For discussion about setting up your studio and advice on the gear and equipment within it.
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By nod records Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:25 am
i have the vestax handytrax.

my rca line output went on it from plugging and unplugging too much. i've been using the 1/8" headphone output to sample from, but when you pitch the sample up or down after sampling it, you can hear a buzzing sound.

i sample out of my laptop and there was no buzzing sound, so it's def the turntable.

i'm prob gonna pick up a cheap belt drive table and an Ortofon needle. I'm also gonna have to pick up a cheap mixer to run it to.

what Ortofon needles do you like? what cheap mixers do you like?
By ltrain400 Sun May 03, 2009 2:47 pm
I still don't get what most people would prefer!!! I was looking at a Numark TT200 turntable!!! It is a direct drive turntable.. What type of needle would i need?? I plan on learning how too scratch sooner than later
By MPZ60 Sun May 03, 2009 3:23 pm
Go to a Pawn Shop or try Craigslist and get a used 1200 .. you will always get your money back if you can get it for around 200.. You will never need another turntable otherwise...
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By vinyl_junkie_1620 Sun May 03, 2009 5:15 pm
Ortofon Arkiv haha don't belive the hype...optimised for digitising vinyl hahah give me a break lol all that product is..is MARKETING BIG marketing..use your ears and you will find carts that sound 100000000 times better than orto junk u just paying for a name.
All their moving magnet carts sound shite imo..I'v used pretty much every ort pro cart and a lot of their Moving Magnet hi-fi shit which is just that.

Also no good spending loads of money on a good cart if you got a shit deck like a TT-200 or a dj deck with a straight arm...you can't use elliptical tips with dj purpose straight arm decks
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By vinyl_junkie_1620 Sun May 03, 2009 5:19 pm
Here is one of my vintage Stanton 681SE tips on vintage 680 body's click the link and listen to the magic of this cart

http://www.zshare.net/audio/50635939584074ab/

sounds amazing with jazz..the horns just sparkle

Recorded with a bog standard SL-1210 mk2 thats from 1992 and still going, Urei-1620LE mixer and cheap shitty M-Audio Fast Track Pro sound card..no eq or anything was done to this other than to convert the wav into MP3

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By MPZ60 Sun May 03, 2009 6:45 pm
A Technics 1200 will give you great quality sound for years and years. Not to mention to scratch with they are the best IMHO ( and I have Vestax PDX 2000's and Numark TTX's )
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By sonseelye Tue May 12, 2009 12:06 am
vinyl_junkie_1620 wrote:Here is one of my vintage Stanton 681SE tips on vintage 680 body's click the link and listen to the magic of this cart

http://www.zshare.net/audio/50635939584074ab/

sounds amazing with jazz..the horns just sparkle

Recorded with a bog standard SL-1210 mk2 thats from 1992 and still going, Urei-1620LE mixer and cheap **** M-Audio Fast Track Pro sound card..no eq or anything was done to this other than to convert the wav into MP3

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i have a feeling u can trust this guy!!!