Hey friends,

I'm pretty new to the game, and I'd like to be able to spin outside of clubs - houses, parties, etc.

I have a Technics 1200MK7 with a pair Ortofon DJ Concorde MKII carts. I'm planning on getting another 1200MK7, so really (aside from the sound system), that leaves me with the mixer.

I generally tend to spin indie sleaze (Daft Punk, LCD Soundsystem, Justice, etc) and love beat matching and getting hard cuts in tempo, so I don't think rotary mixers are for me? (Someone prove me wrong if that's possible)

So I'm looking for a bare bones mixer with phono preamps that are better than "not great". Basic EQ, linear crossfader, maybe a global filter.

Seems like most of the 'modern' stuff wants to be able to do both phono and digital and the phono preamps get pretty rough on a larger system. I like the idea of the Ecler Warm2, but I'm not sure rotary would work with wanting to do hard tempo matched cuts. Seems like the Ecler Nuo2.0 could be cool if I could find one?

Anyway, would love any and all suggestions while hoping to keep it under... maybe $750?

Thanks all!

It reminds me of a kinda odd question I came to myself weeks ago that is: 'what if turntables were made to spin towards left instead of right?' I felt is kinda stupid because duh it'll only mirror or hand position on records(I think), DJ's like P-TRIX were enable to put draw back sounds into the juggle pattern, but that was manualy draw back. So what I mean is, with turntables that has function to spin back automatically to reverse the sound, could people juggle with it? and switching left and right spin direction to combine reversed patterns and normal patterns. Could this (small) possibility be the next direction that competitors working on?

The whole event felt like it was improvised. For me the worst organized DMC in years. Full of cringe moments like Bob Sinclair on cdjs, Tony singing Elvis, the shows... out of order. Also how they focus on french dj's on the DMC history, no disrespect to the legends but another instance to show french nationalism...all together was a mess. What's your thoughts on this?

Regarding my post 2 Days ago. I now found out that this bar is the problem because it keeps skipping to this point. In cue mode it keeps on creating a cue here. Is there a way to fix it or turn this feature off?

Hey guys, I need help finding a scratch mp3. It was maybe a minute to 3 minutes long. It had one shots from all the most popular rap songs of the last few years, like Kendrick's not like us and a few others.

I can't remember the name of it and I can't seem to find it, I feel like it was called scratch vol 2. I remember it was volume 2.

If you know this or can link me to it please help!

Thank you :)

I feel like Swizz got robbed. Fly’s set was mad corny and forgettable

how does the cross 12 compare to using phase ? which is the better option to put money into

Yesterday at our club the left turntable started glitching out and jumping back and forth. Restarting it didn’t work so we proceeded the night with only playing on the right turntable. Today my father (the owner) tried installing the latest firmware version onto it but then it showed this message. Can someone help me out with this problem?

https://brooklyn.news12.com/dj-clark-kent-reflects-on-career-family-and-sneaker-legacy

https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/dj-clark-kent-dead-1235811891/

VHS 📼 collection

Ordered early on the set of the 30th anniversary dirystyle records. I don't have a decoder so if someone will let me know what it says please do. I noticed he hasn't posted a video for this and the square, circle, x marking is swapped for something that looks like a 12.

I will soon have 2 Rane 12 MKII controllers and a Numark Scratch mixer. To connect everything to work with Serato on a laptop, will I connect each Rane 12 to the laptop via USB and then separately connect the mixer to the laptop via USB?

It looks like the Numark Scratch only has one USB-B port which I assume is for connecting it to the laptop.

I'm planning on using USB mode and not DVS via RCA at this time, but I would be interested in hearing any reasons on why I should change this.

I'm afraid to spend $400CAD on Jico J44A-7s, and I've seen a bit said about the 605 and how the sound is shit, but it tracks very well - since I only need tracking, I'm not concerned about the sound quality. The carts are very affordable on eBay compared to old M44As, J44As, or anything by Ortofon, so I'm optimistic about this choice. Opinions?

Hello there, newbie here. I’m looking for a turntable+mixer with a budget around 500€.

