Strobing (aka Chasing)

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Stobing is where you play a section of the record doubling up each sound by tapping the two records alternatively and fading between them.

 

The first step is to get both records cued up, then with the fader across so that right deck is on, release the right record. As the right record plays to the end of the first sound to be doubled push the fader across with your right hand and release the left deck and put your right hand on the right deck, stopping it so that it is cued up for the second sound to be doubled. As the left deck reaches the end of the sound (now we have doubled the first sound) use your left hand to push the fader back you the right and release the right record again then grab the left record as you did before with your right and. Once the right deck has reached the end of the second sound repeat the motion you used before when you doubled the first sound. Keep repeating this motion alternating between the right and left until you have doubled up each sound or beat for the section of the record you wanted to strobe.

 

Practice this by strobing the same section of the same record on each deck effectively doubling each sound but once you have got the hang of it you can use a different section of the record on each deck or even two different records causing a different effect to just doubling the sounds.