I appreciate a top DJ sharing that you're not the best scratch DJ. Their are many kinds of DJ's. New DJ's don't become discourage because they can't scratch that well. The key to being a DJ is to keep the people on the floor dancing and having a good time, scratch or no scratch.
Hey Luke What do you think about drugs in the EDM scene? IMO it's dumb. I don't get why people have to take stuff like MDMA, Cocaine & weed to have fun. DJing and the music makes me happy. BTW i am a 14 year old DJ. I haven't really begun the music production stuff that much yet since i need to learn some basics in production.
Don't really see it too much in the UK. Sometimes at festivals if they sneak it in. But they risk being arrested. Its not worth ruining your life, and possibly career by taking drugs....The music is the only Buzz you need.
What I've learned in near 30 years of DJing and more so the past decade is that the super basic scratches are your fundamentals. With Dance music (House, Techno, Trap, DnB), As long as your timing with the beat is right, You don't need to be super technical. Many turntablists keep it simple with the fundamental scratches, and with. a lot of practice become advanced turntablists. Keep it fun and exciting with your DJ sets. ❤
A fun way to practice transforming with the crossfader is using the noise color FX on a Pioneer DJM 900 Nexus/ Nexus 2 instead of another track/ sample. If you move the color FX knob fast enough with the crossfader motions you're doing, it actually sounds kind of like a scratch sample.
I'm a huge turntablist nerd and I can say that this tutorial isn't bad! I saw a lot of tutorials from real scratcher that are even worse! This can be really helpful to dance DJs that want to learn to have more control on the tracks with the platter
The best beginner scratching tutorial I've ever had. Luke literally has the wisdom of Solomon when it comes to DJing. Where do you even get all this ideas? I mean looping a short part of the track and scratching on it? I'm dead. I need to see you live before I expire. Lots of love from India 😍😍
I just wanted to say, I love that you mention "family man" and "dedicated dad" in you intros. You are showing that having family values is important and cool and that these things can go hand in hand with being a DJ and I think that's awesome.
I'm not sure if you cover this because I just started watching just yesterday, but you should go over different fingering techniques with scratching and with the crossfader.
you should do a video with some redbull thre3style champions (eskei83 etc) and some OG turntabalists aswell (atrak, craze, jazzy jeff, qbert, mix master mike etc)! keep pushing the culture luke!
It very dope that you talk about any dj situation with no fear. dj screatching take years and timing im not like dj craze or a track either but the formula learn all basic stuff
Nice vid LL. We Detroiters used to scratch over House, Detroit Techno and Ghetto Tech way back in the day. It’s sad that a lot of House Music DJs frown on scratching over House and Dance music, but like you said, it makes everything more live. I learned how to scratch from Terrence Parker, my favorite DJ and mentor from wayyyy back. Keep the vids coming. Really dig your channel. ONE!!!
Hey Laidback Luke! Can you make a video how you prepare your Sets? That would be sooo sick! I relay need help. Haha. Greatings from Munich and i wish you happy Christmas and a nice time with your Familiy! Leon from Munich
Hi LL would like to add that Roger Sanchez is another amazing house music Dj who uses some amazing scratch work in his sets. Will definitely add in some more comments when I watch this video again in the next couple of days :) . Also the most important point you have made around the 11:50 mark. Not just for scratching but for Djing in general as well. Cheers. And it’s amazing what you do for the younger generation.
Nice work, Luke! I admire your honesty about how you criticize your own scratches, but still kick ass at them. Great sense of humor as always :) Well done
transforming is chopping the fader and moving the platter together...when the sound is pulled back during the transform scratch, thats what gives it the "transformer" sound.
Hey Luke your actually pretty decent turntablist. But here is a major over site. You need to explain about adjusting your crossfader curve. Too long a curve will make most of those scratches extremely harder than they need to be. So shorten your curve.
