# Vinyl play/pause
> Tap the record: play morphs into pause, the tonearm drops and the vinyl speeds up and slows down with inertia.
- Category: [Microinteractions](https://library.aimran.es/components/microinteractions)
- Built with: React + Motion
- Live editor: https://library.aimran.es/blocks/vinyl-play-pause-morph
- Library: AIMRAN Library (https://library.aimran.es), free, no sign-up, by Aimran Oukham
## Where to use it
This play pause button animation turns a plain toggle into an object: a spinning record with its own tonearm. It suits a band or DJ website, a record shop, a podcast with a retro feel or the player of a music portfolio. The disc takes a moment to reach speed and coasts to a stop, just like a real turntable.
It is only the visual part: it does not play any sound on its own. Hook it to your audio player so the record starts and stops with the track. Swap the label colour for your album cover tone, and edit the song and artist.
## Code
### React (Motion)
```tsx
import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
import { motion, useAnimationFrame, useMotionValue, useReducedMotion, useSpring } from "framer-motion";
const PLAY_L = "M8 5.5 L13.5 8.75 L13.5 15.25 L8 18.5 Z";
const PLAY_R = "M13.5 8.75 L19 12 L19 12 L13.5 15.25 Z";
const PAUSE_L = "M7 5.5 L10.5 5.5 L10.5 18.5 L7 18.5 Z";
const PAUSE_R = "M13.5 5.5 L17 5.5 L17 18.5 L13.5 18.5 Z";
const vinylMorph = { type: "spring" as const, stiffness: 420, damping: 30 };
interface VinylPlayerProps {
title?: string;
artist?: string;
color?: string;
}
export default function VinylPlayer({
title = "Luces de Madrid",
artist = "Noche Temprana",
color = "#ff5a36",
}: VinylPlayerProps) {
const [playing, setPlaying] = useState(false);
const reduce = useReducedMotion();
const speed = useSpring(0, { stiffness: 26, damping: 12 });
const spin = useMotionValue(0);
useEffect(() => {
speed.set(playing ? 1 : 0);
}, [playing, speed]);
useAnimationFrame((_, delta) => {
const s = speed.get();
if (reduce || s < 0.001) return;
spin.set((spin.get() + delta * 0.2 * s) % 360);
});
return (
);
}
```
## Prompt for AI assistants
Paste this into ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, v0 or Lovable to adapt the block to your stack (Tailwind, Vue, Svelte…):
````text
I want to add the “Vinyl play/pause” block (Microinteractions) from AIMRAN Library to my project.
## What it is
Tap the record: play morphs into pause, the tonearm drops and the vinyl speeds up and slows down with inertia.
## Chosen settings
- Song: "Luces de Madrid"
- Artist: "Noche Temprana"
- Color: #ff5a36
## What I need
1. Add it to my project with the same look and animation as the reference code: same sizes, colours, radii, shadows, timings and easing.
2. It is built with React + TypeScript, with framer-motion for the animation and lucide-react for the icons. If my project uses something else (Vue, Svelte, Astro, plain HTML…), translate it without losing any behaviour. If I use Tailwind, turn the styles into classes; if not, keep the CSS in its own file.
3. Expose the settings above as props (or CSS variables) with those values as defaults.
4. Make it work well on phones: nothing that depends only on hover, touch targets of at least 44 px and no overflow on 320 px screens.
5. Make it look right in light and dark mode.
6. Keep it accessible: semantic HTML, roles and aria-* where needed, visible focus and keyboard support.
7. Respect prefers-reduced-motion: with reduced motion, no big animations but the same end result.
## Reference code
```tsx
import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
import { motion, useAnimationFrame, useMotionValue, useReducedMotion, useSpring } from "framer-motion";
const PLAY_L = "M8 5.5 L13.5 8.75 L13.5 15.25 L8 18.5 Z";
const PLAY_R = "M13.5 8.75 L19 12 L19 12 L13.5 15.25 Z";
const PAUSE_L = "M7 5.5 L10.5 5.5 L10.5 18.5 L7 18.5 Z";
const PAUSE_R = "M13.5 5.5 L17 5.5 L17 18.5 L13.5 18.5 Z";
const vinylMorph = { type: "spring" as const, stiffness: 420, damping: 30 };
interface VinylPlayerProps {
title?: string;
artist?: string;
color?: string;
}
export default function VinylPlayer({
title = "Luces de Madrid",
artist = "Noche Temprana",
color = "#ff5a36",
}: VinylPlayerProps) {
const [playing, setPlaying] = useState(false);
const reduce = useReducedMotion();
const speed = useSpring(0, { stiffness: 26, damping: 12 });
const spin = useMotionValue(0);
useEffect(() => {
speed.set(playing ? 1 : 0);
}, [playing, speed]);
useAnimationFrame((_, delta) => {
const s = speed.get();
if (reduce || s < 0.001) return;
spin.set((spin.get() + delta * 0.2 * s) % 360);
});
return (