crap sound cards!!!!!!

**jonnykash** · 07-03-2005

what up peoples!!! ive been using these crap sound blaster by creative sound cards. when ever i try record a mix the music sounds like its coming out of an old school 70s am radio. basically my set up is 2 tek 12ves and a 5 channel behringer mixer. my sound cards are external. i started with one i bought from best buys fiddy buckz. supposedly it did everything.music and video games. crap it is!!! than i saw one for 28 bucks that was supposed to be a stereo mp3 sound card. NOPE crap still A.M. radio that is. what am i doing wrong???? is there an external sound card i can use that records quality sound????even when i had my rca cord going straight from my mixer to my hard drive my sound wasnt coming out right.can someone help me achieve my goal of someday being a mixtape king/superior club dj??????

**Carnage** · 07-03-2005

Are you using the record out of your mixer? Have you got decent levels when you are recording?

**Cotsy** · 07-04-2005

maybe its the mixer sending out a the poor quality mix, especially since its behringer because i havent heard very good reports on them

**jonnykash** · 07-04-2005

im using the main "master out" rca outputs from the back of my mixer. depending on which record im playing i have to fool with the levels. for the most part my records are white label "bootlegs" so some records need adjusting some dont. also i was using ortofon needles which is over priced and total crap and switched to stanton groove master which is cheaper and sounds a lot better. but the thing is my sound is coming out distorted on my pc. could it be possible its the mixer and not the sound card???? the mixer was on sale for one hundred fiddy bucks what can i say im a cheapo!!!!! any more help is appreciated.

**Peasant Nikon** · 07-05-2005

What Ortofons did you have? Set up correctly, most of them are among the best sounding DJ carts out there.

The mixer is a weak link, but not nearly as weak as your soundcard choices. You are trying to use consumer-grade soundcards to get a "professional" sound. Find a card like the M-audio Audiophile or something like that, and you will be on your way. Then, when you can, upgrade your mixer. Beyond that, keep your vinyl clean, run as hot as possible without clipping anything (no clipping in or after the mixer), and then you should be good to go.

Many people have the misconception that the louder a signal is, the better. If you are running your mixer meters in the red, then you are clipping your signal, and asking for garbage sound quality. But again, the soundcard is absolutely the biggest problem for now.

**Source raver** · 07-06-2005

Connect the Behringer to a good sound system and I suspect you may find the problem. I own a Behringer VMX300 and think its a great mixer, unfortunately the signal from the both out and main out has degraded over time. To be honest I'm not sure why (and for the price I paid I'm not complaining)but I wont sell it second hand because of the problem. Can you borrow a better mixer for an experiment?

KINGS..

**Absolute Rules** · 07-06-2005

If you are redlining on the mixer, on the master output levels or the line outputs levels that could be the problem.

If your level is peaking on the software that you are recording on that could be a problem as well.

Good Luck with your Mix, I would love to hear it,,,,,when your done, post it to www.Xfade.US

Cheers

**dj chex** · 07-06-2005

another thing, if you are using the mic input on the soundcards you're gonna get distorted crap. Make sure you have the mixer plugged into Line-In on your sound card.

**jonnykash** · 07-06-2005

thanks for everyone help hopefully i can figure this thing out. first off peasant nikon-im using a ortofon concorde to much trebel not enough bass. no good for hip hop in my humble opinion because the levels go up and down on different records. secondly guys i never bothered to check the levels on my mixer before i statred recording oops stupid me. also i just downloaded audacity i havent mastered the program yet although i dont think thats the problem. because i was using a free trail from soundforge and my mix sounded like crap. so inconclusion i have a spare mixer its an americo aka brand x mixer yes im a cheapo ill try that. i have a stack o records i want to record ill post a mix. if can get right. any more suggestions will greatly be appreciated. by the way my mixer is a behringer djx700 i bought cause it has a beat counter. oh well. hollaaaaaa!!!!!!