turntables not so easy

[keithace]

I use wax paper under my slipmats.

me too...

beatmatching starts with dropping the next record in correctly...i stole digweeds style of reaching to the top of the record and holding on it's edge with 3 or 4 fingers and starting it on speed on beat with a quick flip of the wrist...

turning or pinching the spindle also helps with minor adjustments...ride that pitch control...

[CaptainMidnight]

I use wax paper under my slipmats.

watch for the wax build up on the platter...shits a bitch to scrape if left for long periods.

[Hippie]

Mr Sheen that platter

Teflon baking sheets are the slipperiest I've found

[bumtsch]

Yup, baking paper works well here.

[Flash101uk]

Or a set of Flying Carpets ...

Yeah man, heard those are the dogs. I never bothered with them though as I dont really scratch.

Ive been weaning myself onto the pure vinyl experience slowly over the past few months. Got DVS, used the phase tools and BPM to my advantage and learnt how to manipulate vinyl. Took away phrase info recently with barely a blip in my skills. About to take the plunge into removing the BPM readout too.

Proper vinyl skills are sick, but I couldnt do without cue points. I'll never be a true vinylist, but at least I can pretend

[Dj Kave]

You've just got to get the feel for it. Practice, practice, practice.

Question Answered lol.

Turntables are really cool because you like 'feel' the record a lil more and it gives you the ability to scratch, mix, and beatmatch. They do, however, take a lot more practice to be able to handle them with confidence. Once you get it however, its really cool.

Just practice. I need practice with turntables too. Your not alone

[fullenglishpint]

Serato has fewer visual cues

You joking?! Serato has loads, but it took me ages to work out how to use them lol. It has about 4 different things to take the place of Traktor's phase meter.

[sobi]

weeks? HA try several months... :P

you never know... I figured it out in a couple of hours. After about a week, locking in a mix wasn't that hard to me.

[sobi]

Proper vinyl skills are sick, but I couldnt do without cue points.

Most people can't. That's why there's stickers like the little dot on the one below.

[Dj Kave]

Most people can't. That's why there's stickers like the little dot on the one below.

That's mad oldschool bro! lol. That's how one of my original DJ teachers taught us how to spin, with a couple of those old records with stickers for about two or three weeks. Lol. Those take a lot of practice!