1 Click Flare Scratch Tutorial by D-Styles & Melo-D

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[@noodlespooner]

I used to just get the first few then my fader / record hands are out of sync. Going fast just seemed impossible! Two things that I noticed that help are 1) instead of looking at the record marker, try and notice where your record hand position is when you cut with your fader hand to make a clean sound. The muscle memory seems like an easier process than trying to be reactive to a cue point. 2) for faster flares, you don't need to speed up your record hand as much as you think, just make smaller baby scratches and use the same technique as the first tip. The faster you try to speed up your baby scratches the harder it is to stay in sync. I'm much better than I used to be 6 months ago.

[@hiphopsuperman]

Thank you for sharing that advice. As fantastic as these tutorials are, it’s great to hear some tips from people who are also learning.

[@hiphopsuperman]

Bro, I wanted to come back and thank you again for sharing that advice. Those two tips have helped me immensely with many other scratches. Even my baby scratch, and scribbles are much more precise than they were before from this simple tip. Looking at my hand rather than the line on the record has helped so much for some reason. All the best!

[@noodlespooner]

@@hiphopsuperman cheers! Happy scratchin' !!!

[@djmistadrew70]

Oh my God you are right. The way he did it slow was a perfect example. It finally made since to me. I lost it when I tried to go fast. Answer Master slow, get a feel for it, you can only go fast like he did with short movements with the fader and hand. Unbelievable thank you so much. Now I need help with the crab scratch.

[@Presbiter]

@@djmistadrew70 crab is easy, the secret is to use next to no force with your fingers on the fader. Also try starting to use an endless beepsound, just let it and only use your fader until you can produce 3 separate beep sounds with equal gaps between each when rolling your hand. Start slow, get it clean...and god damn it, stop using force, djing is filigree^^

[@yuseffrazier8936]

Thanks for the tickets too your Dj Qbert scratch class in San Francisco i,ve been djing for 30yrs at the Flea Market making mixed Tapes and Cassettes live for people and friend anyway i Learned alot from Dj Qbert i thought my Old School Herbie Handcock ROCK IT SONG Scratch sounds was all that ,New Scratch skills helps when your rocking the Party Thanks Guys Peace Mr Beat Junkies

[@diggie72]

At the end: 👀

[@denniswilson9227]

Ikr, like he was waiting for something else to happen.

[@garthus6164]

Love seeing these videos and seeing the Beat Junkies channel. I've been away from DJing and scratching for a long time and watching these is helping me get back into it again. What helped me learn the 1-click years ago was watching Tony Vegas on the Scratch Perverts Tutorial videos. Basically baby scratch and use the fader to cut the sound in half forward and back.

[@JayWerx]

When I first learned the flare techniques it was way easier for me to do a two click. It almost came naturally . But took forever to get a one click smooth. Weird.

[@pjilla2]

You would think that one click would be easier. Its not. Its more difficult actually. If you think about it that cut is more precise than a two click. Especially coming from a transforming beginning and chirp style. Open fader cuts are a different breed.

[@djimma5080]

Yeah one clicks are hard two and three clicks are easier

[@strictlybangers]

im the same. definitely something to do with the transform possibly. more used to the additional clicks i think.

[@SuperRuss26]

I find one clicks easy. It’s the two clicks I have trouble with

[@GabREAL1983]

i learned one click first and still struggle with click - so kids you better start with the two click lol

[@barrywatts803]

Love these videos really inspires me to keep going. More vids guys

[@chiiild-dj]

amazing!! thank you D-Styles and Melo-D. also, can't get over the sensei nod + left-right-up stare at 4:45 🥋

[@frankcastle9287]

I have seen BOTH of You LIVE, D-Styles an'Melo-D!!! I have learned sooo much from the Two of You! Major Inspiration to All True Turntablists! Beat Junkies ALL DAY!

[@maninscratch]

isn't D-Styles an ISP Member?

[@durtygroove]

This is the best tutorial on this out there. I watched others and couldn't ever grasp it. I'm flaring my ass off today

[@gakdaniels76]

It's comforting to hear about the troubles of going from a closed fader to open fader scratch.My OCD kicked into overdrive trying to get used to it and was almost painfully frustrating.

[@buddafingaz9403]

Awesome video bro, I've been adding an extra note in there, when practicing this skratch, & now its a hell of alot easier, learning it this way, its more finesse with the fader hand, rather than with my Skratch hand...... 👍👊💪🙏😎🔥

[@kmk4960]

I'm glad you guys mentioned the difficultly in breaking habits in regards to the transformer scratch - I thought there was something wrong with me until you mentioned it!!!! Great videos!!!!

