Right, Lets hit the nail on the head with this subject. Eddie Halliwell is a really amazing DJ. He has allot of trick which he performs really well and he can really work a crowd and looks more than comfortable doing it.
On to the main issue. His scratching abilities to someone who is into dance sound amazing. However to a turntablist who likes their breaks he's nothing special. The fact that he's successfully crossed genres with his scratching abilities have earnt him a somewhat god like reputation.
To all the people into thier hip hop and breaks etc. The scratches he does are completely different in the sense that their is more work with the vinyl(however it is a very simple rythm to maintaine hence why he can do it for prolonged periods). The main thing behind the sratch is the chirping on the crossfader
B0000000B0000000 Represents the beat
1000111110001111 Represents the on/off on the fader @1/8th beat intervales)
The hand action on the vinyl is forward/backward*2 over each beat (This scratch is called a chirp)
To end the scratch have the deck turned off and the last beat on the scratch sequence use ur natural hand action moving forward and release the vinyl whilst smacking the croos fader over for that beat and then back into the original track for the start of the next section. This is in essence what halliwell does. The rest of his scratching comprises of little scribbles on the vinyl and fader. I have been lucky enough to witness halliwell on stage doing this many times. It is purely timing the crossfader which makes this work and this type of scratch only works well with tracks 140bpm or above.
I have given u an example below of how its done. The first half of the clip is me scratching and the second from Eddies bosh CD.
It taken me ages to get this scratch right but when you do it becomes second nature. Want to scratch like halliwell - follow this guide and PRACTISE every chance u get.
Please feel free to post me feedback
Oct-06-2004 15:37
Nemesis44
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Brighton
I think this is a great post and definately gets straight to the nitty gritty.
Speaking as a turntablist of old (real old) I remember how it was when I was trying to learn the major guys of the times scratches. I would have been real happy to see someone break it down like this.
Keep up the good work.
Cheers for the compliments but in all honesty it isnt that difficult to do its just co-ordination of a continous rythm at double the speed of track your playing on the vinyl and timing the cross fader right. I'll do a step by step mp3 of just the scratch on its own and how 2 develope it if anyone wants to know
Oct-06-2004 17:37
starlabs
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: May 2003
Location: LATA #72 (Sunny SoCal)
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Originally posted by auujay
That was fucking sick.
Great discription but that mp3 sample was awsome.
+1
Very helpful!!!
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Oct-06-2004 18:30
failsafe
dirty numb angel boy
Registered: Jan 2001
Location: YYZ (finally)
please do the step by step mp3. that would be sweet.
Oct-06-2004 19:10
auujay
The Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Cleveland
This is obviously a noob scratching question but what kind of sound do you use on the scratching record, or does it even matter.
Is it the standard sorta "Cshhh" sound.
Also a step by step mp3 would be cool.
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How 2 actually scratch the same as halliwell
