Is the bass weak also? Are some clicks & pops very loud? It sounds like something might be miswired* (like the phono cartridge?) so that you are getting a difference signal (left minus right or right minus left). It tends to happen with older discs ('50s and '60s) - more often mono ones but sometimes stereo. I don't think I've experienced problems with recording digital discs yet.Ĭould it be a problem with the USB cord itself, or the connection of the cord from the turntable to the computer?īlackgem wrote:When recording, sometimes the audio for vocals (and occasionally some instrumental tracks) is barely audible. Al I can say is, as far as I can tell, the problems occur when I try to record on SOME analog discs, not all. How can I check the ground, if this is the problem? The wires to the cartridge look OK from the outside, and the connections appear solid - I don't know much about the technical issues here. Something similar will happen with the ground to the phono cartridge broken in "just the right place", and I think there might be another way to criss-cross the left & right cartridge connections for the same "effect".
And, if you put those speakers in the rear, you can get a crude surround-sound effect. For example, if you take a pair of speakers (regular 'ol non-powered passive speakers) and connect both speaker-grounds together, but with the ground connection to the amplifier disconnected, you'll get a vocal-removal "ambience" effect. But, a mono analog record wouldn't result in total silence, since there will be slight differences in the left & right channels.īlackgem wrote: A missing/broken ground in just the "right" place can cause this. If you run a (digital) mono recording through a vocal remover, you'll get total silence. Vinyl clicks & pops often contain out-of phase information too.
If the recording has out-of-phase reverb, the reverb will be increased, since subtraction of a negative is addition. Subtracting left from right eliminates everything that's identical in both channels (like "center channel" vocals and bass).
When recording, sometimes the audio for vocals (and occasionally some instrumental tracks) is barely audible.
There is no way I can see to activate these settings - and I have no idea of doing so would help.Īny ideas why this is happening and how to fix? Thanks. For -> Playback "2nd Output" is not plugged in. When checking device on Control Panel -> Hardware & Sound -> Sound: for -> Recording "Line In" and "Microphone" are not plugged in. I only have one playback device (RealTek HD Audio).
I've tried looking at every setting I can think of on Audacity and Windows Control Panel, but nothing works. I tried exporting the affected clips (as MP3) hoping it might be a playback issue (I listen as I record) - but that doesn't help. I use this for sound samples for my business so this is REALLY annoying.
Been using Vibe turntable for a while and have an odd and inconsistent recording/playback problem for SOME of my records.