get yourself a proper turntable, period. There is no point in trying to mimmick the real deal, it's never gonna be the real thing.
Besides, why don't you get yourself a small Controller like the kontrol S2, s4 or one of the serato DDJ-S series, if you really only wanna scratch you can do just fine on that, there is no need for a moving platter especially if you've just started learning to scratch
also what's the problem with being tied to serato? I have both Traktor and serato and use both for Gigs, depending on my mood.
have some delicious static platter scratching:
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