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retard with turntable (desperate help)
I bought a Stanton str8-80 for 189 dollars and a trackmaster II SK for another 69 dollars. I have a question though. First how do i adjust the tonearm and all that for scratching. Also how do i know if my equipment is legit and not grey market or somehting. can u explain how to mount like i know nothing because i checked the sites install guide and was lost.
this is what the site gives me:
Trackmaster series: Trackmaster AL, Trackmaster II AL, Trackmaster II SK, Trackmaster II RS, iTrack
"0" on the antiskate "0" on the tonearm height adjustment 4 to 5 grams on the stylus pressure adjustment
what i want to know is how do i set my counterweight to 4-5 is there isn't a 4-5 it goes from zero to 3.5
Ok i'm really restraining myself here but all you have to do is just math wise if they say 4.5 and there isn't a 4.5 on the dial just do the math when you are turning the knob and your good.
To make it even simpler, turn it one full rotation(to 3.5), then add on from there, so spin it til it hits the 1 and that's 4.5. (I broke it down in case you're really confused)
first of all, the carts you have bought are headshell integrated. this means you don't actually have to mount them. they screw directly into the tonearm of the deck, just stick it in and spin the spinny bit on the end of the tonearm until its nice and tight, but don't overtighten it, you can fuck up the contacts.
to balance the cart you need to get it to, yep you guessed it, balance 
. remove the stylus guard and take off the catch which holds the tonearm down, and while holding the handle thing on the cart screw your counterweight all the way in (which pushes the cart right down) then screw it out again until the cart balances level to the platter (without you holding it) but just above it. make sure the tonearm is as horizontal as you can make it. a few degrees either way will mean you are not applying the pressure that the counterweight says you are. one you have balanced it as well as you can, put the tonearm back in the catch and spin the scale on the counterweight (note: this spins independently of the counterweight itself) until 0 is at the top and lined up with the line on the tonearm. then spin the entire counterweight round past 3.5, past 0, until you reach 1 again and you now have 4.5g of stylus pressure 
qbert says to set the tonearm height to 3.5mm on his how to scratch dvd. i'd assume he'd know what he's talking about.
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| Originally posted by tu_face first of all, the carts you have bought are headshell integrated. this means you don't actually have to mount them. they screw directly into the tonearm of the deck, just stick it in and spin the spinny bit on the end of the tonearm until its nice and tight, but don't overtighten it, you can fuck up the contacts. to balance the cart you need to get it to, yep you guessed it, balance . remove the stylus guard and take off the catch which holds the tonearm down, and while holding the handle thing on the cart screw your counterweight all the way in (which pushes the cart right down) then screw it out again until the cart balances level to the platter (without you holding it) but just above it. make sure the tonearm is as horizontal as you can make it. a few degrees either way will mean you are not applying the pressure that the counterweight says you are. one you have balanced it as well as you can, put the tonearm back in the catch and spin the scale on the counterweight (note: this spins independently of the counterweight itself) until 0 is at the top and lined up with the line on the tonearm. then spin the entire counterweight round past 3.5, past 0, until you reach 1 again and you now have 4.5g of stylus pressure |
installing the cartridge was easy but the only problem i have now is people coming into my dorm room and trying to scratch. they then say that its ok and its meant for it. They cue burn and sometimes hit the needle. It must be liike the 100th time that my needle hit the turnable. i spent over 500 dollars to get a table and a mixer. the last thing i need is for this stuff to break cause they wanna scratch with my stuff. The at one point would stop spining when someone tried scratching too!
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| Originally posted by spdandpwr installing the cartridge was easy but the only problem i have now is people coming into my dorm room and trying to scratch. they then say that its ok and its meant for it. They cue burn and sometimes hit the needle. It must be liike the 100th time that my needle hit the turnable. i spent over 500 dollars to get a table and a mixer. the last thing i need is for this stuff to break cause they wanna scratch with my stuff. The at one point would stop spining when someone tried scratching too! |
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| Originally posted by DannyO OK this you need to stop, I dunno how it is for the rest of the DJs on this board, but I'm really picky as to who touches my decks, and I would FLIP on anyone who did anything like that, seriously tell them to piss off, shout, yell, fight, throw acid, anything, but get the message across that its not a toy, and there not DJs, so stay the fuck away, dam man, you seem calm typing this, its not even my deck and I'm pretty pissed off right now. BUT MAKE THEM STOP SOMEHOW. |
yeah i can't wait to go home and leave my stuff there. anyways i was looking at my records closely and i already have scratches that make some records unplable now. lucky for me there was extra at the store but it cost me a month of outings and days of being hungry just to pay for the table and mixer. What i wanna do know is go and get a job to buy records another table and learn how to scratch trance.
yes definitely slap them.
correct, they are built for scratching, but unless these people know what they are doing they WILL fuck up your kit.
tell them to go and shell out on their own decks if they want to 'scratch'
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| Originally posted by spdandpwr installing the cartridge was easy but the only problem i have now is people coming into my dorm room and trying to scratch. they then say that its ok and its meant for it. They cue burn and sometimes hit the needle. It must be liike the 100th time that my needle hit the turnable. i spent over 500 dollars to get a table and a mixer. the last thing i need is for this stuff to break cause they wanna scratch with my stuff. The at one point would stop spining when someone tried scratching too! |
A few days later I moved out and got my own apartment and my equipment was safe from my d!ck head roomate 
one quick question, how do i know if i am scratching properly? my scratches are pretty good and i get them at the hihat and apply very little pressure on the record. i saw some vidoes on scratching looks like i do it right.
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| Originally posted by spdandpwr one quick question, how do i know if i am scratching properly? my scratches are pretty good and i get them at the hihat and apply very little pressure on the record. i saw some vidoes on scratching looks like i do it right. |
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| Originally posted by spdandpwr one quick question, how do i know if i am scratching properly? my scratches are pretty good and i get them at the hihat and apply very little pressure on the record. i saw some vidoes on scratching looks like i do it right. |
http://www.futureproducers.com/tutorials.php
This is a good site for basic scratching video tutorials as well, although there aren't as many scratches listed here as asisphonics.
About people touching your stuff:
I never had a problem with it, if they want to scratch I give em a scratch record I dont care about and tell them to go crazy, or if they want to try beatmatching I give them dual copies of For an Angel and tell them to only play with one ON THE LABEL. The rest of my records... nobody else touches!
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