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Who scratches here? Posted on: 22.12.2011 by Len Lukawski A couple of months ago I decided to start learning to scratch, properly. Not just pushing the record around and hoping for the best (which best describes the previous 17 attempts back in the day). I have consumed hundreds of hours of videos on Youtube, been reading books, signed up for Qbert's SkratchU and practice whenever I can which unfortunately is maybe half an hour a day. I am definitely off the blocks skills-wise but still in skratch primary/elementary school. So who here scratches? Are you beginner or Grandmaster? What are you learning right now? What's been the hardest technique for you to learn? How did you or do you learn? What's your setup? What do you scratch to? Would you like to go to dinner? - I edited this list as I had a repeat question on setups. Would love to hear people's stories and views on this!
Myung Belski 17.02.2013	Originally Posted by hipnopath With the PCV fader, how did you do all the wiring? Without a mixer around it, will the fader just cut really sharp? There is actually a longer than usual cut-in, with a slight fade. DJGoldMonk recommended for me to put some hot glue on the fader's walls, just enough so that it cuts completely(same theory with the Vestax spacers and credit card mod). It works like a charm, but nothing like an innofader. It definitely is worthy to cut on though. There is actually a couple things to keep in mind. First, the PT01 needle sucks. Buy these - http://www.ebay.com/itm/350571589186...84.m1497.l2649 .. They are cheap and awesome. Second, You NEED a 7" skipless record because the torque isn't strong enough for 12". The Baby Skratchy Seals are perfect and come with 7" butter rugs: http://www.djqbert.com/product/skrat...uper-seal.html . They ARE 33rpm, not 45. Unfortunately, you wont be able to buy them until the summer, when they are back in stock. I saw a couple on Ebay, shipping from AU. I plan on making some 7" vinyl dubplates from CarveryCuts. I just need to understand how the hell you make a skipless record. Here are some pics: The fader box is bolted to the PT01. Wish I was a pro electrician.. I know I could make this thing a whole lot better. All I know is L, R, Gnd.. haha I'm trying to make a routine with my other battery-op gear and make a vid somewhere remote next.
Myung Belski 17.02.2013	Originally Posted by hipnopath HOLY SHIT THAT'S DOPE! Please release more specs or a tutorial! I've been looking at putting a fader in a PT01 since I'll never get a QFO, hah. Thanks man. Yeah, I've had my eyes peeled on a QFO, but so hard to find. Here's the tutorial I followed to put a crossfader in the PT01, but meant for the handytrax: . I'll see if I can put a vid together on the other stuff I did to it. A dremel and some hot glue will be your best friend. Originally Posted by djproben What is the fader in? That looks like a separate box, I'd love to see a tutorial too The fader is a Vestax PCV. The box is an enclosure I bought from Amazon. I made a cut out on the top for that Korg SoS, and can interchange with the MiniKP2.
Nelida Ghouse 12.02.2013	Originally Posted by smittten So who here scratches? I do Are you beginner or Grandmaster? About 9 years in, still learning. GM one day What are you learning right now? Deconstructing my style so I'm more versatile with foundation cuts and juggles so I can can do stuff forwards/backwards/left/right. What's been the hardest technique for you to learn? Boomerangs for traditional techniques but creating (or trying to create) new styles is always harder because I'm never sure if it'll be possible until I can actually do it. How did you or do you learn? Self taught from a few Q-bert and MMM videos and random scratch songs for first few years, and with the help of DJ community s. Eventually met some good Canadian DMC DJs and they helped me quite a bit. What's your setup? 1200s or Str8-150s, and a Rane 62. I have a bunch of other stuff but Rane 62 is my favourite piece of gear , and 1200s are my babies for all around stuff. Str8-150s have an edge on 1200s in some ways though so I like them as well. What do you scratch to? Mostly stuff with breaks as the basis, like hip-hop and similar genres. Also dirty south/trap stuff sometimes. Would you like to go to dinner? Taco Bell?
