Im 15 and im getting into djing. Im wanna be a band dj as apoose to a solo dj. Anyways i need to know a few things like does scratching on a vinly record riun the record at all? Im bout to ge ta 350 dollar dj pack and im really excited. Is there any web sites you can go and learn the basic sratches or simple techniques. I really want to learn all around things about it. Any advice or help i can get on the subject would be greatly appreciated? Oh yeah one more thing, for simple scratch noises do you just by a scratching vinyl that is made for that use?

Bankiedwards

welcome to the board. Sorry i had to move this topic into the right section of this forum you had this posted in General DJ Talk, and this seems better in the Turntablism section.

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by Bankiedwards

Anyways i need to know a few things like does scratching on a vinly record riun the record at all?

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The answer is NO... Depending what kind of needle you buy for your record will give you the best sound quality, and the longest life out of your record. But after many years of scratching on the same sample you might expierance the sample fading away. My personal favorite needle to scratch with are the Banana needles made by Ortofon.

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by Bankiedwards

Is there any web sites you can go and learn the basic sratches or simple techniques. I really want to learn all around things about it.

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You can come to this site as much as you want, and we can go over what you specificly want to learn anytime you want. but here is a site for you to learn as well...

http://www.asisphonics.com/skratchtutorial.html#28

If there is anymore questions please post.