Fun with scratching for no extra$$

[sgingras]

I was having such a good time funkin it up with cheesy scratch lines I thought I'd share how I did it...

I downloaded and installed a freeware plugin called Turntablist (AU only)
Then I created an arrangement I wanted to scratch along to. ok, the initial problem was that while Turntablist loads a sample to "scratch" into a midi track and works alright, the scratch sounds don't register as any sort of modification in the midi track so all you can record is your unscratched sample played over and over again.

So here's the fix... load up turntablist with whatever sample you want to scratch with. Then, create a one or two bar loop that will play your sample CONTINOUSLY. got it? all noise all the time. now you can scratch away without the track having to be armed. So, arm an audio track and route your midi track to it's input. here is the best part.... assign the midi tracks volume to a midi controller (I used my modulation wheel)

So, now the mod wheel will act as a DJ crossfader, allowing your audio track to record only what you let it hear.

start your set, begin recording on your armed audio track, use your mouse to scratch the sample and your mod wheel to crossfade and you're on your way to cheeseball scratched riff bliss.

I know this all sounds kind of complicated, but hey, I didn't have to spend a dollar and it amused the h*ll out of me.

woot.

[arzuaga]

I downloaded and installed a freeware plugin called Turntablist (AU only)

Thanks! TurntablistPro is also available for PCs... check www.kvraudio.com, dont remember the homepage exactly...

[beamsville]

the vst and au versions may differ... anyway both vst and au are at
http://bioroid.com/plugins.html

au users might want to look at
http://destroyfx.smartelectronix.com/audiounits.html

[PrOgReSS]

I've downloaded this plug-in a while a go. It worked fine the first 2 times but now every time I go to load a sample into it Live crashes!! I'm totally dissapointed! I've been searching for a plug-in to have some cheesy scratch fun with. Has anybody else had this problem? I'm running a PC by the way not a little Macikie Mac.

[beamsville]

DOAH, that happens for me too, but only with version 1.04 (crashes HARD)
.... the version 1.01 seems okay.

PC users should definately use version 1.01.

The smartelectronix website says that the souce code has been abandoned, so we may never get a fix.

[PrOgReSS]

So where can I get the old version?

[beamsville]

I found it at
http://www.music-boss.com/freeware_plug ... ablist.htm

[PrOgReSS]

Thanks!!! I'll try this one with my fingers crossed.

[ManxRed]

I've recently downloaded this and I too got the hard crash treatment from Live 5.01 so here's hoping with the old version of Turntablist.

a-wicky-wicky-wicky....