Building a Record Player

In this project, we will create a record player that will move an arm over the record, make the record spin, and play music when a button is pressed.

Sure, record players are a bit outdated now, but this project is a good way to learn new techniques about rotation – specifically, how to rotate objects around an anchor point. And you can always modify the design to look like a turntable, as many DJs still use vinyl, especially due to the vinyl resurgence in the last few years.

You might be thinking, didn’t we rotate circles in the first project? Well, this project is different. In the last project, the rotation animation we applied was on SwiftUI-created shapes, (specifically, circles), but in this project, we will be applying a rotation animation onto a photo image, then controlling it with a button, and mixing in some sounds to add to the user experience.

Before we start, let’s list our objectives for this project:

• Adding...