good counterweight settings for recording vinyl

djsoulfever

I don't like to fudge with my counterweight settings ever. i find where they don't skip when I mix and scratch, and leave them there. but when you record stuff from the turntable/mixer, it can sound kind of, um, weighty, for lack of a better word. any audiophile dudes in here have any expertise, know the best weight settings for recording? thank yous.

Beatsoup

Depends largely on the needles you have, your needles should come with instructions for the best weight settings and you can probably find it online easy enough. You need quite a bit of weight on for it to effect the sound though, I'd say just back off abit the regular weight u use for scratching. Less weight is better for the records too.

djsoulfever

Thanks for the tips. I checked with Shure, reset the tracking force and all of that. Sounds less weighty now, a vinyl record still is never gonna sound super clean like the original master though. every format has their own flaw in terms of sound i believe, with my ears.