scratch repair?

can it be done? found this tight record at the goodwill, and th only hot sample on it is scratched!

I doubt anything can be done for the vinyl. Depends what the sample is and how it is scratched, but have you tried reducing the affects of the scratch with eq's, chopping it out and filling it in?

i should have said the record was skipping. not just scratched with lots of static, but it will skip. i tried the anti skip on my record player (which works some times), but in this case it doesnt help.

1)check it out this is what i do , you find the scratch on the gruv, with your finger turn the record till you see the scratch, then take needle off record and rub your finger nail over the scratch gently then rub with finger to smooth it out a bit, when you play it you may here some static, some times you will some times you wont but at leats the record is not scratched anymore.
you can clean it with some alcohol after this it may clear up the static if there is some ,

it works for me

2)or you can try this one too, what you do put the needle on the record and turn again with your finger to find the scratch, then when you find it ,pass the scratch up half way then turn record back wards if it 's a deep gruv most likely it wont work but if it's a surface scratch it get it out,

3)same as number two but a little different, what you do is play the record this time , and when you hear the scratch you place your finger on the needle adding a little pressure so the needle cut's throu the scratch then rub your finger over the scratch to smooth out the original scratch.

hope these help,
i have been useing these for years, they work for me and at least you can hear the hole peice with out the scratch, till i fiind another way this is what i kno works and i will use.
try these and expirement if you find some better way please let me kno too.

peace

thought about that. ill try it.

if you have an x-acto knife, scalpel, sewing needle or razor blade you can GENTLY attempt to correct the scratch. Sometimes this is as simple as gently resetting the walls of the groove, and sometimes you can literally carve a new groove.

it is a last resort though.

dj e.d.e has some good methods but never ever attempt them with your good stylus/carts... use an old one that you wont worry if it degrades... im sure all beat diggers and samplist must have a stanton500 lying around for this?

word ,^^ i use a concord club dj stylist i i use that for everything sampling ,scratching , playing but yeah i got some good needles too
trackmasters i use those for mix tapes and live playing in clubs and sh!t.

i 've tried the soewing needle thing but you have to be very careful because you might make the scratch worse, with the technique i mention it just follows the same gruv and pushes the sgratch aside, creating the same gruv,

but i like i mentioned it may sound staticy on some records and on some it may be alright, sometimes it depends on how hard you have to press down to get the scratch out.

but use something to clean it after , i use alcohol straight, not watered down , but i
m thinking about getting some gruv glide to see how that works.
if anyone try's this post up results to let me know.
thanks
pe@ce
dje.d.e