That‘s a good point, with a smooth fader it‘s more difficult. This feature was missing on almost every mixer back in the early 90ies, so Luke learned it the hard way. But honestly your tablist skills are not that bad!
thanks for the advise man i didnt think of that either. as the chap down below says though they didnt have that feature back in the day. Just shows how lucky we all our nowadays. Everything is literally on a plate for you to learn and go get it. Good luck on the grind every one never stop hustlin :P
It wasn’t an oversight this is a tutorial for basic scratches no ton how to setup your mixer to get a sharper fader curve. There’s a million RUclips videos on the subject of how to setup your gear, but your learning is your own problem not Luke’s. I enjoyed the video just cause I found him interesting. If you want proper scratch tutorials go sign up to qsu
Transforming came from when there used to be a channel selector bar and you were able to flip the track on and off very fast... Very popular back in the day with Gemini mixers
Love this tutorial! Really gave me an idea of what are the different scratches and where to start with practicing them. Turntablism elements definitely fit dance music too. Me being a trance guy, I have to mention Jordan Suckley, he scratches live in his sets and he usually plays around 140 BPM tech trance and stuff like that. So before thinking maybe this doesn't fit the style of music I play, just give it a try and you'll see it most like fits haha
Luke I have really enjoyed this video explained a lot been struggling with just the basics of scratching. One question thou are you changing the gain much when scratching to hear it? Or am I just using bad samples, or screwing up cutting with the fader? Keep the good Vlogs coming Cheers
Super excited to be adding the Denon SC5000's and X1800 mixer to my stable of dj gear. Quick question thou Luke or any users of Engine Prime software; is there a way to display the "bitrate" of a track? I've clicked on the column headers and do not see "bitrate" available to check? Super important imo....128/256/320 etc...want the 320 for sure. :)
hey luke, do you see an issue with creating a set list? I've only been DJing for friends parties and such and usually I just set it up and play whatever or even let others get behind the decks and play. But I did do an hour long set for a friend. I didn't pre-record but I did have a set list I played from. Is that frowned upon in the community?
When using the CDJ's are you using Denon's software engine? If so, what are your thoughts on this? If you've used other software like Serato and etc.. I'm still trying to get proficient with scratching on a controller or CDJ,. but I'm thinking of getting 2 CDJ's and a turntable, but I'm afraid I couldn't use the turntable without some sort of real Vinyl or DVS system. Thanks for everything and much success for '19!!!
You’ll need a DVS with any turntable except the RP8000 I believe. I could be wrong but the alternative people are looking at is the Rane 12’s. CDJ mechanics with a turntable finish and usb output with no need for a DVS.
Open question. What's the best way to interface different drum machines and synths and my PC? I bought an arturia DB Impact and a couple TE PO samplers and synths but struggling to figure out how to use them together. What's the easiest software to learn on that I could connect these up to?
I think Luke already did this. He gets lots of tracks sent to him by other DJ's. But buy tracks on Spotify, Beatport and so on. You need decent 360kb tracks. If you play a ripped 128kb track on a club sound system it will sound pants !.
Turntablism has become so much underrated nowadays, yet it's so much great to see DJ's like Qbert scratching.
I appreciate a top DJ sharing that you're not the best scratch DJ. Their are many kinds of DJ's. New DJ's don't become discourage because they can't scratch that well. The key to being a DJ is to keep the people on the floor dancing and having a good time, scratch or no scratch.
Hey Bro do a video with A-Trak i think is a good idea
Christian Ozorio do you know the song at 8:40?
*A VERY DOWN TO EARTH DJ! I ENJOY HIS VLOG EVERY WEEK!* ☝️👆😎
Dude is mad cool. Love learning, hearing, and listening to all types of DJ's. This is an awesome community. Keep rocking out guys!
Hey Luke
What do you think about drugs in the EDM scene? IMO it's dumb. I don't get why people have to take stuff like MDMA, Cocaine & weed to have fun. DJing and the music makes me happy.
BTW i am a 14 year old DJ. I haven't really begun the music production stuff that much yet since i need to learn some basics in production.
Don't really see it too much in the UK. Sometimes at festivals if they sneak it in. But they risk being arrested. Its not worth ruining your life, and possibly career by taking drugs....The music is the only Buzz you need.
