DJ & Vinyl Area

Studio 1 - Playing Vinyl Records

In Studio 1, you can play vinyls using the turntables and DJ mixer.

Please follow these instructions carefully - the equipment is delicate.

Before You Start

⚠️ If a record looks damaged, DO NOT play it.

Records must be cleaned before use

Cleaning kit is on the shelf above the turntables

Ensure:

Axia ‘DJ Area’ fader is DOWN and OFF
All mixer dials are set to 12 o’clock

Powering On

Turn on both turntables

'POWER’ button (bottom right of each deck)

Turn on the mixer

‘POWER’ switch (top right)

The mixing desk for our turntables looks like this:

All faders should already be set to ‘PHONO’ mode.

Fader 2 controls Turntable 1
Fader 3 controls Turntable 2

You can fade between two records using the ‘VCA CONTROLLED CROSSFADER’

Here is what our turntables look like:

Playing a Record

Ensure the cue lever is UP
Unlock the tonearm
Move tonearm over the desired point on the record
Gently lower using the cue lever

⚠️ Never drop the needle manually.

Putting the turntable mixer on air:

On the left-hand Axia desk use the fader labelled ‘DJ Area’.

Place the fader all the way up, and make sure it is turned on.

Previewing & cueing records:

If you are only playing one record, you can use the preview button on the Axia to listen to the records before playing them out.

If you are using both turntables, and playing records back to back, you will need to take a pair of headphones from the Studio 2 Gallery and plug them into the 6.35mm Jack port directly underneath the mixer on the DJ desk.

You can then control what you are hearing in these headphones using the cue controls, shown here:

⚠️ WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED PLAYING RECORDS, PLEASE MAKE SURE THE LIDS ARE RE-ATTACHED AND THAT BOTH TURNTABLES AND THE MIXER HAVE BEEN TURNED OFF

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