Verona Spradlin 30.01.2013	Originally Posted by dripstep I started scratching at the beginning of last week. Not the greatest, but not bad considering that my baby scratches sounded awful and out of time a week ago. criticism? positive, negative, constructive or not, I will accept all hah Nice! Much better than me when I was at a week! Keep up those babies and transforms. Try to then master the chirp and get some chirp/transform patterns and you have a sold foundation for what you've got left to learn! Originally Posted by 32Digits I wonder what your thoughts are on Baby chino.. I honestly don't like him, (not like his personality but the hype around him) I don't like him either. DJ Sara or DJ Ryusei take the cake for child scratch DJs. Here's another update for my journey to cut ambidextrously!
Myung Belski 17.02.2013	Yeah, I was gonna follow that one first. It looks convenient just having the fader on the PT01. There's a video of him cutting on it on YT. If you decide to do the HandyTrax mod on a PT01, you splice-in the 3 wires of the fader(l,r,gnd) into the wires going into the volume circuits.
Verona Spradlin 17.02.2013	Incredible. This looks a lot better then the other fader mod on a PT01 I saw on Skratchlounge.
Myung Belski 17.02.2013	Originally Posted by hipnopath With the PCV fader, how did you do all the wiring? Without a mixer around it, will the fader just cut really sharp? There is actually a longer than usual cut-in, with a slight fade. DJGoldMonk recommended for me to put some hot glue on the fader's walls, just enough so that it cuts completely(same theory with the Vestax spacers and credit card mod). It works like a charm, but nothing like an innofader. It definitely is worthy to cut on though. There is actually a couple things to keep in mind. First, the PT01 needle sucks. Buy these - http://www.ebay.com/itm/350571589186...84.m1497.l2649 .. They are cheap and awesome. Second, You NEED a 7" skipless record because the torque isn't strong enough for 12". The Baby Skratchy Seals are perfect and come with 7" butter rugs: http://www.djqbert.com/product/skrat...uper-seal.html . They ARE 33rpm, not 45. Unfortunately, you wont be able to buy them until the summer, when they are back in stock. I saw a couple on Ebay, shipping from AU. I plan on making some 7" vinyl dubplates from CarveryCuts. I just need to understand how the hell you make a skipless record. Here are some pics: The fader box is bolted to the PT01. Wish I was a pro electrician.. I know I could make this thing a whole lot better. All I know is L, R, Gnd.. haha I'm trying to make a routine with my other battery-op gear and make a vid somewhere remote next.
Verona Spradlin 17.02.2013	With the PCV fader, how did you do all the wiring? Without a mixer around it, will the fader just cut really sharp?
Danae Dumler 16.02.2013	Very cool work man! And yeah that keychain fader looks fun too but way more useful the way you have yours set up with the Numark.
Myung Belski 17.02.2013	Also, check this out: http://www.thudrumble.com/blog/skrat...e-frisk-fader/ I ordered one about a month ago, but just yesterday the guy making them just started making mine. You might be able to just buy that and wire it up without soldering and doing all the other labor. Not sure how the fader will last though. I gotta find an electrician to find a way to put my Innofader in it. I tried it, but it needs some sort of power supply to work.
Myung Belski 17.02.2013	Originally Posted by hipnopath HOLY SHIT THAT'S DOPE! Please release more specs or a tutorial! I've been looking at putting a fader in a PT01 since I'll never get a QFO, hah. Thanks man. Yeah, I've had my eyes peeled on a QFO, but so hard to find. Here's the tutorial I followed to put a crossfader in the PT01, but meant for the handytrax: . I'll see if I can put a vid together on the other stuff I did to it. A dremel and some hot glue will be your best friend. Originally Posted by djproben What is the fader in? That looks like a separate box, I'd love to see a tutorial too The fader is a Vestax PCV. The box is an enclosure I bought from Amazon. I made a cut out on the top for that Korg SoS, and can interchange with the MiniKP2.
Danae Dumler 16.02.2013	What is the fader in? That looks like a separate box, I'd love to see a tutorial too
Verona Spradlin 16.02.2013	HOLY SHIT THAT'S DOPE! Please release more specs or a tutorial! I've been looking at putting a fader in a PT01 since I'll never get a QFO, hah.
