sonofeevil Posted April 17, 2010 Posted April 17, 2010 A number of years ago I looked into getting a setup but I was young and poor. Now that I'm older and not as poor I'm looking into it again. As far as the "why" (am I wanting to scratch) I'm an avid music player and I've been playing drums for 13 years guitar for 1 and blah, blah, blah and I'm looking for another dimension to add to my music.I did a bit of research on turntables and I picked myself up a 2nd hand Stanton STR8 80 for $150 (I thought that was a good price) having learned that these were an acceptable beginner deck for scratching. As far as mixers go though... I am completely utterly and totally lost... I know I need a fader that has an option to cut but... that's all I know, I don't know what mixers have this option, not looking to spend more then a few hundred on a mixer brand new, obviously I'd like something 2nd hand.If anyone can help that would be AMAZING.Thanks,Mitch Quote
Buck_Choi Posted April 17, 2010 Posted April 17, 2010 Welcome to the forums some one will soon respond to you. i myself aint a scratcher so i wouldnt know. although my mixer does have a cut feature on it.just a quick search on dj warehousehttp://www.djwarehouse.com.au/djgear/dj ... ixers.htmltry seeing if you can ebay a few of these you might get lucky http://www.storedj.com.au/products/category.php?id=123http://www.storedj.com.au/products/category.php?id=67 Quote
DjNikko Posted April 17, 2010 Posted April 17, 2010 The one thing i think you have to be careful of is that the turntables are magnets and not belt driven, from what I've heard belt driven is really is to break or wear out scratching, had a quick look through the stanton str8's but can't find a specification, with a name like stanton magnetics you'd think so but i wouldn't take it for granted. Quote
DjNikko Posted April 17, 2010 Posted April 17, 2010 sorry edit to the post above, its direct drive as given in the technical specs on the website, this being driven by magnets in effect your fine on the stantons just one to be careful of in future. Quote
DjNikko Posted April 17, 2010 Posted April 17, 2010 sorry last post from me, keep the mixer simple you don't want to much crap on there just for scratching something two channel with a fader curve control.EG. though i'm not sure how this is for sound quality its cheap and like i said, simple Link: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Brand-New-Behrin ... 5ad4fd6a6d Quote
LabRat Posted April 17, 2010 Posted April 17, 2010 - 2 Stanton ST8 150's (or whatever - straight arms are better to scratch with)- any rane 2ch battle mixer Quote
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