DJ_PaulTUK I you must not have been to boomtown if you haven’t seen any drugs at UK festivals...
slaw it’s an adult thing you’re too young to understand but don’t do drugs just smoke weed :)
@@aduken762 I don't think you should be telling a 14 year old kid to smoke weed.
I think that people do drugs, because they want a higher experience, or connect with something bigger than life.....
Big Big Big shoutout for you also for bridging a gap between professional DJs and New commers in DJ field. Thank you so much. Keep it up.
What I've learned in near 30 years of DJing and more so the past decade is that the super basic scratches are your fundamentals. With Dance music (House, Techno, Trap, DnB), As long as your timing with the beat is right, You don't need to be super technical. Many turntablists keep it simple with the fundamental scratches, and with. a lot of practice become advanced turntablists. Keep it fun and exciting with your DJ sets. ❤
A fun way to practice transforming with the crossfader is using the noise color FX on a Pioneer DJM 900 Nexus/ Nexus 2 instead of another track/ sample.
If you move the color FX knob fast enough with the crossfader motions you're doing, it actually sounds kind of like a scratch sample.
Try adding some reverb or delay on the crossfader side you got the noise going on.
Awesome for breakdowns or a capella sections
I'm a huge turntablist nerd and I can say that this tutorial isn't bad! I saw a lot of tutorials from real scratcher that are even worse! This can be really helpful to dance DJs that want to learn to have more control on the tracks with the platter
You do a really good job of explaining scratching in an way thats easy to understand for beginners. keep up the good work! Lots of love from Norway.
Thank you for being so humble. You are great. Watching you kinda encourage me to keep practicing. Thank you.
I love how this explains where does scratching go for EDM DJs
*_Always great to get some insight on your personal techniques!_*
Also hope you all have a great christmas time :)
Nice video! Not only was this really easy to follow along with but your voice is so relaxing! lol. Please do more!!!
The best beginner scratching tutorial I've ever had. Luke literally has the wisdom of Solomon when it comes to DJing. Where do you even get all this ideas? I mean looping a short part of the track and scratching on it? I'm dead. I need to see you live before I expire. Lots of love from India 😍😍
I just wanted to say, I love that you mention "family man" and "dedicated dad" in you intros. You are showing that having family values is important and cool and that these things can go hand in hand with being a DJ and I think that's awesome.
I'm not sure if you cover this because I just started watching just yesterday, but you should go over different fingering techniques with scratching and with the crossfader.
Always so humble. We love you Luke!
Inpetto - G-String is my favorite track off Mixmash for 2018. Lovely and has a deep feeling. Feliz Navidad.
you should do a video with some redbull thre3style champions (eskei83 etc) and some OG turntabalists aswell (atrak, craze, jazzy jeff, qbert, mix master mike etc)! keep pushing the culture luke!
How do you balance making Vlogs, making music and touring at the same time?
Terrence Parker is probably one of my favorite House music turntablists. His scratches always fit the vibe of his set.
You're a great dj and thanks for all your advice bro.
Mad respect for actually incorporating this in your live mixes! You’re amazing dude, keep it up;)
Love the sounds you're using in your latest tracks. Reminds a bit of your old, dirty dutch classics!
It very dope that you talk about any dj situation with no fear. dj screatching take years and timing im not like dj craze or a track either but the formula learn all basic stuff
I love your djing laidlack luke
You are my inspiration
Nice! Its so cool that a professional dj like you takes time and effort to share your talent and knowledge! Gonna try this!!
Nice vid LL. We Detroiters used to scratch over House, Detroit Techno and Ghetto Tech way back in the day. It’s sad that a lot of House Music DJs frown on scratching over House and Dance music, but like you said, it makes everything more live. I learned how to scratch from Terrence Parker, my favorite DJ and mentor from wayyyy back. Keep the vids coming. Really dig your channel. ONE!!!
Hey Laidback Luke!
Can you make a video how you prepare your Sets? That would be sooo sick! I relay need help. Haha.
Greatings from Munich and i wish you happy Christmas and a nice time with your Familiy!
Leon from Munich
Hi LL would like to add that Roger Sanchez is another amazing house music Dj who uses some amazing scratch work in his sets. Will definitely add in some more comments when I watch this video again in the next couple of days :) . Also the most important point you have made around the 11:50 mark. Not just for scratching but for Djing in general as well. Cheers. And it’s amazing what you do for the younger generation.
Are we ever going to see you in front of a couple of old-school turntables? Would be amazing !!
Twisted house feel with tribal beat? You've got my attention...
Nice work, Luke! I admire your honesty about how you criticize your own scratches, but still kick ass at them. Great sense of humor as always :) Well done
that ID at the harbour events center is siiiiick
amazing remix of the Afrojack track!!! love the twisted sounds.
Merry Christmas bro thanks for taking the time to do this vlog
How do you organise your crates,sometimes it is confusing to have a lots of songs in one crates.Tell us how you do?
transforming is chopping the fader and moving the platter together...when the sound is pulled back during the transform scratch, thats what gives it the "transformer" sound.
Hey Luke your actually pretty decent turntablist. But here is a major over site. You need to explain about adjusting your crossfader curve. Too long a curve will make most of those scratches extremely harder than they need to be. So shorten your curve.
That‘s a good point, with a smooth fader it‘s more difficult. This feature was missing on almost every mixer back in the early 90ies, so Luke learned it the hard way. But honestly your tablist skills are not that bad!
thanks for the advise man i didnt think of that either. as the chap down below says though they didnt have that feature back in the day. Just shows how lucky we all our nowadays. Everything is literally on a plate for you to learn and go get it. Good luck on the grind every one never stop hustlin :P
It wasn’t an oversight this is a tutorial for basic scratches no ton how to setup your mixer to get a sharper fader curve. There’s a million RUclips videos on the subject of how to setup your gear, but your learning is your own problem not Luke’s. I enjoyed the video just cause I found him interesting. If you want proper scratch tutorials go sign up to qsu
Transforming came from when there used to be a channel selector bar and you were able to flip the track on and off very fast... Very popular back in the day with Gemini mixers
I will never forget when luke first scratched on a mk2 with craze
Luke inspiring as always!
Thank you !! :-) Chopping up a super short Loop. Why didn't I think of that (head slap !). Simple, but really effective.
I see you on almost every Luke tweet and video! Haha ( :
@@HarshKapadiaHey Harsh. Yep, im a Luke superfan :-)
@@dj_paultuk7052 so for how long have you been DJing? Are you a producer?
@@HarshKapadiaI started in 1990, and no not a Producer just a DJ.
@@dj_paultuk7052 1990! That's a long time! Nice talking to you, Paul... Thank you for replying! See you on Twitter or other LBL vlogs! ( :
Man, this video inspired me a lot, I'm deffo going to start scratching!
A nice honest approach , cheers
Hi Luke! Are you a fan of beat juggling? You should do a vlog on that!
DJ QBert is a legend in turntablism
Love this tutorial! Really gave me an idea of what are the different scratches and where to start with practicing them. Turntablism elements definitely fit dance music too. Me being a trance guy, I have to mention Jordan Suckley, he scratches live in his sets and he usually plays around 140 BPM tech trance and stuff like that. So before thinking maybe this doesn't fit the style of music I play, just give it a try and you'll see it most like fits haha
It's funny how the DJ Booth at the Harbour Event Centre was always so much colder than the dance floor ever was.
Thank you very much! God bless! And Merry Xmas, happy new year!🎊
Finally the scratching vlog 👋✋
I love his approach
Thank You!
I've waited so long for this!:)
Great vlog, thanks for sharing Luke!
What's the point of scraching? Why does one do this?
Edit: Luke answered it at 14:00
Luke
I have really enjoyed this video explained a lot been struggling with just the basics of scratching. One question thou are you changing the gain much when scratching to hear it? Or am I just using bad samples, or screwing up cutting with the fader?
