Mr. Wonderful

Cheers bro!

We are just starting to get our shit together now, signed to a new label, who seem to be very good. Our first release will be mid summer, but just wanted to upload a couple of old 'bits and bobs' from back in the day. Check out some of our videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCppblyTcRPGMy1DTQwPOKHg/videos Leave some feedback on the page, like, subscribe if you dig where were comin' from. #ScratchMusic

Good work fella's

Cheers Dopez. I'm glad you liked the cuts and the watch bro 👊

I personally would never want to replace traditional scratching (turns and a mixer). But the idea of people who do not have sufficient funds to buy turns, mixer, laptop and Traktor/Serato (£2,000) they would be able to prerecord samples and scratch them for a few quid!!! Which I think is amazing!!! Although it would have limitations obviously.

I just found this too. It looks like this device would be a much better platform to scratch on and really simple to make.

http://www.digitalvertigo.co.uk/forum/index.php?showuser=1071 Lol!!! Yeah he does look like a righ character!! He obversly cannot scratch that well but in the right hands it could be quit nice!!! I would have to agree with Rasteri a few mods would have to be made. Quite a nice and cheap way of Scracthing though !!

A cheap way to Scratch!!! What do you guys think??

Thanks dude!!! I do think sometimes to many 'power moves' can cloud ones flow, it's just nice to kick back and focus on flow (well attempt too). Cheers for the feedback 👊

Feeling a bit rusty, but here's a little freestyle cut over a dope Redmist beat. Let us know what you think and any feedback would be welcomed!!! Pz

Dope!!! That's what I thought!!! I have enough triggering buttons to set up mapping so I will tackle all of this at the weekend . Cheers for the advice Chris Tags

Cheers Chris, Let me try and get this straight!! So!!! Yes I could run it if another computer to covert Kontact/Midi to live audio. Then I would send this signal to my Traktor Hardware device input and then select live loop input on Traktor software and would be able to manipulate the imputed sound? Tags

Hi guys, Does anyone know of a way to trigger a Kontact sample or midi in Logic X and scratch it directly using Traktor without prerecoding it? Tags

Cheers Frost, I am not too sure of the guys name poppin, he was on an old Soul Train compilation that I chopped up. Glad you liked it though.

Just something we have knocked up. Check it out and let us know what you all think! Peace

For me Chmielix cuts sounded cleaner, more deliberate and less repetitive. Tags

I sequenced the animation (very basically) but did not do the illustrations. Glad you enjoyed it .

Cheers guys, I knocked it up in a day, it was good fun to make. Glad you enjoyed it 😊

http://youtu.be/ev1Dnq1XExY Just a little something I knocked up. Enjoy! Tags

I totally overlooked this article, bloody early mornings working so was not fully awake. Malcolm Gladwell's hugely popular book, Outliers, was largely responsible for introducing "the 10,000-hour rule" to a mass audience - it's the name of one of the chapters. His theory is something I do agree with and have adopted over the years within a couple of my passions (scratching being one of them). With 10,000 hours of practice you should be able achieve mastery, but ones direction of inspiration and ideals is another question. I think that this theory adapted into a scratching context really relates to being able to scratch freely without boundaries. Cheers for the link it was an interesting read. Tags

"I wonder what you mean with "scaling the combination" - is it related to the pitch? Letting go of what you've drilled is really a huge problem, partially because it makes you feel more secure and similar combos that you haven't practiced as much sound more sloppy. To develop the autonomous senses you're talking about requires concentration in the first place, though. Ahh, the problems of a scratch nerd. :)" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regarding 'scaling' I totally mean 'pitch control'. Using different scales of pitch to make your combinations sound original. Not just ascending and descending scales, as everyone can do those these days. Regarding autonomous sense, you are correct you will have to use significant cognitive function to learn the basic patern/combination/scale, but once you have done the hard work you should be able to do it using your autonomous controlled loop. But having total control and not thinking about any paterns/techniques within your freestyle is what I think it should be about. Having confidence knowing that you can do anything and everything, leaves more room for your creativity. Tags

I would fully agree that over thinking something is bad for flow. The reason for this is that using your cognitive senses means that the information takes longer to process and inhibits the blood flow to your muscles limiting their functions. You need to be using your autonomous senses which uses less cognitive power, which speeds up the controlled loop function from brain to muscles. Tags

This is a great comment J-ue. From my observations most people seam to perform either closed or open fader combinations, with very few mixing 'closed/open' within the same phrase. This is especially hard to do when your are scaling the combination also. Tags

Nice cuts bro!!!

I had to vote for someone Steve. There were a few people who I voted for who I thought could hang!!! So I am mainly talking about the others (not naming names!!!) My gripe is not with you or how the competition was organised. It was a mixture of disappointment from the entries and the way it was judged. I also felt that the competition could be made better by the suggestions I have made within prior posts. Tags