sampling from the turntable

so hey ive never owned a real good turntable, just sampled off this old wooden Numark i got from an ancient turntable enthusiast, so i have no other experiance sampling from anything else.

When i stop playing a record, and just stomp on the ground the levels on my mixer go way up, are turntables suppost to be this sensitive ? Ive had alot of trouble with way too 'airy' sound, until using the phono preamp on my electrix filter factory.

This just seems like a huge deal since this is the source of my samples and i want them to be optimum.. Anyone got tips besides going out and buying a hella pricey digital table or something ?

take the needle off the record, stomp all you want

you can buy pretty decent older technics decks (not 12s but still solid) off ebay for real cheap. youll probly end up paying more for shipping than the deck tho. heavy platters=less rumble. maybe you can try thicker slipmats?

Is there anything to absorb vibration/ shock between the table & turntable? What about floor& table? Your foot and the floor?

nothing extra, just the feet on the turntable and slipmat

man isolate your deck and mixer as much as possible...

i.e. throw four sponge pieces or tea towels or whatever under each leg of your deck... sometimes it helps to keep your gear a small distance away from each other or in other words you can get more feedback by having your mixer physically touching your turntable... keep the gain as low as possible on your 1k by turning your speakers up... but check this, those airy sounds can actually be kind of cool... try this one:

turn your gain up really high on your 1k in record mode... those levels that are going way up when you stomp the ground can be used in a track if you're feeling it... just tap your turntable with your finger and notice the sound of a deep, bassy kick... not enough bass for you though? that's cool, link a low-pass filter on it and maybe a light bit grunger effect and notice that you've got a deep, deep sub of a kick to throw into any kind of track... definitely worth experimenting with and in my opinion it can make a dope kick.

PEACE

to iso the TTs:

grab 4 masking tape rolls
strech a bunch of rubber bands around it so they cover the whole
put one of these under each leg of your TT


method # 2

iso with some sorbothane under the TT legs(this stuff will give you serious iso, i've used it on stage at a show with great results. btw, it also is great for killing the ring with drums, but be careful to much will kill the drum sound.)

who said anything about 1000?

graynote1 wrote: keep the gain as low as possible on your 1k by turning your speakers up...

turn your gain up really high on your 1k in record mode...

don't forget you want to record your samples at a decent level . i'm all for minimising the gain on my mpc, but at the same time I set the gain on my mixer so the signal is loud, but not clipping through the monitors . Turning your speakers up (if they have volume controls) would give you a false sense of the sound . If they're adjustable, its best to keep them at a normal level... which I guess would be unity gain, at about 75% .
Never heard that about keeping your mixer away from your turntable to avoid interference though.

I don't get much feedback from my 1200's. But my boy swears by these for his Numarks:

INFLATABLE SHOCK ABSORBER

i saw a cat usin these at a show once,
been lookin out for them, thanks!