Turntable padding to absord the bass?

dj ill kid 505 · Post by **dj ill kid 505** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:22 am

I noticed some people use towels or "blow-up" devices to absorb the bass so the needles don't send feedback, what's the best to use?

Also, has anyone had recent problems with turntable mal-functions? Seems to be happening more often...WTF?

Please feel free to ad any other hints or tips to making sure the turntable is flawless. Thanks.

claw · Post by **claw** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 2:53 am

dj ill kid 505 · Post by **dj ill kid 505** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 2:58 am

claw wrote:

Oh snap! That's brilliant! brilloiant?

adain · Post by **adain** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:58 am

see if you can get your sub away from your decks or put it on something that will absorb vibrations so you'll hear more bass rather than feeling it. just a suggestion

drokkr · Post by **drokkr** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:37 am

two tennis balls cut in half per deck, put a half under each foot. job done

Hibbie · Post by **Hibbie** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:26 am

I've seen a few picture where people use a tuna can for example and put a load of elastic bands around it to put under each leg

spiro · Post by **spiro** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:45 am

DROKKR wrote:two tennis balls cut in half per deck, put a half under each foot. job done

does the job!
Also works if you have the half tennis balls under some kind of fitting surface.
Its easier to place the decks that way.

hibbie05 wrote:I've seen a few picture where people use a tuna can for example and put a load of elastic bands around it to put under each leg

this method makes the decks wobble like the "blow-up" devices . . .
not good for controlling the decks . . . its like they float on some weird surface

how stable is this method ?
and how many sponges do you need ?

claw wrote:

d-vo · Post by **d-vo** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:15 am

concrete block with four squashballs - one under each corner. deck on top = no probs

RubiconMan · Post by **RubiconMan** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:26 am

foam and concrete slabs - the heavier the better.

claw · Post by **claw** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:10 pm

just get 2 packs of those sponges and you are set.....the method is endorsed by the man Joe Nice

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sam xl · Post by **sam xl** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:09 pm

Pure Filth technique is two wheel barrow innertubes or the free floats, just don't be Heavy handed (not mentioning any names...Chef, Gas Lamp Killer LMAO!!!)...worked for us for years...we are currently experimenting with a few new one's tho.

juusu · Post by **juusu** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:59 pm

a squished roll of TP under each foot, works like a charm.

if the mixing desk is not fixed to the stage you can put the TP under the legs of the desk instead.

a fun thing to try while trying to fix feedback problems is to hold the whole deck up in your hands with the subs cranked all the way up, sometimes you can hear your heartbeat

jtransition · Post by **jtransition** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:29 pm

Are-K142 wrote:foam and concrete slabs - the heavier the better.

We used a variation of this with two pavement slabs with a piece of thick foam inbetween(A foam and concrete sandwich)

juusu · Post by **juusu** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:30 pm

marble slabs work great too, and much thinner than concrete

thief · Post by **thief** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:00 pm

d-vo wrote:concrete block with four squashballs - one under each corner. deck on top = no probs

Yep, this is what we're using.

hd4000 · Post by **hd4000** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 4:36 pm

pillows work as well.

ELLFIVEDEE · Post by **ELLFIVEDEE** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:56 pm

please just don't buy those inflateable deck stand things, they're a pile of shite!

synergist · Post by **synergist** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:46 pm

Logically any dense material should help, so if you can make your own version of Auralex Mopads then that should help absorb some of the unwanted LF.

The halved tennis balls sound like a good idea as well, because they'd give you almost two levels of isolation... although I'd want to make sure the decks can't be pushed off the table by enthusiastic DJs

How about making something along the lines of a rockwool sandwich? That could possibly work well if you had your decks + mixer in a coffin

Turntable padding to absord the bass?

Turntable padding to absord the bass?

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