| BABY SCRATCH | | | | the cross only when the vinyl goes forward, reversing |
| At the beginning you need to know, that the | | | | is muted. For shorter or longer period while playing to |
| crossfader is used to cut the sound. When it is open | | | | the rhythm longer or shorter fragments of sound. This |
| it's possible to hear the sound from the mixer's channel, | | | | may sound something like this: aah, a, a, aah, and, aah, |
| and when it's locked you can not hear. Baby scratch | | | | and, aah, aaaaahh. (Commas represent closure of |
| simply consists of moving the vinyl back and forth at | | | | cross and withdrawal of plate). |
| the open cross. | | | | ECHO |
| STAB | | | | This technique allows you to get an echo effect. |
| When you move the vinyl forward the cross is | | | | Consists of the fact that we release the sound, close |
| opened and it's closed when you return. Stab | | | | the volume fader of the channel, quickly fall back to |
| technique is performed by moving quickly the plate | | | | the beginning of the sound, but do not open the fader |
| forward (producing sound of high tone) and at the | | | | to the maximum level only about 80%, playing sound, |
| same time opening the cross at the beginning of the | | | | close the fader, shift back the sound, open the fader |
| sound. When you return the plate on the beginning of | | | | to about 60%, play sound and so on, every time by |
| sound, the cross is closed. | | | | opening the fader less and less until the total mute. |
| CHOP | | | | So that's it, basic scratching techniques on turntables. I |
| This scratch is very similar to Stab but you do not just | | | | hope you found some useful information here and |
| push the plate, instead you simply release it. You open | | | | thanks for reading! |