well il b scatching on my american dj turntables and the arm always jumps .....y does it happen..... it always jumps now more then usual...... plz help wat should i do????

Most likely your tone arm is not properly balanced, or your stylus is mangled. Do you know how to properly balance a tone arm? One thing I do when scratching is to balance the tone arm, put the weight up aroung 3-3.5grams, then I'll actually set the anti-skating to 0.

dazman.. which turntable do you have??

how do u properly balance a tone arm? i have an american dj belt drive.

wat is anti skating?

Stevie Ray,
It is usually a good idea to set your anti skate to the same as your weight settings, 3.5 grams = 3.5 anti skate.
JB

DAZMAN,

You should look into the American Audio Power Drive 2.2. This unit is the " DIRECT DRIVE " Turntable. Any turntable that is " Belt Drive " is more for beginers status.

Yeah John I know, skating should match the weight. But I learned from playing around that on my TT's that when I backspin, or need to backcue quickly alot, that my needles actually track better backwards with the Skating at 0. It may just be an Ortofon thing. Under normal play/scratch/beatmixing circumstances I'll have the skating the same as my weight. Skilz did you ever try this for backspins or such? Oh JB thanks though. Is there any part of anything you don't know? I always just thought you were a creative and marketing geniuses.