>> DJ Craze's - Mix and Scratch Workshop
>> Lesson 1
Positioning the turntable
There are two ways you can do this. Normal mixing way; which
is with the pitch and tone arm to the right, and there is
'battle mode', with the pitch and tone arm to the top.
For mixing it's real easy because you have the pitch control
right there for you to change whenever you want. For battling,
it's real easy because turntables are close to the mixer,
so you can do a lot of body tricks, real quick mixing. You
have the start and the stop buttons right there for you to
do all that stuff.
Needles
There are a lot out there you could use. I recommend the Stanton
890. These are good because they don't jump a lot and the
sound quality is top choice. They sound really loud and in
a club you won't get that much feedback.
I set up my needles twenty degrees to the right. This helps
stop jumping, because it tracks on the record a little bit
more, so it won't move around as much when you try to bring
the record back and forth.
Weight & Height Adjustment
First off let's talk about the height adjustment. I set it
up to three, if you have a Technics 1200 you know what I'm
talking about. You set the anti-skating to three also.
For the weight adjustment, I put the numbers facing the tone
arm all the way in. Some people like to use it backwards where
you can have it with more weight but I won't recommend that
because it wears out the record more.
Mixers
There are a lot of mixers but what you're looking for is quality.
The best way to chose a mixer is for you to try out all types.
My recommendation would be the Vestax 5, 6 or 7 or the Stanton
- DJ Craze's signature model. Not because it's my mixer but
because it has these new features in it which are real cool.
Firstly I look for good sound quality. Second of all, good
EQs, a good curve on the fader is all good because you need
a curve if you want to do all that crazy scratching, crabbing
and futuristic weird things. You can play around with the
filters, delays, flange, all that good stuff. You also need
durable fader that will last you a couple years, because you
don't want buy a mixer that will break in two months.
