thanks man.

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HOKAY, i FINALLY got around to recording me scraching...

so here it is...

AAAAAAHHHHHH RED ALERT!!!!!

^^^ you're getting there man. seems to me you have to cut quicker keep in time with the track. it was offbeat plenty. keep practicing, and i'm pretty sure you'll get there.

my new setup gets here soon, so i'll be able to practice fader cutting.

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yeah i now m8, iv only been seriously trying for about 2 months...

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Originally posted by webbie Hey man, i thought it was pretty good!

Yeah, Id have to second that.

potential is all up ther!

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what is the zabiela scratching technique?
oh transformer effects

anyone here use normal turntables like myself? and is there an advantage in scratching using cdjs?
besides hotcue

my thumb and fingers are sore

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Last edited by mndeg on Jul-13-2005 at 20:08

the 'zabiela' technique, is just a smart way to use the transformer. make it catch the beat of the playing record, then make it affect the channel with the scratch sample.

advantages to CDJ scratch: you can be a lot hader with it, don't have to worry about knocking the tonearm, pressing down to hard, you can make loops, reverse, hotcure and beat cut.

but basically, if you're trying to scratch, your hands will get tired no matter what.

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can anyone send me the samples? I sent a pm to the guy but he's either not visiting Ta anymore or chose not to respond

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Just went through the intire thread and even though im usually just a ghost i felt i had to give props to you guys and put in my own 2 cents. Well first about the samples , i suggest you go out and get some scratch records (yes this means looking in the hip hop section sometimes) and useing those as these are composed by people that focus just on scratching and are quite amazing at it. i have a scratch record of my own and i just copied it onto my computer and burn it onto cd to scratch with. (Just a tip with this , useing the cue button with the fader can make you sound like a really good turntabalist if done to play a sampled vocal part.)

ANother thing on the topic of steeling other peoples styles , well if we really wanna get into it every one after grand master flash has been takeing ideas from someone else, its developing those ideas that makes the person an artists.

Could someone explan the transform effect used with the efx-500 as i just ordered one and i would like to try some stuff with it when it gets here?

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well, i've never tweaked a 500 much because i've not had much chance, but, going from logic i'm guessing it's a bit like the FX unit on the DJM600.

anyways, just make it sync to the BPM of the master playing track (beat tapping works at times). then, set the transformer off on beat to the main track, so it'll cut up the sample in time. you may have to re-pitch your record just a bit if you want it to last long.

furthermore, the CDJ should have the sample you want selected in a loop, that's the easiest way, and you can basically go midevil on the jogwheel.

fun things to do: set your CDJ start/brake speed at min, so it will use a large delay. then, activate the transform effect with the CDJ on pause, make sure to do it on beat, and then hit play, and the scratch sample will pitch up, with a nice effect. also works at the end, hit pause, so it will wind down. whilst doing this, also fun to start reducing the time parameter of the transform effect, so it begins to cut quicker and quicker.

have fun.

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