New to Turntables

[Willett]

so...

I've been saving up for a decent set of turntables and finally bought them today and Im looking for some help of where to get started.

I don't have any knowledge of mixing, scratching or anything dj related, so any help would be appreciated.

are there any good sites, books, or videos I should check out?

any basics I should start off with?

any help at all would be appreciated.

[paulbriggs]

Hi Willett

 

You should check out www.djmandrick.com for some of the best tutorials around. A 2 hour read through that site will answer most of your questions.

 

Hope this is of some help to you.

 

Paul

[Manipulate]

http://www.asisphonics.net/theever.zip

 

Tutorial for a ton of scratches

[SUPERBANANABOMB]

Here's my advice:

 

If you are really serious about scratching/DJ'ing, don't go cheap.

 

There's so many crappy turntables out there and it's easy for a newbie to get discouraged if they buy the cheap {censored}.

 

My advice if you REALLY want to get into DJ'ing is check out Stanton turntables. Any model that is T80 or higher is decent enough. I think that the STR8-150 is the best turntable in the world, personally.

 

As far as a mixer, that depends on what you plan on doing. If you're wanting to scratch, I'd recommend a UREI 1601S. They just got discontinued a couple months ago and they are selling dirt cheap. They are amazing mixers with buttery-smooth faders, great sound quality, a built in sampler and an effects loop! I got mine for like $300!

 

Don't go cheap... you'll regret it!!!