Mixing on Vinyl Using the Ortofon Concord Scratch MK2 from Getinthemix

0:00 First off, you've got there the Autophon Scratch cartridge

Right, first off, you've got there the Autophon Scratch cartridge. It's got a spherical styli, that's the needle right at the bottom, good high output. Now, why should you buy something like that? Well, let's imagine you're a scratch turntablist and you're a little bit pissed off when you bring the vinyl back, it's always jumping all the time. Well, it could be a couple of reasons. It could be because very likely you have not got your turntable set up correctly. So before spending a fortune on a new styli, make sure the turntable is set up correctly, otherwise you're going to be wasting your money. On the other hand, if you've got it all set up correctly and you've got a styli of some description, maybe you've got some form of stanton which you're using a head shell with, but you're still finding problems,

It could be because the actual cartridge itself is not set up correctly. Now, the one good feature about Autophon style is that that is it. There's no need to set anything up, all you do is plug it in. Now, in this video I'm going to run through mixing on vinyl. I have a set of decks here, the Reloop RP-7000 Mark II and the tunes is N&G Right Before My Eyes which is a classic. And I think Suzanne Palmer all right, it's a mix from her. So, right, if you're new to DJing then you'll probably see this, you know, this sort of style, this is the move for a DJ where, for the partially sighted I will explain, one hand is cupped over your ear and the other hand is doing the wiki-wiki backwards and forwards motion.

I mean, my mum does that and she's like old-ish and even she knows what a DJ does. Right down to little kids, they'll do that kind of move. And that goes back to vinyl turntablist times when DJs used vinyl and vinyl only. Now people have always said that all vinyls coming back are not and to be quite honest it's never been away, it's always been there. All that's happened is new technology has all of a sudden appeared and people have gone I don't need the old stuff, embrace new technology and then more new technology comes along, I don't need the old stuff. So for example vinyl CDs came along, I don't need vinyl anymore, I'm going to use CDs, they're using CDs, all of a sudden controllers came along, I don't need, sorry CDs, I'm going to use controllers.

Well, all the way in the background something has never gone away, these lovely pieces of plastic. Right so I'm going to put Suzanne Palmer on over there and just to prove a point, now again all right I put the needle on the record and made the drum beat go like I don't recommend you do that because you have a tone arm rest, so for example if I put the volume up and I take the tone arm off the small little seat there, I bring this lever up, the tone arm itself is not going to hit the turntable or the vinyl and then if I bring this lever down it sits gently on the record making no sound like it did earlier, press play.

3:22 Next, second chance

That is an absolute monster, right the analogy there it's a bit like old school having a Porsche from years gone by and just thinking why did I sell it. Well you know what, I didn't sell it because I've still got it, keep your vinyl collection. Right so let's just bring that back a little bit and I'm going to wait now for the break. Again phrasing is very important, now the difference with vinyl, the big difference is you don't really have a second chance. You haven't got a second chance if you miss your point of bringing it in

You're not stuffed but you've got to then start waiting for maybe the next bar or the next phrase ideally the next bar because if you go to the next phrase you could be completely out of time the next bar at least you're going to be one off uh right so get the record at the beginning so what I'm doing now I'm just moving it back and forward and I've got the first kick but listen that is also doing a couple of things getting it ready and also it's not jumping volume up bass on the right hand side if that wasn't set up I'm going to do something that will sound terrible, I'm going to put the needle back on the record yes I have my back to you to apologize. Okay so I'm going to move that down there so I've changed the pitch on that one and let's bring this one in but don't beat magic

Okay wait for my break again, again I'm listening to the turntable and I'm you know one two three four one I've got the same beat if all of a sudden I heard something different which means the needle was jumping I'd have to be a lot more careful. I'm going to move that down now so I've got to be careful. I'm listening to the phrasing of the other track again phrasing is exactly the same with vinyl as with an mp3 okay let's bring it in on time too slow a bit of filter it's a very good advice ah you can only have a little bit of that gem that is awesome oh my god that is a gem

It's a gem right let me give you some advice here you're great with your ipod you're great with your your cdj's you know I mean you may be wicked on your controller if you want to turn heads if you really want to turn heads

Vinyl all the way practice and enjoy thank you

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