I'm a 30 year old beginner who wants to learn how to scratch hip hop, and I finally have the money to do it. I've read some threads about the turntable vs. portable turntable debate, and I'm going with the former option for the long term.

Anyone with any suggestions on which specific product to buy would be welcome

https://youtube.com/shorts/wO6mJECewpE?si=syQnt4bb9Xea6Bvq

Anybody know where I can just buy the caps fader caps by themselves for the numark scratch mixer?

This question doesn't apply to the traditional two turntables and mixer recording routines and sets or multiple dj's recording a routine or set using four turntables and two mixers. I'm curious how one dj would record and mix a song that clearly has multple layers of scratches playing simultaneously.

How did a DJ record a song with several layers of scratches playing simultaneously in the 90s? Here's an example from one of my favorite compilations, Return of the DJ Vol. 2

DJ Jimmie Jam - Jimmie's Jam

Along a similar thread, how did DJs in the 90s mix and record tracks that have more than two layers of samples/sounds from records playing simultaneously?

Hello, can someone recommend me a equivalent of numark TT-500 with close price and quality. I am asking because no one sells one near my country.

Hope you don’t mind me posting this - contest on IG to win the Battlesounds archive which is nearly 8 hours of mid 90s to early 00s turntablist footage - The Battlesounds doc, 5x Turntablist festivals, X Men Exercise and more:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBMaNIdIZCV/?igsh=aG9pbmpldnJ3cmox

I own two vestax pdx-2000 and a rane 70 mixer. I am planning on moving around a lot, and so I would love specific flight case model suggestions for these -- I might have to fly to transport them to my new location (or mail them), or just driving around. It's hard to tell online what cases actually fit PDX 2000s in them. Are they considered Technics 1200 sized turntables?

I've recently been collecting very cheap 7" records and would like to sample and manipulate sounds from them, warping the speeds, scratching etc. I was looking at some portable scratch kits like the stanton stx, but wasn't sure how well they handle regular records, as most demos only show off skip-proof scratch discs. Any advice is appreciated.

Dear all,

My first post here. After years of consideration, I ordered my first turntable- Rp7000MKii. I am hoping to use the turntable in a specific way so I require some advice.

The primary purpose of the turntable will be listening to music (pair of JBL LSR305MKii). However, I also want to use it to learn scratching. In other words, I would use the rp7000 as an instrument in my jam sessions. I play guitar, bass and finger drum pad to make experimental music with a friend. I would like to scratch on the rhythm loops we set up with the drum pad, bass and midi/keys.

I have the following questions:

1. What cartridge combo to get for best balance of sound quality and scratching performance? Perhaps this does not exist. In that case, how tough would it be to swap an audiophile cartridge for a scratch cartridge for the days i feel like scratching? extensive setup and tuning required? recommended cartridges for the table?
2. Once I get intimate with the table and am ready to learn scratching, I want to get the ECLER NUO 2.0. I would prefer the analog sound I believe. Do you see any issues with it taking the output from a BOSS RC-300 LOOP STATION, DARKSTAR INFINITY pedal (line level in both available) or straight computer output from Focusrite 2i2 to scratch over? Do i need more hardware to ensure compatibility?

Apologies for the long read and potentially stupid questions. I appreciate any advice or recommendations you all have. Have a wonderful weekend.

Hello , I want to learn scratching with one turntable, can anyone reccomend me a low budget mixer? Under 100$ if it's possible. I found VESTAX VMC-002 for 100$ and I don't know if it's a good price or a good mixer. I also want to buy used Technics SL-QD3 with it, is it a good turntable? I hope I don't sound ignorant.

Hi guys, just dropping a link to the pre-order for Redmist's classic skipless record "Improvise Wisely" which has been re-pressed on Red wax over at Cut & Paste Records.

Ultrapitch skipless samples, super tough sentences, musical tools, drums, tones.... it's got a TONNE of dope stuff to use on it.

https://cutandpasterecords.com/

Demonstration by Swiftstyle here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKMSz77-7-w