On Thu, 2012-12-27 at 17:19 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 07:09:51AM -0800, Len Ovens wrote: > > > The joke was they were good for putting in light bulbs... someone > > could stand on top with a light bulb to the socket and turn the motor on > > to screw it in. > > Except that it would turn the wrong way... > > When I was in broadcasting the turntables were EMT. They had a slip > coupling between the main (heavy) platter and the actual (light) one > supporting the disk. So with the motor turning you could stop / cue > the disk by holding one finger to the rim of the upper platter. When > released it would start 'instantly'... The cheap method is to use a slipmat. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