Keep the good Vlogs coming
Cheers
Finally!!! waited this topic for so long
I was waiting so long for this!! Thank you Luke🙏
man i'm mad i missed you in chicago. just seen dj rush there.
So humble and so informative at the same time! Kudos Sifu #livedjing 🖤📢👽
Super excited to be adding the Denon SC5000's and X1800 mixer to my stable of dj gear. Quick question thou Luke or any users of Engine Prime software; is there a way to display the "bitrate" of a track? I've clicked on the column headers and do not see "bitrate" available to check? Super important imo....128/256/320 etc...want the 320 for sure. :)
hey luke, do you see an issue with creating a set list? I've only been DJing for friends parties and such and usually I just set it up and play whatever or even let others get behind the decks and play. But I did do an hour long set for a friend. I didn't pre-record but I did have a set list I played from. Is that frowned upon in the community?
When using the CDJ's are you using Denon's software engine? If so, what are your thoughts on this? If you've used other software like Serato and etc..
I'm still trying to get proficient with scratching on a controller or CDJ,. but I'm thinking of getting 2 CDJ's and a turntable, but I'm afraid I couldn't use the turntable without some sort of real Vinyl or DVS system.
Thanks for everything and much success for '19!!!
CD players certainly don't feel like vinyl but the mechanical one he used in this video is fine
I'm speaking of something like the VL12's or Reloop 8000 when adding turntables.
You’ll need a DVS with any turntable except the RP8000 I believe. I could be wrong but the alternative people are looking at is the Rane 12’s. CDJ mechanics with a turntable finish and usb output with no need for a DVS.
hey luke! is it bad to mix and not master at all ?
Another brilliant vlog and a ton of tips and advice for me to take on and practise! Thanks again Luke _||_
Awesome video best I have ever seen and I actually learn new tricks😊
favorite track this year was
T8ke - Rockin. Holy **** what a drop
Open question. What's the best way to interface different drum machines and synths and my PC? I bought an arturia DB Impact and a couple TE PO samplers and synths but struggling to figure out how to use them together. What's the easiest software to learn on that I could connect these up to?
Hey Luke. When are you gonna get the 4th Denon DJ SC5000 Prime Series player? (Also what's the song name you used when demonstrating the scratches?)
I always take off the bass frequency of the track what i scratch especially if i play dance music.
What makes a unique DJ/Producer logo? And how long have you had your logo?
Jewelz from Jewelz & Sparks is nasty on the cuts too!
Great video Luke!
Amazing scratch basics tutorial!
Hey Luke, can you make a tutorial on using fx for transitioning better while mixing?
EXTREMELY HELPFUL!! Thank u so much for sharing w us how to scratch. 🎧
you are very honest, i respect that !
Can you do a vlog about where to get your music and how to organize it?
I think Luke already did this. He gets lots of tracks sent to him by other DJ's. But buy tracks on Spotify, Beatport and so on. You need decent 360kb tracks. If you play a ripped 128kb track on a club sound system it will sound pants !.
I love your introduction
Hi Luke, Harvey here from South Africa, what's a good sample to scratch with?
Godddd this is so dope! I wish I could do that on my DDJ-SR, but there's a REALLY bad input lag on the decks when you try to release the scratch :(
Thank you for the year end mix and this educational video
The jacket was cool!
When will u release this remix //
Happy holidays to you luck and wish you all the best in the future. What are your perspectives for 2019?
OTW for sure ^^
Great info as always Luke! Thank you.
When i saw this video, i was like Palpatine from Star Wars; I have waited a long time for this moment, my little green friend!!
Are the ‘5000M easier to scratch on than the ‘5000’s?
Is turbulence your biggest song?
Happy Christmas my man
What's up Luke?
What are your thoughts on people comparing DMC DJ's to House/club DJ's?
Old school, but in a good way. bravo !!!!!
Good job!
That's why I'm a blackmusic DJ ;) scratching and turntabelism is so much fun
Love the avenger shirt.
Great video very helpful thanks, keep up.
thanks!! you are so dope! The explanations were great