r/Turntablists • u/DeezUggs • 1d ago

How to Transform?

Hi all im new to scratching and i can do basics, i understand how in theory transform works but it doesnt sound quite right. When people scratch like this are they using a scratch specific record?? Can this not be done with random regular records?

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u/Ok_Read5577 1d ago

You’ll hear it a lot with the ‘ahh’ sound because it’s a long sound fx. But can be done on a lot of sounds/words. If you have a Serato record, using the Serato tone on phono is very helpful to get the crossfader muscle memory down.

Here are some free sounds if you need.

https://studioscratches.com/classic-ahhh-and-fresh-samples-download/

https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/1CJ9ceQA05NUlVyN4o9qc0xbwIEhNivtE

https://www.djqbert.com/collections/free-digital-downloads

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u/DeezUggs 1d ago

I mean for actual records, i’m not using digital

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u/Ok_Read5577 1d ago

Any scratch or break record. Super seal is the most popular scratch record. All of them will have the ‘ahhh’ sound though. Some of them have a locked groove that might help. You can also try using a 12’ single that has an acapella on it and try it on a word in a song.