Anti Skate Effect Sonically for Sampling?

Yo, i've been sampling and i realized that i always had the anti skate set to 0. i got a test record and set the anti skate so the stylus stays put on a blank vinyl. is that the correct way to set it up? i tried sampling with the skate on 0, and the skate on the setting so it stays put on a blank vinyl, and i feel like i do hear a slight difference, but my ears are tired and i could be hearing things that aren't even there. what's your guys input on this, does anti skate heavily effect the sound? what should i be looking out for? i feel when i have the anti skate to around 2 rather than 0, the record sounds less dull? yet again ,i could be imaging all this! good looks.

thanks mpc fam!

the anti skating function keeps your needle to the middle of the groove on the record so it can detect both sides of the groove with the same force. if there was no anti skating the needle would be pushed to the outer side of the groove while beeing dragged towards the center of the record. that way on channel of the stereo signal would be degraded.
now if you are scratching that is a different thing, because then you are moving the record backwards too, and most needles then should be setup with antiskating set to 0 to prevent the needle from skipping when the record is moving backwards.
for sampling however, even if you spin back the record backwards to get to the start of the part you want to sample, it is best to set the anti skating according to the specs of the needle. in most cases this is the same as your weight setting on the needle.
e.g. if you set your needle to 3g weight then the antiskating should be on 3 aswell.
read the manual for your turntable and the needle/system you use for more specific detail.

peace, jo

good looks jo,

i just played around with the anti skate and i can't really hear much of a difference. i'm debating if i should resample some of my older samples that i use a lot with proper anti skate, might be worht the time if the sonic difference was big enough.