INFA Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 my scratches only sound decent with the aah sound. but with most other sound it sounds a lot worse or downright awfull. do i have to change record movements a little? espescially chirping with words sounds horrible. any tips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Some sounds aren't going to sound as good as others for certain scratches. Chirps sound best with a sharp attack at the beginning of the sound - you shouldn't have problems with 'aw yeah', for instance. It could be that using 'aah' constantly has robbed you of the practice of where on the sound you need to be. It's such a long, simple sound that you can get away with just about any record movement and click position - I was guilty of this myself for ages. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Symatic Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Have you ever tried using "fresh" instead? Seriously, try just experimenting with vocals and instrument sounds, really helps.Remember, you can scratch ANY sound, so dont just limit yourself to one sample...Oh and practice drum scratching too, really good way of developing short accurate cuts you can apply to multi-syllable sounds or sounds that vary in pitch (like a sweeping synth noise or a whistle type noise) and you can chop em into notes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miggydb Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 You just gotta find the right samples for the scratch youre doing. and if youre just starting, make sure you find long samples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Like the others are saying, you can pretty much do any cuts with the Ahhhh. With other sounds certain cuts will sound better, others worse. I totally understand the the rut of getting clean Aaahh cuts and then not wanting to practice with sounds that make you sound worse, but practice is the only answer. I'd buy a copy of Combination of the Masters - I hear it's been made by some dubious characters, but looking past that it's the best scratch record on the market right now and it's filled with excellent non-Ahhhh sounds. Spend practice time on each sentence working which cuts suit each one and which don't. After a few weeks of that you should start to discover that some of them even make specific cuts and combos sound even better than the Ahhhh does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acts_One Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 things to add to everyones suggestions - get more records with various types of samples ie. CoM, SSII etc....- if you have a turntable with ultrapitch you can slow down samples so they run out longer like the ahhhh sample. I like to do it with the 'yeahs'....-practice!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INFA Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 thnx for the reply'sofcourse its practise practise practise, but sometimes it feels that your stuck and not making progresstoday i have learned to drag in a combo whitch ads a lot of flow to my scratches (not so flat anymore)the last weeks i have practised a lot with sentences and did some chirps transforms and cuts with them, cant get flares to sound good with themmaking progress little by little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericuk Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Practice with people that are better than you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phology Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 making progress little by little. and that's all it is mate. don't get frustrated just keep at it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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