djdisciple

I was thinking about making a new thread but figured I could ask in here. What are some of your favorite scratchers specifically concerning vocal samples / multi syllable sentences / words, either in a battle or musical scenario? Any DJ's that you think are especialy great at skratch drumming?

I've had the opportunity to cut with Celly and Connah a lot over the last 10 ish years. I was totally dumbfounded that I did not know of them when I met them back then. (Since they're from Eugene originally and I'm from/in Portland.) I've never really seen anyone do the 6 o clock stuff Conner does with his record control, it really is unique and Sick AF. Celly is also next level, Once the session runs a long time he will still come up with fresh ways to play with the samples while most of us had already used up most of our stuff and are just recycling or trying to break new ground.

R-ASH puts out pretty sick stuff on his IG these days and is very technical. Yeah Pan Jaras is super sick! Very tough to pull off that rapid / technical style with out sacrifice to musicality or flow. Everything is just soo crisp and styled.

I'm down with Jam Burglars suggestion. I'm down to put an entry in if y'all don't mind extending the scratch contest. Can't let these beats go to waste Can even invite some cutters from the local skratcher Portland circles, I'm sure a few would be down.

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Yeah Flip!!! Saw a bunch of the battles on IG stories but never knew the final result! These are definitely swing flares me thinks. I really agree with Sy here because I have found swing flares to have a lot of room for hand control nuances even though I usually think of it as a a rapid / flashy sounding scratch.

I'll see you guys at the liquor store in Portland, OR! Stoked!

Looks like Temple of Deejays has volume 1 in a few colorways available. Vol 2 is my favorite of the bunch.

I notice a big one for me is practicing over a variety of tempos and beat types. Aside from it making me flexible when bpms change it just seems to make my scratching more on time in general. +1 on on Chile's heuristic method too! Recording yourself is also invaluable for seeing your progress. Many times I don't critique myself nearly as hard unless I've recorded and taken a look/listen.

Got this S9 a few months ago. Finally some footage with it.

Damn, I wouldn't have guessed that of all the contestants, the one caught cheating (miming) was someone with an actual Battle DJ'ing background / history vs say a club only DJ. I'm a bit surprised that he though he could get away with it at a event of that caliber though. I also did not know that they have that many cameras/angles filming the contestant.

I actually have a similar injury in my left wrist / fader hand from work /sports. I use a gyro exerciser. https://www.rei.com/product/890386/dfx-sports-fitness-sports-pro-gyro-exerciser-hand-and-arm-strengthener?cm_mmc=cse_PLA_GOOG-_-8903860001&CAWELAID=120217890000819025&CAGPSPN=pla&CAAGID=15877507240&CATCI=pla-70394108320&lsft=cm_mmc:cse_PLA_GOOG It works your wrist/hand more than your fingers. It takes some getting used to spining the inner ball but you control how hard you spin it. Really helped my wrist pain.

Agreed! What do the drawn lines represent? 2 click orbits? I think those lines represents sets of 2 clicks, to show how it rolls as a 2 click combo.

I've tried to look up a way to do this with my android samsung galaxy a year ago and it seemed like a big hassle if it was even possible (I gave up though.) I would have to sync the audio up later with a movie editing program. But I do this method with my go pro and I love the ease of not having to sync the audio later, but you have to be careful as its very very easy to run the signal hot this way.

I like twiddling 2 click stuff or fuitaing 2 click stuff. Very subtle difference there as the fuita stye (for me) sounds more like even spacing between the clicks and record motion change. When I twiddle many times I have more of a sound where the two clicks are more in the center of the record motion or the clicks are very rapid / close together if that makes sense. I also like pinching my 2 clicks and I do get a different sound (more hoppy sounding maybe but cant do it as fast as the twiddle) compared to the twiddles, but it can be very similar to my fuita style if i want it to be fuitas or however you spell it is more like alternating a 1st and 2nd finger. Where my twiddle is much more of a rolled crab with 2 fingers (I'm hamster.)

Beat #17 - 94 BPM

I talked with Flip about it and he said it just feels solid, no cracks or pops and makes the raiden fader seem cheap and plastic. apparently the fader is adapted from a vested vci 300. Aside from the double cut which i really liked, I have yet to test it myself.

