for awhile when I move the ground wire bit.. but it comes back after a while..
The problem is bigger on my other turntable but the other one has that problem also..
Any ideas?
does the ground on my turntable has a contact error (dont know if that's a real word :D ).

this shit is killin' me since I cant sample or cant play with timecode records.. (ground noise ~50Hz, timecode signal ~50Hz)..
the one who solves this problem will get e-beer :mrgreen:
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By BLiTzZD Mon May 02, 2011 3:18 pm
Try grounding your turntables by attaching the wire to something else that's grounded.

Like the screws on a light switch panel. Just be sure not to hook it up to a powered source.
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By BLiTzZD Wed May 04, 2011 5:54 pm
J.London wrote:^ I dont know whats grounded if my sockets aren't.
maybe i could ground my tt's to my heater? that doesnt sound too legit tho :lol:

thanks


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If your plug is the one on the right it's grounded. using the faceplate screws as a ground should work.

Otherwise just use the screws of the light switch faceplate as a ground. Lights have to be grounded so the casing will be also.
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By J.London Wed May 04, 2011 9:33 pm
aah, ok.
I wasnt sure if my lights were grounded (dont know anything about that kind of stuff), I only knew that my sockets are not.
but I gotta try that one out.
thx
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By dabmeister Wed May 04, 2011 9:59 pm
Up the prize to some e-congac and you've got yourself a deal. :mrgreen: