CD player like a vinyl T table? Bad edit at the start!!, sory!

Like vinyl turntables? Well the answer, quite simply, is no. And yes, no first of all because of course most CD players are relatively small, they will not have a 12 inch platter and you won't have the pokey out thing that comes across here which is of course known as the needle of the styli. But yes, because a lot of good quality CD players have what's known as a vinyl mode. Now alright, what is vinyl mode? Well if you're a vinyl turntablist and you view CD players you'll know exactly what it is because what happens is when you go to vinyl mode all of a sudden the CD player in a sense will act like a vinyl turntable. At the moment I've got a hip hop track on here, look to the side of the video, I'll stick the name in the description but have a listen. What's happening is that platter is now acting exactly the same as a vinyl turntable platter. If I had a needle on the record

And moved it like so. So that's one question that's been answered. Now, the reason I'm doing this is because so many people ask me this question time and time again. The other one is where CD players are concerned and also where the likes of vinyl turntables are concerned. What should I use for scratching? In other words, what are the best sounds, the samples? Well, to be quite honest, what I find, the best samples, the best sounds, a high pitch, And also vocals. Now, something that I was taught and I think it's a fantastic idea. If you want to do scratching, what you need to do here on the mixer, you've got high, mid and low. Good idea is to take away a lot of the low sound. Now all of a sudden what happens now is you get rid of all that rumble. Have a listen. Not so much there because we've just got vocals but now have a listen. Now by getting rid of the bass means you can actually turn up

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