[@schuhaelter]

wasthimking 100% the SAME!

[@RefugeetheDJ]

a month or 2 to learn it! well screw you guys, it will take me longer haha

[@MarcTarradasDJSwing]

Classic Scratch, And this Sound Dope!!!!

[@jhirn2957]

Beat Junkies holding it down. I'm just getting back into scratching. Never was able to flare or crab so this is kind of a insane to have just amazing instructional videos. I've watched a few but really like the way you break it down in this video. The motion of this one is really weird and I find myself needing to look at my fader hand which is uncommon. Hopefully I'll get this down soon.

[@xrcryptodev]

Most excellent teaching!

[@TAPE5IVE]

Very helpful thanks guys. Big upz 🔥

[@wieszo2112]

Another great lesson

[@jeremiahmarkusmedia6915]

Thank you for posting this, it's super helpful.. The good news is that I think I finally got the move down :D The first few days I was doing it completely wrong LOL, I thought it was a drop first.. But now I see that's its just forward scratch

[@DJStatexFreudIanSlip]

Dope tutorial! D-Styles at the end....LOL!

[@barrywatts8501]

I see what you meen lol.Melo-D just disappeared! Lol

[@unhallowed45]

Thanks! Learned basics in a few minutes from watching

[@evidenz111]

Great easy breakdown

[@MrH4003]

You guys are great love from india 🇮🇳❣️

[@Shmack_]

I found out I've been doing these on my own without even knowing it. I gotta start practicing slow doing these. It's hard to follow along going slow but once i see it done fast I pick it up

[@DJKaBz1]

Wow thank you 🙏

[@HuFilms]

Nice one guys. Stil haven't got this one down. Open fader is proving difficult!

[@Thedustywon]

That was the most difficult part for me at first. It gets easier. I'd practice two or three times a day, but only for about fifteen minutes each time. Then each tike I went back, in small increments, I was able to tell a difference by the next day.

[@djcamitenerife]

Gracias 🤩

[@aronmoralez9415]

I started 2 click flare first and now that I'm trying to learn the 1 click flare it's so damn hard lol

[@turntablistswami1]

Props to Flare! Great job D!

[@pjilla2]

Actually Dstyles made that. DJ Flare created the original flare.

[@turntablistswami1]

👍🏽 that’s how I do my flares!

[@idoweddingplanningseries]

Amazing tutorial! Had a question on your record hand technique. Looks like you drag your thumb when you push the record forward. Is their an advantage to doing this? Thank you!

[@jerbear6947]

he's like easy pezy, and that is a one click flare!

[@maninscratch]

mopre than 20 years ago a friend introduced me to the one click flare.. and once I thought I got it down on beat he said: now do it twice as fast, and I was like 🤯took me ages to become kind of decent. also easy to "unlearn" if u know what I mean

[@pryvetpeepsho]

The eyes,chico

[@TheAdfk]

It’s the harder scratch to learn for me. So easy to understand but so hard to execute perfectly very fast. Also it’s so dope to alternate with chirps.

[@barrywatts8501]

Hahaha! Melo-D a month or two to learn! I'm still at it 8 months later still can't get in consistent! Pratice pratice 100 times more than you think! Peace

[@tmlife5338]

Great video! One thing you didn't cover is the fact that the faster you go, the marker no longer goes to the 3 O'clock position. Actually, it barely moves from the 12 O'clock position. Am I correct?

[@tedmosby9409]

And you use the right hand on platter that's how I do it , it's how a dj would naturally touch the platter for mixing if you a dominant right hand

[@mikey_extra9830]

So I can’t get the same sound as the video. So the foreword, you click as soon as you hear the sound, do you hit it at the same spot on the way back ? Also, you push foreword fast then slow it down, then pull back fast then slow down at the end? Ugh. Mine has this weird swing sound once I stop then pull the record back.

[@djkingmagneto1792]

Tickles Me Til This Day How That 1 Click Flare Was More Complicated Than Other's With More Countz For Many We DJ's Back In Da Dayze. /// Dope Tutorial.. 👌👍🐉👊💥

[@Muhf915]

🔥🔥🔥

[@barrywatts803]

That's the first thing I started learning the one click flare orbit. It's taken me a good 8 months to learn it and make it sound like D. Well still not clean when I speed up! Or the chirp to 1 click flare. Just doing that for months and months! I'm not so good with transforms because of that. But working on all scratches. Crab scratch is super hard for me though still can't even perform it once! I should focus soley on transforms and crabing. If found doing transforms once forward and once back like a chirp sound that's starting to give me a little more control and timing. My stabs ate bad! Very simple need to do a batch of those in pratice every day. One day I can be proud of my self! My be start beat jugleing and using my left hand on the record. Hamster is out for me as been doing regular to long.

