setting needles/weights.. helpppp

[Sh4n3]

i finally got all my shit together

but i don't wanna burn a fat chunk in my vinyl
anyone know of any sites where they describe this in detail... or can anyone give me any advice so i can start fuckin around!

[Timdareez]

get a protractor........... that is the best i heard

[Sh4n3]

thanx tim... now that i've heard those 2 words i've got my dex set up nicely
lol

fuck this is ruff

i was told to make it so the arm is horizontal... so basicall floating equally
then setting th dial on the weith to 3 (which i don't get wtf that does when it's not changing the weight put down on the arm)

and i ended up with a needled that didn't touch the record

[Timdareez]

protractor = a lil indicator that you buy that aligns a cartridge properly with the table

then yes the arm you adjust the height so that it's level with the cartridge

the counter weight i'm not too sure... once u adjust the height
make the counter weight so it's floating with the cartridge then
i'm not sure bout the counters either..... you move em to like 0.5 counter clockwise or something ...... then whatever you moved that you move the anti skip to..........

not sure about that part....

[Sh4n3]

i THINK i got it
or at least how in interpreted how to do it. lol... seems like it should be right though

thanks for you patience mah-tin

[sebcoe]

rtfm

[DJDeeb]

- adjust the counterwieght until the tonearm is floating level
- turn the number ring ( not sure the proper name for this thing ) so it alines with the zero mark
- then turn the counter wieght to the proper wieght setting


Done!

[automatic]

what you want.

-tone arm parallel to record surface (adjust height ring on 1200)
-cartridge counterweight set based on what you are doing:
-recording a mix=lightest
-fucking around at home (beatmatching)=light
-fucking around at home (scratching) as heavy as you need to not skip)
-in a club/at a party=heavier to compensate for bass vibration
-anti-skating=go buy a one sided record if you don't got one, drop the needle on the grooveless side. if the cartridge is lined up correctly on the tone-arm, and the antiskate is set correctly then the needle should move in to the middle of the blank side and stay there...

[sebcoe]

i wish we still had a fuckin chucky cheese

that fuckin mouse made me laugh and the pizza made me fart but i still liked it a lot OK
bye

[DJDeeb]

^^^^LOL

Chucky cheese was the shit!!!! :hehe:

[specialkonrd]

yeah they had one buy lougheed mall
then they turned it into jolly genie or something
now its like a bank or somethin?

[Sh4n3]

Originally posted by DJDeeb
- adjust the counterwieght until the tonearm is floating level
- turn the number ring ( not sure the proper name for this thing ) so it alines with the zero mark
- then turn the counter wieght to the proper wieght setting


Done!

k thx

that's what i ended up doing :)