Hamster-style vs. Normal style

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:

Always Coca-Cola

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

Scratch Mixer Troubleshooting

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 [...]

Scratch Mixer Basics

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 [...]

Scratch Mixer Terminology

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 [...]

The Battle Mixer

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 [...]

Gear 4 us

To most of you it will be clear by now that in order to be a DJ or turntablist you need a few things to get started.

Just to remind you, here’s a quick list:

2 turntables
1 mixer
A few records
Headphones

As a turntablist you can’t just use ‘any’ turntable or ‘any’ mixer that’s out there. Much like a [...]

Looking back

As we are approaching the end of 2009, I personally couldn’t think of any big innovations in the turntablist area. Naturally vendors haven’t been sitting still but at the same time I felt there wasn’t that much really new for the ‘Joe Average tablist’.

Then I remembered this guy:

If a mod for my mixer [...]