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Not just your everyday clock… One thing I have always found a bit strange is that there hasn’t been that much buzz as I would have expected about the Clocktave. This is a very innovative concept by DJ Sjam where the ‘Clocktave record’ can be used to actually play melodies. Personally I think it’s a brilliant [...] You might ask yourself wtf does a hamster have to do with turntablism?!? Well, hamster-style is a term that has gotten coined for using the X-fader in ‘reverse’. A ‘normal’ setup has the x-fader working like this: Normal X-fader curve A Hamster-style set-up has it reversed, so the channels will act like this:
The fader-scene has seen some impressive innovations in the last decade or so. Better overall quality of components, light sensors used in faders (Stanton’s Focus Fader, Numark’s Infinity Fader etc.) and Rane came up with the magnetic non-contact fader. This video shows how you can use their faders wen you’re having a drink
There are several problems you can run into that relate to your mixer. Here I will discuss the most common ones that you might encounter [...] Really simplistically speaking, at least regarding turntablism, the mixer is mainly used to turn the sound on and off. You can achieve this by using different [...] Depending on what kind of mixer you’ve got there can be a lot of buttons, switches and faders. Since it is impossible to describe [...] So what is a good mixer to use for scratching? Although a mixer needs less tuning than a turntable when you want to scratch, there are still a few things you should keep [...] Here you will find some topics related to your gear that can be of interest. Some are especially useful for turntablists, others for DJ’s in general. Marking samples In order to be precise during scratching it’s good to have a point of reference on your record so you know exactly where a certain sound starts. Let’s say [...] Most problems involving records are due to bent/warped records. A bent scratch-record is useless. To my knowledge the bending occurs mostly due to: the usage of shrink-wrapping So is it possible to get a record straight again? Some solutions I have encountered are: playing the bent record and [...] In order to produce any sound on your turntable you need records! Some dudes who have got a lot of time on their hands use ‘cratedigging’ to get that different sound or just that sample that they were looking for. Luckily for the most of us somebody came up with the idea to put a [...] |
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