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Posted by Dervish on May-31-2005 03:34:

Anti - Skate, always set to 0?

I always thought you should set Anti-Skate to 0 on yor decks but I just saw this:

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First off let's talk about the height adjustment. I set it up to three, if you have a Technics 1200 you know what I'm talking about. You set the anti-skating to three also.

Triple >DMC world champion DJ Craze<

Thats for scratching is that why he sets it to 3 or have I just been imagining that you always set it to 0?

Posted by Briden on May-31-2005 03:47:

i always put mine to 0, and i don't even scratch. it cuts down on the skippage during backcueing.

maybe he is trying to fuck with other DJs so he can be champ!

Posted by Synbios on May-31-2005 06:08:

I always keep my anti-skate on full capability. Why shut it off?

Posted by Dervish on May-31-2005 06:21:

Cos anti-skate tries to pull the needle out the way (against the way the record itself pulls it, to stop it skipping while going forward), and when you back cue (going the wrong way in terms of normal operation) the anti-skate tends to pull the needle out of the record.

If I understand it right.

Posted by bokus on May-31-2005 06:31:

From personal experience, just keep it at 0. I had that shit set like the book said and it skiped more then it should of with my ortofons, then I read some forum and they said 0, tried it, hardly skips at all, having anti skate just has a force pull on the needle.

Posted by auujay on May-31-2005 06:43:

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Originally posted by Dervish
Cos anti-skate tries to pull the needle out the way (against the way the record itself pulls it, to stop it skipping while going forward), and when you back cue (going the wrong way in terms of normal operation) the anti-skate tends to pull the needle out of the record.

If I understand it right.

Totally correct. Anti-skate is compensating for forward motion of the record, when you backcue with anti-skate it is working against you so you always want it set to 0 if you are going to be back cueing

Posted by Tony Morello on May-31-2005 06:58:

i'm anti anti-skate... er, pro-skate if you will

it's only useful in hi-fi applications

any other time and it just causes skipping while backcueing and headaches

Posted by jdat on May-31-2005 11:28:

checking the manufacturer specs is a good start to work up from.

But a lot of times having it off or near 0 is good enough.