Thank you all! Setup update

👌 Streaming = Phone Recording Video/Mixer Output w/ Speakers for reference. Using Open Camera,no syncing no editing.

Setup : Phone USB C > Scarlett 2i2 > Edifier Speakers > Vestax PMC06 > Jico Scratch 101 / Sure N477

Took about 5min to setup, super easy. Just in time for IDA Scratch submission.

I like the Scratch 101 for the price point, my M477 were beat up.

Sorry, no pictures hehe.

I usually go around my Rane 12 mk2 after kids bedtime, house reseted (dads and moms will know)

But after doing stuff around the house, the vinyl just slip under my fingers, no grip, nothing.

For precision i changed my "default rane plate" to an actual vinyl with the fast lock. Love the feeling but goddamn scratching is impossible.

Started in 2004 , the needle had to be clean and all, but now im almost thinking about having a "putty" on my finger for better grip.

Whats you all hack?

Hey guys, this is me scratching at my home studio, doing what I love. Hope you enjoy 🙏

I started playing a lot more 45’s and decided to try my old MK2’s fast forward a few months and I brought back the crss12’s. Always felt the crss12’s didn’t work as well w 45’s due to the little plate in the middle that can pop up and down. Not that I and others haven’t juggled and scratched on them w 45’s, but it’s just not nearly as stable I find.

Anyone else notice this before?

I really like them for Serato but have to say for vinyl I really did feel a lot more comfortable on my MK2’s despite them needing some tlc.

The tonearm height adjustment collar isn’t budging. Anyone experience this problem before?

Hi, I'm looking for a turntablist for an experimental music project. Please message me if you're interested. In general we are around 30 years old. Feel free to send me a direct message or message me below. I'll get back to you. 🙂

Because I needed a break from work.

I am a carpenter...

Hey all, I’ve been collecting records for a while and recently started thinking about ripping some of them. Mostly so I can listen to stuff on the go, but I’m curious what everyone else’s reasons are — backup? DJing? Convenience?

My current setup: PLX-500 and PLX-1000 turntables, with an RME Babyface Pro as my interface. So I think I’m covered on the hardware side, but happy to hear if I’m missing something.

For those who’ve been doing this a while: anything you wish you knew when you started? I keep seeing different opinions on recording levels, file formats, whether stylus condition matters that much, etc.

Also curious — what do you do with the files after ripping? Do you clean them up (click/pop removal, normalization), split tracks, tag metadata, or just leave them raw? I’d love to hear what your workflow looks like from needle drop to finished file.

Thanks!

Been a minute…trying to get back into it!

I'm old, and I basically took about a solid 10 year (probably closer to 15) hiatus from following or doing any scratch related stuff. So I'm getting back into it over the last year or so, but I find that I keep going back tot he same old patterns and techniques that I was doing before.

Now I want to try and break out of that and add a couple more thins in there.

super tight on the slowdown the cut like that stabs into the wavy tears.. jjeeeezzuss

Hi all,

I came across this one song through Blade, Playing with Lightning by Expansion Union. In it, around 1:44 in the video that I'm linking, there's a really cool scratch right after the beat drop and before it goes into the bassline. Could anyone help me find the sample that they used to scratch and how I could go about trying to recreate it myself? I don't currently have a turntable, just a DDJ-FLX4, but I'd like to do as much as I can with just jog wheels. Thanks!

Howdy guys, i just replaced my worn out stylus with Jico N44, but it skipping on the bass drums like crazy, on snares or less bassy bit, it doesnt skip at all. All the counterweight and anti skip settings are correct. I even tried replacing it with older Jico stylus, which worked perfectly.
Do i need to break in the stylus? (i've never had to break in a stylus before)

Hi everyone! I have an issue with my Viper Kitten(s), and I need your help to verify if the issue is real or not. This is specifically for S11 users out there.

Problem:

• When I have the VK fader plugged in and the fader open, I have a faint, high-pitched whine coming through my headphones. Sounds like a Serato disk in the background. The headphone volume does not affect it.
• The issue affects only the headphone outs, and as far as I can tell, doesn't come through the Master out. Issue is both headphone outs
• Line fader volume or any other setting does not affect it. It's just if the crossfader is open or closed.

Before any jumping in to say this is specific to me only, here's why I'm concerned and need the community's help to verify if this is real:

• I have already received a replacement unit from Stopthepanic. Same thing.
• I have tested this with my mates S11 and indeed the same problem was there.
• No weirdness with the Magvel plugged and the sound signal is perfectly clean

I'm past my return window and frankly don't care about the money, although I've had to pay a considerable amount on customs and duties for replacements and all.

I just want to know if the design itself is flawed, so I can report this. Please help.

hello fellow scratchers, this is my first post here, hope you enjoy it.

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