A quick question for turntablists & scratch deejays

[Patch]

Good boy. We need more Hip-Hop heads and turntablists around here!

[P4ULSON]

most turntabilist that care about tracking weight runs 3-5grams i personally run at 4 grams on m44-7 and technics headshell. on my ortofon concords i run 3.5 grams. Difference in straight vs S tone arm is how you mount your cartridge. On straight tone arms i just leave the cartridge flush and straight with the front edge of the headshell. on s tone arms i angle my cartridge for better tracking.

here you go a tutorial

[Rip van Winkle]

I've been a hiphop head since the early eighties and geting my own set of wheels has been a lifelong dream. I only ever diverted to midi because of my financial responsibilities as a parent and it was so much cheaper to get my own set up. I started doing electronic music as well mainly because i never really liked mixing hiphop on my midi controllers. Trying to scratch on my first hercules RMX was bad to say the least I also only recently found out it is possible to play normal vynil through traktor on my S4. Now i got these decks in a bargain and they seem great as a "starter" device before i start saving up for some 1200s or 1210s (which are REALLY hard to get cheapish here)

@P4ULSON thanks also for the input and vid, I put the CC-1s on 4 grams now to try out

[DJ Sunshine]

Budding turntablist here!

Just wanted to pop in here because I had the same question. Right now I've got a bit of a heavy hand, but I'm getting better. Thanks Patch, your input was greatly appreciated, as I was worried about the same thing!