Hmm, will have to give this one a go tonight! Big ups Chile!

http://www.turntablelab.com/products/isonoe-isolation-system-turntable-feet-4-units-black I've seen these for 1200's for a long time and I thought these were expensive!

@Savwar. I noticed the same at all the clubs in Cordoba around 2011-2013. All controllers and sometimes CDJ's, mostly NI Z1's. I have the VCI 380, it's a great piece and has never failed me (although i don't use it very often) but pioneer seems to have a majority of control on the controller market in the states and I've enjoyed playing on some friend's pioneer controllers. While I like good jogwheels and have a strong turntablist style I noticed myself using the jogwheels less and less as I used the controller more and more. I also used the FX and pads a lot. I would personally be interested in the NI S5 or S8 IF I were to get another one since like the novation twitch just lost the jogwheels all together. But I am not sure how big they are.

That part about starting slow and then speeding up afterwards is so crucial! I had to start learning some patterns so slow I had to get the technique down well enough before i could even move on to performing it slow on a slow beat. But with perseverance it pays off! Also very interesting tidbit about "unifying fader technique on as many scratches as you can." I never really thought about it consciously but this is totally true. Combining certain cuts are hard for other reasons, but this advice helps your flow overall I think. And congrats on your DMC online win Vekked!

3 click speed really just takes loads of practice or at least that's how it was for me. I have been really focusing on 3 click stuff the last 2-3 years and can now cleanly double time 3 click stuff up to 95 or 100 bpm before it becomes sloppy or just sounds kinda ridiculous. I really immersed myself into the 3 click and 3+click stuff so that was probably the biggest factor, strangely enough i have more variation and power in my 3 clicking abilities than my 2 clicking abilities currently. I find i have the cleanest 3 click cuts when my fader hand is fresh and relaxed. I think the clean speed comes from a combination of the fingers and wrist. After I've drilled or practiced too much or just try to go way too fast I tend to tense up and miss clicks here and there. This is also finger/wrist pinching style, no fuitas or crabbing. I am hamster like Vekked but I don't think Vajra/Chris Karns or Mr Viktor are hamster though, so maybe no big difference there. Fader hand speed is always important for double timing 3 click scratch's and combos esp. at higher tempos but the cuts can sound very unclean if the record hand motion is sloppy or off time as well. Swing flares and the auto swing pattern are great for training 3 click speed in both hands. Phase shifted / delayed 3 click flares / tugjobs, reverse 3 click version baby banhs (johhnny1moves 3 clicker combo) and the non reverse version aren't as physically demanding as swing flares on the record hand. I can post some vids and or ttms of the 3 click patterns i regularly train if that helps.

I think the M447's are a way better value. I would always let them sit in the groove overnight for a few nights if they were new to help aid the break in process. They are a bit bass heavy on vinyl though. I like the concord style ortofons myself, even though they are way too pricey. I find that the cantilever on Ortofons in general are shorter and more rigid thus more durable than the shure cantilevers though. I've had a lot of m447's cantilevers bend or break easily before if I or someone else accidentally knocks the tonearm off the record of worse... Not a problem if you are very delicate with your gear. I can get my ortofons to stick just as well as the m447's but they definitely tear up your records quicker. I've never broke off the lift handles of any of my concords but have seen a many broken handles in my day.

I actually used to do this with my first laptop. I eventually started my own TTM notebook / diary, but for conveying things online with out drawing a ttm with a program or MS paint it was really nice. I can't remember how I coded it (I'll try and see if I can find the file), but I remember using a up and down to resemble TTM. It was a bit of work to make but it was easy for me to understand. /\ / \ / \ triple click flare. This isn't exactly how it was as I remember using something besides spaces to notate clicks and some sort of underscore or another symbol to notate tears. /\. /\,/' \, /\,/' \, 9 note autobanh I also remember that certain fonts made it more legible / comparable to ttm. concerning open and closed starts. I would usually put a final click on the the end but wouldn't put a click in the beginning, since I knew that the click at the end is also the start.