Military scratch
The Military Scratch The military scratch, a combination of dragging and 2 clicks to get 6 sounds in total. To start with, the military scratch is 8 back and forth with the vinyl and 2 crossfader cuts. What we...
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How to scratch
So how to scratch How to scratch? The question. Let's start with a little history. The scratch invented in the early 80s, is a new sound. Popularized by the title "Rockit" by Herbie Hancock in 1983, where Grand Mixer DXT scratch...
Scratch techniques
Scratch techniques Scratch techniques have a name and they are categorized. There is the category faderless which concerns the scratch techniques without crossfader. These are just movements of the vinyl record. Then the techniques that combine the vinyl and the crossfader...
Baby Scratch
How to make the Baby Scratch? Some explanations to make the Baby Scratch. To begin, choose first the hand with which you are most comfortable to handle the vinyl. Then, make movements of going and...
Baby stab crab forward backward combo
Baby stab crab forward backward combo ? The baby stab crab forward backward combo mixes as its name indicates these 5 scratch techniques to create a combination. To do this combination you have to do a double baby, 2 stab, 1 backward, 1 forward, 1 backward, 1 crab, 1 short backward and the release. Then...
Crab scratch
How to make the crab scratch ? The crab scratch: the technique with the hand of the crossfader. The Crab scratch consists in "tapping" the crossfader with your fingers from the little finger to the index finger, the thumb serving as a spring. Technically the flare clicks are...
Tears scratch
How to realize the tears scratch ? The Tears scratch is a faderless technique, so without using the crossfader. It is a derivative of the One hand phasing because it is done in two steps.
One hand phasing scratch
Here is how to do the one hand phasing scratch and what it can be useful for. The one hand phasing allows you to add a silence as if you were doing a crossfader cut. It's a faderless technique so without crossfader, it's simply a...
Scribble scratch
The Scribble Scratch A few explanations on how to make the scribble scratch The scribble scratch is a baby scratch (back and forth movement) but made at very high speed. Thanks to the speed, the sound that is produced looks like a tremor. To make it work, you need to...
