Fun with scratching for no extra$$
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:34 am
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.
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.