Who scratches here?

[djproben]

Word of advice, avoid at all costs learning to do crab's, 2 and 3 click flares before you get double time 1 clicks down, you will get stuck into not learning them because it's much harder to get the co-ordination down at high speed

Word. I do everything backwards and it's part of the reason I suck - wasted way too much time learning crabs before I learned chirps and it's probably part of the reason I'm so sloppy.

Speaking of sloppy, I do have a couple videos on youtube of bad scratching; they were not to show of my scratching though but to demonstrate the difference in using the innofader in my mixer. So here's the one with the innofader:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE2xwLMJ59E

Yeah, sloppy. Here watch this instead; these guys actually know what they're doing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnSn8oj4MwQ

[bmwnutfrombirth]

So who here scratches?
I'm trying to.
Are you beginner or Grandmaster?
Beginner
What are you learning right now?
Working hard on the crab scratch.
What's been the hardest technique for you to learn?
This f******* crab scratch
How did you or do you learn?
Had a few friends show me, followed by everybody's favorite: YOUTUBE!
What's your setup?
1 1200 M3D, 1 1200 MK2, Ortofon Concorde Pro, Dicer, VCI-100, Traktor Pro 1.27
What do you scratch to?
Anything really
What kit do you use?
Isn't that your setup? What is it with you Brits? Kit? Lol.
Would you like to go to dinner?
No. Not right now.

My last scratch solo

[nickel]

So who here scratches?
I do, if you can call it scratching. Most people would disagree.
Are you beginner or Grandmaster?
Definintely a padawan. I've a long road to becoming a Jedi master in terms of scractching/turntablism.
What are you learning right now?
At the moment I'm trying to get my head around crab scratching and getting my hands to emulate movements which my brain doesn't seem to want to follow. Also beat juggling is another thing I practice a lot.
What's been the hardest technique for you to learn?
Despite having been DJing since the early 90s and using a digital system for the past few years, I only recently got back into using turntables - so I have to say all of them!
How did you or do you learn?
At the moment, Youtube has been my guide especially DJ Angelo. However, I have some videos by DJ Shortee which provide some tutorials and eye candy.
What's your setup?
2 x Technics 1210s, a Rane 56s, oh and Traktor
What do you scratch to?
Hip-Hop (is there anything else you can scratch too?)
What kit do you use?
As above.
Would you like to go to dinner?
Mmmm. Food....

[juan2]

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?
What kit do you use?
Would you like to go to dinner?

Would love to hear people's stories and views on this!

i do
not a beginner but not great at it either
how to maintain what remains of my sanity (away from my gear for a while)
all of it lol
learned by trying to copying what i heard on old hip hop records
set up is battle config with production gear on the side
usually over my own tracks or scratch record drum breaks
2 technics mk3 vestax pmc08
depends on what you have in mind...

[smiTTTen]

Word of advice, avoid at all costs learning to do crab's, 2 and 3 click flares before you get double time 1 clicks down, you will get stuck into not learning them because it's much harder to get the co-ordination down at high speed

Can you expand on this a bit?

[digi16v]

So who here scratches?
ME!!!!
Are you beginner or Grandmaster?
no beginner but sure not no grandwizard either!!
What are you learning right now?
never learned the name game - know alot by sound but have been watching videos to match the sound to the name.
What's been the hardest technique for you to learn?
use the weaker hands on the fader/record.
How did you or do you learn?
been dabbling with turntables off and on for a wHile.
What's your setup?
Ecler nuo4 w/innofader, Technics mk2 & pdx2300mk2
What do you scratch to?
anything
What kit do you use?
read above setup answer
Would you like to go to dinner?
Sure.... and I put out if you get me drunk!!!:eek:

I didnt think there was a following of turntablist on here. We used to have scratch camp back on DJF. Maybe folks would be intererested in that same sort of thing here????

[smiTTTen]

I have some videos by DJ Shortee which provide some tutorials and eye candy.
Mmmm. Food....

-I'll let her know!

[smiTTTen]

I didnt think there was a following of turntablist on here. We used to have scratch camp back on DJF. Maybe folks would be intererested in that same sort of thing here????

This is rapidly becoming my favorite sub-forum. There are clearly controller-only ppl on DJTT who have no interest in this kind of stuff as much as there are other forums for turntablists who believe controllers are the Devil. This forum might make for a great balance. I am particularly interested in combing both Worlds which is why I put an Innofader in my S4 (which ROCKS).

On the subject of Innofader, I am about to head off to the post office to pick up the new Mini Innofader from Audio Innovate. This is being launched at NAMM but I hope to have a review out before then. This model is designed to fit into units that were are too small for the original Innofader/Innobender. I am also going to be working on a Scratch School review that should drop on DJTT around the end of January or so. It will cover QBerts Skratch U, Shortee's new book (as soon as I get a draft), TurntableU and a number of other resources.

Anyway, back to the subject of scratching...

[U-31]

Darren, did you catch the video of my mate that i upped to Phil's forum a few month back?

The guy is Blackpool's answer to Qbert.. his fees for tutoring are really reasonable..

[smiTTTen]

Send me the links...