One of the immediate problems I found myself running into after changing from a vinyl locked groove with triggers to a trigger record was that due to the rotational force on the needle it would constantly force its self toward the centre of the record, I found this produced some more unreliable clicks and would reduce the performability as it would make it feel fiddly to deal with.
Initially I started by just placing a weight behind the tonearm which would hold it in place in the middle of the record. however I felt that this would not be sufficient for more complex performances using the tonearm partially as an instrument.
My solution however is fairly simple, a piece of string looped around the end of the tonearm and then attached to the turntable with a slight amount of tension in it. The trick is to get just enough tension to hold the tonearm in place while still enabling it to be moved with relative ease. This enhanced the performability greatly as I no longer had to constantly adjust the tonearm for the best results.
My solution however is fairly simple, a piece of string looped around the end of the tonearm and then attached to the turntable with a slight amount of tension in it. The trick is to get just enough tension to hold the tonearm in place while still enabling it to be moved with relative ease. This enhanced the performability greatly as I no longer had to constantly adjust the tonearm for the best results.
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