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    Alright, so I have a mixtrack and i like it a lot but i want to scratch or learn to, hip hop i like mainly so i want to learn to scratch and etc and vinyl turntables or turntables like that seem like the best option. So my question is I want to invest in a new controller with a more authentic feel for scratching and etc. so what is the cheapest one i can get.

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    S4! With that, you have the option of plugging vinyl turntables on it for time code.

    No other controller or CD player can substitute the feel and authenticity of scratching than vinyl turntables.
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    If you want to be a scratch turntablist get some TTs
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    Get yourself a 2 channel Scratch mixer & a Technics 1200 with a Sure M447g cart.

    Then get your self an audio4 with TSP!

    DVS's are good for scratching, you can then have the chance to feel that Vinyl feeling under your fingers, there is nothing else quite like it.
    You can also play real vinyl aswell & be like the hip hop legends that your trying to emulate & re-create.

    I've recently bought an Innofader for my DDM4000. This has made scratching actually possible, where as before the xfader would just not cut tight enough.

    It is always worth spending money on a decent xfader, It is SO WORTH IT.
    I could crab within a few hours of owning it!

    Scratching is fun, much practice is required, but lots of satisfaction when you pull it off

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    Spinning hip hop occasionally is about 80% of the reason I'm looking into incorporating a DVS again. That and so I'll look cooler at home in my bedroom.

    I'd say to get technics if you can find them, but despite hearing people on DJTT talking about finding deals, everything is incredibly overpriced IMHO.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mostapha View Post
    Spinning hip hop occasionally is about 80% of the reason I'm looking into incorporating a DVS again. That and so I'll look cooler at home in my bedroom.

    I'd say to get technics if you can find them, but despite hearing people on DJTT talking about finding deals, everything is incredibly overpriced IMHO.
    I see them going on ebay for around $650 a pair in ok shape which isn't bad (but then shipping is probably crazy).

    Other than that I would look at Super OEM TTs, someone had a link that listed all the manufactures that were branding them and I heard good things.

    I would not get any of the cheaper Stanton turntables like the t.92 or less- they are all plasticy and the platters are not close to feeling sturdy like a 1200 when you press it.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Nicadraus View Post
    S4! With that, you have the option of plugging vinyl turntables on it for time code.

    No other controller or CD player can substitute the feel and authenticity of scratching than vinyl turntables.
    I'd have to say this is horribly wrong. Feel free to prove me wrong by overflowing this thread with a plethora of youtube videos with well known scratch DJ's doing routines at gigs with an S4.

    Best bet for turntablism and/or scratch style DJing is gool old fashion technics 1200's and a battle mixer.

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    Oh, one more thing... I'd like to point out the pure idiocy in recommending a mixer (the S4) that does not have a replaceable crossfader to someone who is looking into learning to scratch. It's like suggesting a person going into the roofing business use a hammer made of fragile glass.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sobi View Post

    Best bet for turntablism and/or scratch style DJing is gool old fashion technics 1200's and a battle mixer.

    Yeah, i second what he said. If you want to be a Scratch DJ, then you have too get Turntables. No controller is going too simulate them. Don't even waste your money on another controller if that's what you want to play, seriously. Two 1200's and a DJM, and that's all you need..............oh and the SL box or NI Audio lolol


    Although, I did watch this KILLER video of DJ Dummy (Common's DJ) on the Native Instruments youtube. He's so sick with the S4 and TT's!! I'm pretty jealous cuz my cousin is on tour with him in Europe right now lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by sobi View Post
    Oh, one more thing... I'd like to point out the pure idiocy in recommending a mixer (the S4) that does not have a replaceable crossfader to someone who is looking into learning to scratch. It's like suggesting a person going into the roofing business use a hammer made of fragile glass.
    lol. truth. You can replace the crossfader, but…meh. A battle mixer is still hands-down better.

    Quote Originally Posted by Dj Kave View Post
    Two 1200's and a DJM, and that's all you need
    I'm going to assume you misspoke and meant Rane, Vestax, or Ecler if they even still make the Hak series. Pioneer mixers suck, especially for turntablism. In that world, they got lucky with the 707 and 909, but one of them is discontinued and the other is basically championed by Jazzy Jeff and nobody else last I checked…and might have been discontinued.

    A lot of people use the 800 or 900 because it's what's installed. If you actually go to a hip hop club, you'll see a 56, 57, or maybe 68…or a Vestax if the guy who put the booth together was a fanboy (like me).

    If you see a DJM in something claiming to be a hip hop club, it means that it's actually a top40 club that allows hip hop, probably has a primarily black clientele, and overcharges for Ace of Spades even more than strip clubs.

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