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Vinyl Player Help
« on: January 09, 2016, 06:11:55 pm »
I recently got an Audio Technica LP60 (ATLP60) turntable to enjoy my vinyl records and I am using my studio gear to route it out to my studio monitors. I wanted to be able to route it directly out to my monitors without having to switch cables and redo my entire setup just to listen to my records. The record player is routed into the input of a Scarlett 2i2 using the RCA to 1/8" converter the record player came with, then a 1/8" to 1/4" converter into the 1/4" input of the 2i2. The 2i2 is switched to Direct Monitor, making it so that I don't have to route the audio through a DAW in order to get the sound out to my monitors. The problem I am having is that certain records sound odd. The instruments are often louder than the vocals, sounding similar to when headphones aren't fully plugged into a headphone port when listening to music from a phone. I am not sure if this is due to the fact that I don't have the audio routed out to a sound amplifier or if this is because the cord that came attached to the LP60 is damaged, or even if this is just how the certain records are supposed to sound. Would a regular audio interface (such as my 2i2) properly amplify the sound or do I need to purchase an amplifier to route to before the interface? Or does the problem lie within the cords/adapters I am using to get the sound out?

I hope I explained everything thoroughly enough to show how the LP60 is set up currently, any help/advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

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Re: Vinyl Player Help
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2016, 07:45:50 pm »
I have an Audio-Technica ATLP120, and in my experience the problems with sound cutting out/being uneven have come from two things: either the tonearm isn't set at the correct height and/or gram level, or the four green, red, blue, and white cables in the headshell aren't properly attached to the corresponding hookups in the cartridge. If correcting these problems doesn't change anything, try unhooking all of your ins/outs and triple-checking them before hooking everything back up. If the problem still persists, try going on a google-hunt and searching through the answers.audiotechnica.com results that show up if you google stuff like "atlp60 sound level issues" or "atlp60 sound cutting out" etc. I guarantee someone's had this problem before, and someone's helped them fix it on that website. Hope that helped!  :)
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