getting sound out of the turntables.

[Cosmos]

k, i'm new at this whole dj thing. i bought my first turntables yesterday, 2 stanton t.120's and a numark dxm06 mixer...i set everything up according to directions, and then i realise i didn't buy any speakers. so i thought i could just plug in my amp i use for my electric guitar into the mixer and get sound out of it that way, but either i'm not connecting it right...or i don't know what the problem is.

so then, i take my big cd player with the 6 disk changer and the 2 speakers gonnected to it and try to hook that up to the back of the mixer with the red and white cables...that didn't work out so well either.

what exactly do i do to get sound here, could i use my amp or cd player? or am i going to have to go out and buy powered speakers?

[Clayton.]

It's a sign, maybe it's just not meant to be.

[Chewy]

your cd player thing should work.. as long as you can change the setting to AUX...

mixer to amp... amp to speakers

[clevich]

dont plug it into your guitar amp, you're going to blow it.

did u buy them brand new?

just wondering how much it cost u?

[pryorstyle]

fullblast will be a sick house dj in exactly 1 week

[decypher]

Yeh make sure you take your RCA's (red and white) cord from the MAIN OUTPUT of your mixer to the red white connectors on the back of your CD PLAYER. Then turn on your mixer (always power up your mixer before turning on any amp or sound device) after mixer is online, turn on CD PLAYER and for input type select AUX on the cd player. Play a record on your turntable, if there is no sound make sure the volumn is turned up on your cd player, double checkl that its on AUX. If still no sound, make sure your UPFADERS are up, that is the fader that goes up and down, also make sure your GAIN(can also be called TRIM) on the top of your channel is turned up. This knob will be located directly above the UPFADER you are using, look at the VU meter and make sure the lights are flashing(If the lights get too high in the red, turn down your GAIN or TRIM). Last thing is make sure your master output GAIN or TRIM is turned up. That should allow sound to get to your speakers. If you aren't getting any signal on your VU meter or any sound in your headphones, then it isn't a problem with your speaker setup but could be a problem with not having one of the knobs or faders that control volumn turned up or could be that you did not connect your needles to the headshell correctly. Search google for dj forums, there is a wealth of newb forums out there that will help you on your journey.

Good Luck.

[Cosmos]

Originally Posted by alla

did u buy them brand new?

just wondering how much it cost u?

yeah, they are new it was 1400 total with all the taxes.

and i did finally get it to work, i just wound up plugging my headphones into the jack...fixed the gains(which i had at zero) and...thus i heard music