r/Turntablists

What DJ/turntabilist do you think has the most casually dope style? I love folks like Q-Bert and the Piklz, and Roc Raida, but am wondering if there's anyone with a less advanced but super saucy thing... closest that comes to mind are Madlibs' cuts on the Quasimoto Unseen album.

Like a DJ who is to scratching what Too $hort was to rapping in the early 90s...

Thank you for any suggestions

edit: Some great ones in here, much appreciated!

need some advice from people who actually do turntablism / scratch seriously.

I’m 15 and my main focus is:

turntablism

scratch

workshops

routines

content creation

mixing

possibly performing on stage in the future

Current setup:

DJM-S9

Rane Twelve (so I already have a digital second deck)

Now I’m stuck between:

2x Pioneer PLX-1000

OR

1x Pioneer PLX-CRSS12

If I get the CRSS12, I’d use it as my main scratch deck and keep the Rane Twelve as the second deck for mixing/digital control.

Important:

I mostly scratch on deck 1 anyway

I do want to Hip-Hop mix too, but mostly digitally

I don’t really do long vinyl-only mixes

I care about scratch feel, performance, workshops, reliability, transport, and long-term use

I like real vinyl feel, but the CRSS12 seems practical for modern turntablism

I also plan to use Ortofon VNL

Would you personally go:

2x PLX-1000

or

1x PLX-CRSS12 + Rane Twelve?

And why?

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Hello! Sorry if this isn't the inappropriate place!

I was peeping the SC1000 and the SC500, as an entry level to turntablism. It's relatively small, physically and cheap (although not cheap AT ALL, but I assume another contraption will run me even more.)

I have no experience at all, and I thought this might be a nice entry into the hobby. Does anyone has experience and can share it? And if I shouldn't get it, what would be an alternative to start with?

So I have a large record collection that I would like to digitalise. I won’t do every single record because so much is available digitally anyway, however I have plenty of white labels and test presses that I want to store digitally. Once done I will eventually sell my entire record collection. In doing my research so far I’ve come up with the following equipment to do this: Technic 1210 MK7 ➡️ Project Phono Box MM (preamp) ➡️ Focusrite Scarlott Solo (Audio Interface) ➡️ My Computer (will either use Audacity or VinylStudio Pro). Can someone tell me if this setup will work ok? Anything I might be missing? Thanks in advance.

Recently got the numark scratch and installed the pnp 3 innofader. I’m just put off by the loud clicking noise it makes when the metal hits the face plate when cutting. Has anyone else experienced this and got any solutions ? Thanks

I ordered an innofader upgrade for my controller on may 5th and I've yet to get any update at all from them besides that my payment was processed.

No reply from their support email either.

I posted about a week ago asking about this, and a number of people chimed in, but no one had a solution. I wonder if anyone in this group is able to scratch using Serato DJ Pro.

I have experimented with my settings since posting. Even if the platter is off and the needles are not in the groove, when i have noise sensitivity set at -72, the lowest setting, the waveform gradually drifts and I can hear a crackle through the speakers. If I touch the tonearm or cartridge the crackle is louder.

I can eliminate this by increasing the noise sensitivity, but then scratching becomes less precise. At the far other end, -24, the waveform still drifts, but far less, though at that point scratching is impossible anyway, so even if there were no drift, it wouldn't matter.

I've experienced this on every setup in every venue in the 20+ years I've use Serato, which is why I've never switched over to scratching with it and still use real vinyl. I would LOVE to know there is a solution. If anyone here uses Serato DJ Pro and DVS, I would love to know what vinyl you use, and how you have your settings set.

Hello, I'm a beginner in the world of DJing. I have a Traktor Kontrol Z2. The turntables I can afford are: Stanton STR8 80, Stanton T.80, Stanton T.92, and Numark TT200. I use Traktor and I just want to start scratching. Which is the best ?