This week, I teach you how to do the Flare scratch.
The Flare scratch is an open fader scratch. Start with the fader open, release the sample then cut the sound in 2 by closing the fader then opening it again. You can flare on the forwards record movement and the back.
Once you have the basics down, experiment with timings and swing. Flare forwards and back. Practice hard as next week I will show you how to combine this with the chirp scratch to get one of the funkiest scratches around!
The beat is #8528 taken from the Studio Scratches Beats for Scratch Practice Vol. 1 series
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Happy Scratching! 
- Short-e
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Great tutorial! which model of turntables are those? they look metallic silver, I want some!!! (seriously, really would like to know)
hey Maloiff they are technics 1200 mk 2 with silver faceplates. If you google “chrome technics faceplates” you should get some results for where to buy depending on where you are. Hope that helps! – Short-e
i have been following your video tutorials and enjoy watching them.
i see that you scratch hamster style, as im currently learning scratching the normal way is there any chance you can show the scratching the normal way as well as hamster style.
thanks short-e,
from stuart…
Hey Stu. That’s great you are learning. I only cut hamster, but just take the principle and reverse it. DJ Angelo has some cool regular vids on youtube. Hope that helps! Happy Scratching!
These vids are sick man…
Tunes are so good to practice to…
peace!
Hey AJB thanks for stopping by and welcome to Studio Scratches!
This is good work u people are doing. Keep it up n’ cheers! Ope to take it to tha next level.