scratching records question.

whenever i hear cuts on a record, i hear some one saying for intsance "thats hot" and i hear the scratching going from thats to hot and then back to thats and cutting into that a little and then playing hot again,

so they scratch the first part for instance then play the whole sample then i hear them cutting the first part again perfectly on cue every time. how do they do that?

i dont know if that made too much sense, but what i am askning is how do people do this, how do they que the record to the exact place where the sample their taking starts? i just bought a numark tt500 and a numark dxm pro and ive been scartching a little bit on it, but it really doesnt work that well, i have no experience, so when i scratch a sound, and i want togo back to the begenning of the sound and scratch it more it seems im always off becuase i just "backspin" or reverse the record with my hand and when i let go its not at the begenning of the sample.

and theres no "loop" button on my turntable, is there a loop button on any of them? im pretty sure there is on some cd players. but i see a cue button on my mixer but i dont really know how to use all of the stuff on there yet.

im trying to use this for cuts in songs i make and not djing, if thats any help.

any input would be aprecciated. thanks.

take a look at some turntablism videos on youtube...
there you will see the two methods to find the beginning of a sample:
1. mark the 12 o´clock position on the records label - it is way easier for the most people to make a perfect on point backspin if they use their eyes instead of their ears, especially if you cut out the sound with the mixer when backspinning.
2. stick little stickers on your records so the needle automatically is lead to the right groove of the record.

some people might fool you because the use their real turntables with timecode vinyls to trigger serato scratch live or final scratch.
this applications can have cue- and looppoints because they trigger files on the computer.

peace jo

i use a marker and mark the place I want to use.

awesome thanks you guys. helped out alot, illl go try that tape thing

and i had another question too, when you guys take samples from your viynl do you just record the whole track to your computer then cut it up in something like soundforge?

i was thinkng that would probaly be the easiest way to do it, i stilll gota learn how to use my firewire interface so i can hook my stuff up to it though.

thanks again

There's no easy answer other than...PRactice! Practice! Practice!....LOl....yeah..and the marker thingy helps too....PEace.

yea man i just sample the whole song. UNLESS there's only ONE quick part i wanna use then ill sample that part only. but when I hear something i like in the song i wanna use, ill sample the whole song so i can listen to it and get everything i need from it.

ok dope, thanks man.

Get advice, but as far as workflow goes, you need to develope that on your own. I only sample what I need. It works for me. Others are different. Making music is about finding out what works for you, not what everyone else says is the best.