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Sunaj ·
Turning a hard drive into a turntable controller
I came across a video of someone who made sort of a turntable using a hard drive. One other person also used a CD-Rom drive with a cd in it and put a laser mouse on top of the cd.
I was wondering, How exactly do i connect RCA cables to a hard drive? I'm pretty desperate to ttry this.
These were the two videos I initially came across,,
here is a small video tutorial i made that shows how to make a rotary controller with an old Harddisk Drive
and a chinch cable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo2WgxyeHrg
Sunaj ·
Hey, thanks for this!' 2 Questions
1. + is red and - is the white cord?
2.So must I solder the wires to the hdd? or is there another way I can connect them ?
I'm sorry i have no technical knowledge of soldering or electronics
philter5 ·
to answer your questions:
no, you don´t have to solder the cable to the hdd.tbh, soldering is the best way to connect the cable to the hdd,
but of course you can also fix the cable to the contacts in any other way (glue or something).
+ and - does not matter here. it´s not important which cable (red or white) you connect to which contact.
i don´t have knowledge of soldering and electronics, too. but that´s not really needed here.
good luck!
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