I was wondering when Djing with turntables does it mess up a direct drive motor if you old the turntable in place as the play button is on? I have a habbit of holding the motor still with record on it waiting for my cue to relase instead of pushing stop and play on the turntable itself.

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Originally posted by ModernNosferatu I was wondering when Djing with turntables does it mess up a direct drive motor if you old the turntable in place as the play button is on? I have a habbit of holding the motor still with record on it waiting for my cue to relase instead of pushing stop and play on the turntable itself.

When you cue a track, you hold the record in place, while the platter stays spinning. how are you holding the motor?

Unless you're holding the side of the platter (which is absolutely unnecessary), the motor will continue spinning.

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you should be holding the record the platter has no need to stop

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yes, I am holding the side of the platter and I sort of give the record my own push at cue start ...I always wondered if this was wrong but it was just my way of controlling the cue. Now i have 2 answeres telling me its wrong...does it destroy the torque of the motor?

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It's probably not good for the motor to halt it up like that. Just hold the record down and the platter will still spin below (you are using a slip mat right?).

You can still give the record that added push that you were before with just holding the record down, so I suggest doing it the 'correct' way.

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Originally posted by ModernNosferatu yes, I am holding the side of the platter and I sort of give the record my own push at cue start ...I always wondered if this was wrong but it was just my way of controlling the cue. Now i have 2 answeres telling me its wrong...does it destroy the torque of the motor?

it might on the long run.
it's very awkward that you hold the platter to cue tracks...
you should be holding the record in place, not the platter.

you can use the platter to slightly slow down the speed if necessary to match the beat, although it's better to just use the pitch.

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OMG...i been Djing wrong for a little too long..I knew something was wrong because I just bought some brand new Numark TTXI's and hooked them up today and the motor was so high torque it felt really unsettling to hold the platter like I did with my other tables..so I had to ask before I used them again. Thanx for the answers

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Holding the platter still on a direct drive TT will cause the motor to overheat and burn out, the platter is supposed to keep spinning, that is why you have slip mats after all.

The magnetic field that causes the motor to spin will,if you hold it still, induce a current within the rotor of the motor (the bit the spins and is connected to your platter) that will cause heating which is never a good thing unless you want a really expensive and heavy paperweight.

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I know dude....it's so much different letting the platter spin, it just feels like its wrecking my records and the slipmate slids over it..I won't hold the TTX's like I did the American Audio's. They still work good but I think a year holding the platter probably made the motor slower because near the end they weren't matching right....I have done some looney things in my life but I feel stOOpid right now..but you know I am just a bedroom Dj and have no Dj's friends and I just signed up for this website.

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And I meant holding the American Audio tables...the Numark TTX's I just recieved today.

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Originally posted by ModernNosferatu I know dude....it's so much different letting the platter spin, it just feels like its wrecking my records and the slipmate slids over it

Do you have sandpaper mats or something?

Get yourself some nice slippy slipmats, the type you can do a backspin on and the record slides over the mat like ice... Then learn to scratch on a beat to cue, touching only the record. Try putting your middle two fingers on the very outside edge of the record (not the platter) and work your fingers to move the record. most the motion is in the the joints on the bottom of the fingers.. or in medical terms, between the metacarpal bones and proximal phalanges. Atleast that's how I find most natural



A little practice and you'll drop it right on beat.

Last edited by MERiDiAN5i2 on Nov-04-2007 at 02:09

Hell Ya that was tight knowledge,..thanx

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