How To Add Vocal Scratches to Beat?

thomasv · Post by **thomasv** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 8:01 pm

Yo!

I want to add scratches to the beat that I made but I am not sure how is the right way to record them.. I have two turntables and a mixer.. I'm trying to do dj premier style scratching on hooks.. Thanks For you help!

-- Thomas V.

CRASH DDZ · Post by **CRASH DDZ** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 1:39 am

You would simply track your scratch in a DAW of some sort right?

siLLy KiD · Post by **siLLy KiD** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 1:43 am

find an acapella....and scratch it? heh. Not sure what you don't understand here...

torchETB · Post by **torchETB** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 1:29 pm

How about you tell us what other equipment you have? I mean, from what we know, you can have a beat playing one one turntable, scratch on the other, connect some cables from the mixer to something that records.

If your beat's on your computer, you'd be connecting your line-out from your computer to the line-in on your mixer. Mixer plays from the main out to something that records.

Or else in multitrack software you play your beat, have some way to connect your mixer to maybe the line-in on your computer, and record scratching to a new track? Do you have an audio interface?

If you're able to make a beat and you're also able to connect a simple DJ setup, I don't really understand what it is you don't understand. The solutions should be intuitive if you've gotten as far as you have.

thomasv · Post by **thomasv** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:50 pm

ok i just record it straight to audacity and saved it as a wav and then put it through my daw... anybody has any tips on mixing the scratchs? (eq? effects?) or do i just leave them raw?

ZiekeFons · Post by **ZiekeFons** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:45 pm

I always cut the lower frequencies, add some compression and a little delay or reverb..

siLLy KiD · Post by **siLLy KiD** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:04 pm

ZiekeFons wrote:I always cut the lower frequencies, add some compression and a little delay or reverb..

pretty spot on... ^^

THE ADDICT · Post by **THE ADDICT** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:27 am

ZiekeFons wrote:I always cut the lower frequencies, add some compression and a little delay or reverb..

THE ADDICT · Post by **THE ADDICT** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:30 am

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siLLy KiD · Post by **siLLy KiD** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 12:19 am

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How To Add Vocal Scratches to Beat?

How To Add Vocal Scratches to Beat?

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