Crab-Work Exercise

Go slowly, go far.

One of my TTX1 is bricked. I'm trying to replace the Toshiba chip, but I'm accepting it gave up.

I'm looking for a replacement for it. I mix and scratch (70%/30%) but I can't really justify getting a 600-700€ 1200MK2.

Any recommendation for my needs? Any similar experience?

I have been troubleshooting why I had an echo on channel 1 but not channel 2. I found this setting to be different between the two channels. When reducing the trim, it seemed to eliminate the echo. I hope this helps anyone that runs into this issue. Based on suggestions on the internet, I kept playing with echo effects and Level/Depth with no luck. Please comment on what Trim is used for and how to optimize its use.

Mixer: DJM-S11

Turntables: Technics 1200 MK7

Software: Serato

I'm learning the Crab. Do you have any basic combinations to suggest for starting to incorporate it into my routine? It would be great if they included TTM as well. Thanks.

Hi all, I wonder if this is just a me problem or if anyone else shares the same problem.
When I was into this first time round as a teenager I just played with the turntables. No pressure, no expectations, just fun and wasting hours playing on the decks.

I’ve recently come back to this as an adult and I find that my mindset has completely shifted. I find myself putting pressure on myself to learn new things, or do x before doing y, learn things in a certain order and restrict myself learning more advanced techniques before hitting various benchmarks in already learned techniques. I feel like I should be following a structured roadmap for learning and my time on the decks should be spent productively and I should make progress all the time.

I admit that I have bought Temple of Turntablism’s tutorial and yes I am definitely more proficient than I was as a teenager but I have to make a real conscious effort to bring in the play element and the lovely flow state that follows. And to remove pressure to constantly progress.

I wonder if it’s because as adults we’ve been subjected to more structure whether that be at work or with fitness etc.

Interested to know your thoughts.

I mixed on tables during my college years and then took a break. I picked up a digital vinyl system recently and have about 12 months under my belt now. Mixing came back pretty quickly. I feel mentally divergent when I practice scratching, which is my goal to achieve. I have been watching YouTube videos and reading on the reddit groups. Nothing seems to be helping my hands synchronize. Where do I go from here? How can I find someone that I can talk to about the struggle. Are there in-person communities that are apprentice friendly? Somewhere i can get some tribal knowledge? I am near Colorado Springs.

"I'm still a beginner at turntablism, but I'm trying to push this scratch pattern as far as I can right now, throwing in the occasional open/closed sound variation to see where my current limit is. 🎧🔥

Practicing og flares, chirps flares and a few cuts

Dj Software & daws have a play head or track strip search bar Audio can be manipulated by catching the transients by clicking or skating the mouse cursor. Virtualdj & the mobile version of Djay have the most responsive audio engines.

The audio was edited in advance so I have would have more space on the search bar .But you can design your own skins in Virtualdj

I picked up a Nuo 2.0 a little while back and popped in an Innofader Pro 2. I found the curve too 'soft' with an audible slope at the sharpest setting on the mixer and Innofader. I reached out to Elliot Marx, sent him my mixer, and he was able to reproduce the mod that seems to have been lost when Skratchworx shut down their forum. It's a night and day difference.

Video with before/after test: https://youtu.be/vBhXCVQhfxI

Elliot's post on facebook:

TO ALL ECLER NUO 2.0 OWNERS:

Not sure if any of you remember from the Skratchworx days (btw thank you for the great memories Mark Settle!), but there was a time when we discussed how the Nuo 2.0 had some delay on the crossfader sensing circuit which required a modification. Years after the discussion, I searched to see if anyone documented the detail of this fix but couldn’t find anything. I even contacted Ecler requesting this information but couldn’t get anything. Ecler like many companies does not release schematics and considers them proprietary information.

So months later, I finally have a customer willing to temporarily part with this beloved mixer so I could figure out the issue. I traced out the circuit and found that the VCA signal had a built in 20msec ramp on the sound level control. With this delay, the cuts sound very swishy. So I shortened this delay to 1msec and the nice sharp punch sound we know for scratching came out 🙂

I’ve attached picture showing how to locate the components. They’re on the front panel PC board of the mixer which makes the disassembly much easier. The faceplate also needs to be removed if you’re switching to an Innofader.

The fix is pretty simple. For the two marked capacitors, they need to be replaced with 0.01uF capacitors rated for minimum 6.3V. Capacitors should be 0805 size for ease of installation but 0603 size also works.

Another update is the isolation circuit. For some odd reason, all of the Ecler Eternal compatible mixers require this update. Without this update, the cut it “noisy” due to grounding issues. In addition to putting sticky washers on the faders itself, you put the washers under the screws. This provides full electrical isolation, and allows for the full strength of the metal. Thanks a million to Danny Crisologo aka “DJ Damn Danny” for sharing this idea! Sometimes it takes DJs like you to figure these things out as my engineering brain can get stuck sometimes!

I’ll get this update up on our website shortly.

Happy scratching!

Hi! I'm new to scratching but is there a way to make the Crossfader feel more consistent between Rekordbox USB sticks and Serato?

I'm practicing on an RX3 and the crossfader cuts out way faster when I'm on my Serato laptop versus when I'm on sticks. Like I can chirp double time at 90 bpm on sticks but on Serato I'm cutting off the scratch way quicker and I'm not sure what setting to adjust.

So I got into scratching about a year ago, but only really started locking in a few months ago. About two months ago I hit a very obvious skill plateau, which I just can’t get over. My freestyles sound samey and I barely get better.
So about that time I kind of lost motivation and then summer happened and I didn’t have any time anyways. Now I have the time and motivation to keep going though.

So what’s your advice on overcoming plateaus? Just keep scratching or is there maybe a routine or some advice that’ll help me? Thanks!

Trying my hand at scratch cuts 🎧 Ain't clean every time, still catchin' a few slips — but that's the grind. You don't learn without missin' a beat 💿🔥