Myung Belski 15.02.2013	Congrats on all the success Vekked! You're dope man. Here's a vid I just recorded on a portable skratch machine I just finished making:
Nelida Ghouse 12.02.2013	Originally Posted by smittten So who here scratches? I do Are you beginner or Grandmaster? About 9 years in, still learning. GM one day What are you learning right now? Deconstructing my style so I'm more versatile with foundation cuts and juggles so I can can do stuff forwards/backwards/left/right. What's been the hardest technique for you to learn? Boomerangs for traditional techniques but creating (or trying to create) new styles is always harder because I'm never sure if it'll be possible until I can actually do it. How did you or do you learn? Self taught from a few Q-bert and MMM videos and random scratch songs for first few years, and with the help of DJ community s. Eventually met some good Canadian DMC DJs and they helped me quite a bit. What's your setup? 1200s or Str8-150s, and a Rane 62. I have a bunch of other stuff but Rane 62 is my favourite piece of gear , and 1200s are my babies for all around stuff. Str8-150s have an edge on 1200s in some ways though so I like them as well. What do you scratch to? Mostly stuff with breaks as the basis, like hip-hop and similar genres. Also dirty south/trap stuff sometimes. Would you like to go to dinner? Taco Bell?
Verona Spradlin 30.01.2013	Originally Posted by dripstep I started scratching at the beginning of last week. Not the greatest, but not bad considering that my baby scratches sounded awful and out of time a week ago. criticism? positive, negative, constructive or not, I will accept all hah Nice! Much better than me when I was at a week! Keep up those babies and transforms. Try to then master the chirp and get some chirp/transform patterns and you have a sold foundation for what you've got left to learn! Originally Posted by 32Digits I wonder what your thoughts are on Baby chino.. I honestly don't like him, (not like his personality but the hype around him) I don't like him either. DJ Sara or DJ Ryusei take the cake for child scratch DJs. Here's another update for my journey to cut ambidextrously!
Awilda Boggie 29.01.2013	I wonder what your thoughts are on Baby chino.. I honestly don't like him, (not like his personality but the hype around him)
Yong Aptekar 29.01.2013	I started scratching at the beginning of last week. Not the greatest, but not bad considering that my baby scratches sounded awful and out of time a week ago. criticism? positive, negative, constructive or not, I will accept all hah
Lilliana Perris 21.01.2013	NICE! Thanks for posting!!! I need MUCH more practice....
Verona Spradlin 20.01.2013	Nice to see younger DJs get into cuttin'! Keep it up! I got my decks at 16 (18 now) and I'm about to enter the DMCs this upcoming spring!
Elisa Zappa 18.01.2013	I scratch i'm 15 and i've been scratching for a year and a half I am intermediate but i hope to get as good as DJ Craze, shiftee, qbert, mix master mike. (list goes on) I am learning the autobahn and drumming after learning the boomerang I had a hard time learning flares but after that they become more natural. DJ ANGELO he has the best free tutorials ever. but besides that just other videos on the internet I use 2 Audio technicas atlp120 (technics clone) Numark x5 battle mixer, shure m447 and mixvibes cross software I like scratching to trap, house and soft-core dubstep/ soft core glitch hop (tipper and bro safari are great to scratch to) if you're ever in chicagoland dinner would be awesome here is my first routine
Mabel Sumling 22.12.2012	Originally Posted by Cybertrash How on earth can you do that so fast? lots of practice, lots of pain.
Ira Alsadi 19.12.2012	My bad hipno, it's on the lounge.
Evelyn Navarijo 17.12.2012	Originally Posted by Patrick Wayne heres a transform tutorial i did 5 years ago. How on earth can you do that so fast?
Verona Spradlin 16.12.2012	Which video are you talking about?
Ira Alsadi 16.12.2012	That vid is sick on DV Hipno. When is going public?
Mabel Sumling 15.12.2012	heres a transform tutorial i did 5 years ago.
Verona Spradlin 13.12.2012	I'm still cuttin'!
Len Lukawski 13.12.2012	I seem to be in a cycle; Controllery Stuff > Scratchy Scratchy > Producey Producer > Rinse and Repeat.
Ira Alsadi 13.12.2012	I haven't practiced much since April. School and the kiddos are keeping me busy. I still play around with combos but not much progress being made.
