r/Turntablists

hi all.

i used to scratch and do some turntablism and want to get back into it but cant seem to get my needles to stop scratching. the needles are quite old but i replaced one with a tonar and it still skips. is there anything immediately obvious about my set up? the table they're on is on a slight slant forward so ive risen the front feet up to compensate. this also hasn't solved anything. is it most likely the needles / cartridge? thanks :)

Getting in a scratch before the wrestlemania festivities.

Outside of recording scratches for selected project I haven’t had a chance to really practice freely for an extended period of time. A little sloppy but I’m not trying to impress anyone.

I’m also convinced Third Sight’s instrumental for “Rhymes Like A Scientist” is a top 10 beat to scratch to.

Beat called Selekta by Molotov on his new looper with Jointz called Skratch Lineup

Practicing at home DJing on one turntable mixing up Cnematic Orchestra & D’Angelo

After about 15 years I’ve finally got the itch to learn scratching again. Back when I was a kid I just didn’t have the patience for it.

Here is what I used to have and still have today:

• Stanton STR8.150 https://i.imgur.com/xRzsNgU.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/vwIDEZB.jpeg
• Numark DXM06 w/ Innofader https://i.imgur.com/1UGtxlu.jpeg

Also have this MixVibes DVS Pack MK2

Will this gear limit my ability to learn scratching properly? In the future Im planning to get a portable 7inch turntable since I mainly want to learn and have fun without taking up too much space. Thanks!

Some pretty messy cutting over a basic samba loop I made on koala sampler today.

Been doing my work after receiving feedback here on the sub over my scratching regarding my chirps and flares some months back...I know it's far away from perfect yet but I do acknowledge NOW that I used to sound awful back then (I wasn't able to realize it 3 months ago) and now I guess I don't sound that trash, it's the little improvements and getting the sounds I really want that give me joy and happiness, I'm really enjoying the process.

Still humble and hungry for getting better at this, I'd appreciate any comments, as title says I've been only working on foundations, specially chirps, flares and chirpflares, I do vary sometimes with OG flares and some 2 click flares but don't wanna try to embrace lots of technics and sound wack at everyone...

Have a good one yall

It’s certainly not a race, scratching is more like a slow & steady morphine drip, without the risk of renal failure