one quick question, how do i know if i am scratching properly? my scratches are pretty good and i get them at the hihat and apply very little pressure on the record. i saw some vidoes on scratching looks like i do it right.

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Originally posted by spdandpwr one quick question, how do i know if i am scratching properly? my scratches are pretty good and i get them at the hihat and apply very little pressure on the record. i saw some vidoes on scratching looks like i do it right.

I am no expert, but I would not worry as long as you can scratch the needle is not always jumping / you don't need tons of stylus pressure to stop it from skipping.

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Originally posted by spdandpwr one quick question, how do i know if i am scratching properly? my scratches are pretty good and i get them at the hihat and apply very little pressure on the record. i saw some vidoes on scratching looks like i do it right.

Visit this website http://www.asisphonics.net/theever.html that will get you going with learning how to scratch.

http://www.futureproducers.com/tutorials.php
This is a good site for basic scratching video tutorials as well, although there aren't as many scratches listed here as asisphonics.


About people touching your stuff:
I never had a problem with it, if they want to scratch I give em a scratch record I dont care about and tell them to go crazy, or if they want to try beatmatching I give them dual copies of For an Angel and tell them to only play with one ON THE LABEL. The rest of my records... nobody else touches!