I was wondering, when you stop the record (to cue it up for example), should

a) the record stay still, while slipmat and platter are still moving

or

b) the record AND the slipmat stay still, while only the platter moves?

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b

NO, both the platter and the slipmat should move, while the record is still!

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Tom

ummm, nooo, what slipmats you got dude?! are you sure you even have slipmats? you prolly have those rubber mats, thats why only your record moves and the mat sticks to the platter...

yo, are u even a DJ???
The slipmats are supposed to move along with the platter!
I know what a slipmat is and what a rubbermat is, i'm not fucking stupid. If you slipmats aren't moving when u stop the record, then ur decks are piece of shit...

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Tom

Do u even know what you are talking about?
You said "B"
B is: the record AND the slipmat stay still, while only the platter moves?
And now ur telling me this shit: "you prolly have those rubber mats, thats why only your record moves and the mat sticks to the platter..."

Thinks before you type
P.S. A is the correct answer

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Tom

Hmmm. This kind of varies... it very much depends on the turntable and the record.

If you have a turntable with a lot of torque, and a record that is kind of warped into a concave way (facing upwards that is), then the slipmat will pretty much always move with the platter regardless of what the record is doing.

If you have a record that is not warped like that, or is warped like that but you're playing the other side, then it's more likely that the slipmat will move with the record, i.e. if you are cueing up and pushing the record back and forth, then the slipmat will move back and forth too.

It all depends on the relative amounts of friction between the record and the slipmat, and the platter and the slipmat. Generally, it is more likely that there is going to be more friction between the record and the slipmat (the plastic of the record against the paint on the slipmat) than on the slipmat against the platter (felt against bare metal), meaning that it is more likely for the slipmat to move with the record rather than with the platter.


Often though, you will get a bit of both... the record moves underneath the record when you're holding it still, but slower than the platter is moving. I suppose that's the best way to sort out this argument!

tranceformer, take it easy bro, yr talkin like i just banged yr sister or something... shiet... i got tech 12's... i know on every decks i've worked on with thin slipmats whenever i'm cueing the slipmat sticks with the record while the platter spins underneath...

Thanks mates!

Now I can finally R.I.P. =)

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I say A..I went and checked. My tech 12s with the slipmats that I got with em

the record stays still..platter and slipmat stay moving...UNLESS I press hard, and then the platter keeps going and the slipmat stops, BUT this is not the way that it should be

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B

i guess it really depends on your slipmat and records

I have stanton slippies

Sheesh, cool it you people!

My slipmats normally end up spinning together with the platter. Maybe it's because I don't put too much pressure when stopping or cueing my records.

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