Scratching tips using USB DJ Controller...

[Cell 2Dee]

Anybody have any advice on scratching using a DJ Controller? I'm using the ION iCue...

 

[Relic]

ooooo you bad boy.
lol, but better.hahaha

 

[Cell 2Dee]

ooooo you bad boy.
lol, but better.hahaha

Hahaha, bastard. Only problem is, I think most of the scratchers on here use actual decks, not controllersps:

 

[Relic]

Thats true, even serato has a wax thingy, its difficult to do and will take alot of practice, but if you want to get good at it like anything else you will just have to do it over and over until you got that ish.

 

[Cell 2Dee]

Any advice on what records to scratch up?

 

[Relic]

Well you GOT to have the "awwwwww" or your not scratching.

Any old school stuff is good. Milk D, or Senario is fun.

 

[H&R]

I have a bcd3000 controller that I scratch with using NI Traktor 3 ... Your not gonna turning out scratches like pros on wax or be able to perform specific type scratches on the fly but you just gotta practice and get use to it depending on the program you use too ... For basic scratching and mixing the bcd3000 does the job for me to dj mix projects I get paid to do

 

[Cell 2Dee]

I have a bcd3000 controller that I scratch with using NI Traktor 3 ... Your not gonna turning out scratches like pros on wax or be able to perform specific type scratches on the fly but you just gotta practice and get use to it depending on the program you use too ... For basic scratching and mixing the bcd3000 does the job for me to dj mix projects I get paid to do

I can't seem to get my iCue working with Traktor, is it compatible do you know? And thanks for the advice too.

 

[H&R]

I can't seem to get my iCue working with Traktor, is it compatible do you know? And thanks for the advice too.

Your gonna have to find a midi map template for it in the form of a .tk (.tks) file if I remember correctly.
Had to search the net for one for the BCD3000 as well it was kind of a pain ... Or you can go 1 by 1 and
map each thing individually to the controller which is even more of pain ... Especially getting the scratching
to work right by mapping on your own. Doesn't the icue come with its own software though ? Actually
a special version of Virtual DJ ?

No prob man

 

[Cell 2Dee]

Your gonna have to find a midi map template for it in the form of a .tk (.tks) file if I remember correctly.
Had to search the net for one for the BCD3000 as well it was kind of a pain ... Or you can go 1 by 1 and
map each thing individually to the controller which is even more of pain ... Especially getting the scratching
to work right by mapping on your own. Doesn't the icue come with its own software though ? Actually
a special version of Virtual DJ ?

No prob man

Yeah I've got VDJ, I'll stick to that if I can't find a midi map. Thanks again for the advice, I'll go searching for a map then.

 

[H&R]

Word ... I was tryna stick with VDJ at first but couldnt get the BCD to work right with it
scratching so I ended up using the demo of traktor that came with it and then getting the full.

 

[Cell 2Dee]

Word ... I was tryna stick with VDJ at first but couldnt get the BCD to work right with it
scratching so I ended up using the demo of traktor that came with it and then getting the full.

That's dope. I think the iCue is mainly intended for VDJ, you go into the preferences and it's already premapped there, whereas Traktor it ain't. Kinda sucks that you have to go to such lengths to vary which program you can use, but it's all part of the learning groove I guess.

 

[H&R]

That's dope. I think the iCue is mainly intended for VDJ, you go into the preferences and it's already premapped there, whereas Traktor it ain't. Kinda sucks that you have to go to such lengths to vary which program you can use, but it's all part of the learning groove I guess.

How do you like the icue ? It was between that and the bcd3 I ended up going with the bcd cause I didnt wanna spend the extra at the time

 

[Cell 2Dee]

I haven't really used it to it's potential, only for learning to scratch with it at the minute. Further down the line I'll use it for mixing etc., but so far it seems OK. Only problem is the little plastic wheels on it spin mad quick, they should have put some friction in there like real turntables.

 

[sYgMa]

I was gonna start a new thread about this, but since this one is about the same subject. I wanted to buy a Denon DN-MC3000 to replace my Numark Mixtrack. I want to be able to scratch and there was too much lagging on the Mixtrack...

 

[2GooD Productions]

Im torn between the Pioneer DDJ-S1 and the Numark NS7