Evelyn Navarijo 13.12.2012	How did this thread land up on page two? Anyway, I believe I'll take up scratching again, got to get some practice going, I can manage stabs, transforms and chirps well enough, but I just can't make them sound good in a series or a combo :/
Lilliana Perris 22.11.2012	Cheers for the vid!
Ellena Byerly 22.11.2012
Verona Spradlin 16.11.2012	Hah yeah. I really just wanted to see the benefits of "extreme record control". I'm slowly getting used it though. Crabs are still far into the future and fast two click flares/boomerangs are slowly coming together. Practice, practice, practice.
Lilliana Perris 15.11.2012	Originally Posted by hipnopath I finally did it! LIES! You just inverted the video!! LOL Nicely! I find that if I cross my hands over...and just use the same hands as I do for the left side...I am OK. But its not legit!
Ginger Vinegar 15.11.2012	[QUOTE=hipnopath;552342]I finally did it! haha awesome man! thats exactly what i sound like now!!! except iv been working at it for about 2 or 3 months now and i just cant seem to get a good flow going. All i can do is the chirp scratch and the 3 click flare, only so many combinations i can do heh
Verona Spradlin 15.11.2012	Originally Posted by DannyAK you should do a video of you scratching right handed :P I finally did it!
Caitlin Siddens 09.11.2012	So who here scratches? I stroke the vinyl quite a bit. Are you beginner or Grandmaster? I can scratch enough to be dangerous. (Side note: From what I understand, "Grandmaster" is a title that's awarded. A DJ is "kevening ed", so to speak.) What are you learning right now? I'm always working on drumming. Also, speeding up/becoming more comfortable with Qbert's "Prism Scratch". What's been the hardest technique for you to learn? Scratching (at all) on Tech 12's, heh. I started with Stanton straight-arm tables, T62's I believe. It's a whole different game, and much less forgiving without that needle wedged in there, though the finesse required has been a joy to learn. Hardest technique has to be keeping your enthusiasm in check, and learning to let the movements flow rather than rocking your guts out (I'm a Death Metal junkie) How did you or do you learn? I learned the most from paying for access to Qbert's Skratch University. The videos of technics, which feature slow motion playback (THANK GOD!), and the community of people, as well as access to his Master Classes really did help. I'll rehearse with a Logitech cam recording from overhead, and the decks routed into either Traktor Scratch Pro 2.6 or Live, depending on if I'm using a combination of timecode and vinyl, or purely vinyl. When I lose a flow, I'll note the time stamp, record a brief description into the mic as to what tripped me up, and keep going. What's your setup? 2xTechnics 1200MK2, Mackie D.2 mixer (Isolators, FX Loop, + Infinium X-Fader=schwing), Traktor Scratch Pro 2.6+Audio 6 interface, Pair of Dicers, Kontrol X1, Various stomp boxes to route FX out from the Mackie through, Ableton Live 8 Suite, 2xOrtofon Concords-Qbert Editions. What do you scratch to? Instrumental tracks of some of my favorite songs, and sampled loops. Would you like to go to dinner? If you are not only paying, but it's the equivalent of an open bar, sure.
Nita Ague 07.11.2012	So who here scratches? I do Are you beginner or Grandmaster? Beginner kinda What are you learning right now? I'm learning to crab scratch What's been the hardest technique for you to learn? so far the crab is the hardest for me How did you or do you learn? I taught myself on my bro-laws set-up What's your setup? 2x technics, denon mixer, serato and traktor What do you scratch to? I prefer vinyl and scratch to instrumentals Would you like to go to dinner? if were having crab!
Ellena Byerly 31.10.2012	1. Are you beginner or Grandmaster? -Guess I'm not sure where to place myself, I'll say on a scale of 1 to 10, 4. 2. What are you learning right now? -Combinations and better timing. 3. What's been the hardest technique for you to learn? -3 click flare 4. How did you or do you learn? -I've watched other DJs in action, and usually mimic what I've seen. 5. What's your setup? -1 Turntable + S4 Setup, 2x Turntable + Rane Sixty-Eight Board 6. What do you scratch to? -Jazzy House, Hip Hop, and Funk 7. Would you like to go to dinner? -Maybeeeee

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