[@LittleDragon6]

Shout out to DJ Flare!

[@pjilla2]

Actually Dstyles made that. DJ Flare created the original flare.

[@davesargent7304]

@@pjilla2 Shout out to DJ Flare!

[@Tuck_Frump]

I saw DJ Aoki do this once. He looked like Jesus.

[@presone2077]

👍🏼

[@user-rf5wo3ju9d]

yooo fammm

[@Dj_JohnMac]

There hard to get that speed i spent alot of time learning the flare but i dont really even rate it now 2 clicks are cooler i think ..i think chirps are well cooler sounding

[@thekinghimself7389]

Beat PLEASE!

[@katrinblo3216]

👍✌💙

[@van_alan_folk]

Couldnt this be thought of as a tear with the manipulation of the fader starting open?

[@KrasavkinRomanE]

😌🤝

[@steadymanos]

It sounds like pacman video game.

[@SantiagoVillalbaz]

Hi, can I apply this to the portablism too? Thanks, regards from Argentina

[@JMJC1]

Of course.

[@davesargent7304]

I'm confused by your question.

[@tedmosby9409]

I learned closed still struggling to get hang of open faders, so it's 2 sound from 1 push forwards and 2 from 1 pull back then it's a flare am I right??

[@TheRealDJSigma]

Yeah. With flares the number of sounds you get is equal to the number of clicks plus 1, so 1 click = 2 sounds, 2 clicks = 3 sounds etc. It's hard to get the hang of it at first, because with almost all other scratches you are starting with the fader off and tapping it on to trigger bursts of sound, while with the flare you are starting with the fader on and tapping it off to insert gaps into the sound.

[@barrywatts8501]

Just cant do that scratch without leaning on the mixer with pinky! Anybody else have that bad habit? I'm ok slow but when I speed up my hand starts making contact with the mixer lol!

[@maccagrabme]

We all probably did this scratch by accident when figuring out the transformer in the 80s, lol.

[@GroundBeatDe]

Is it my idea or its easier hamster style?? Mine sucks..sometimes work, but i am not consistent :) ...by the way im more a mix guy but i think i lost my time many years looking for the perfext mix...its better scratching...at least for me its every day a challenge...i startet 6 months ago to improve my sets and the croud have a positive response, so thank you guys for the lessons...you are my idols!!!!

[@JMJC1]

Not any easier hamster, still the same.

[@djeargazm]

😳👀🤷🏻🤔where melo-d go

[@user-uy2ir4fu5h]

Хороший бит и скретч.Парню спасибо за урок.

[@loremipsom224]

ok now show how to do the prism scratch.

[@djmistadrew70]

You got to be kidding me. My problem is I have to learn a new timing with these new scratches.

[@rogue66v]

Hi beat junkies ! I am planning to buy turntables soon but i am not sure what specifications and qualities of a good beginner turntable for scratching or turntablism.. thank you

[@mblp]

TheCabz Reloop rp8000 mk2 or 7000mk2 are both great turntables for scratching. Or get a used technics 1200

[@rogue66v]

@@mblpthanks. But any thoughts on stantons and audio technicas? I dont think i can find a brand new technics 1200s now.

[@JayWerx]

TheCabz if youre just starting, I mean really starting from square one just get some cheap shit to get you going and not waste time . You will figure the rest out later. I started on some $90 belt drive turntables.

[@mblp]

TheCabz kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIC8iq2dibeAecU kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXull6ulgbyfbrM Stantons and Reloops are both Hanpin turntables.

[@johnfry8286]

It's easy to find competent, affordable decks nowadays but I'd spend more time making sure you get a good mixer. They don't cost a fortune at entry level but u need something with a xfader or preferably another digital fader that won't wear out when u learn. It also needs a sharp cut or adjustable cut on the fader. Mixers designed for mixing records usually have little need for a sharp cut fader so many models don't have one. It won't cost you more but it's worth noting when u start out. Even a good portable and a decent crossfader would cost a fraction of turntables and allow u to get to grips with it, cheaply. They hold a good resale value too portables

[@KatazuiOfficial]

This video is the answer key. Watch if you did your homework!! Hehehehe

[@blazepurp]

game for free

[@strictlybangers]

took him a month or two to master? talent and effort versus average man (me) and effort. times whatever he said by ten. even then that's only a couple of years. all you average humans reading this, we can do this!

[@ignitore]

Takes forever? Takes eternity. Crab is a joke compared to flares.

[@reekt2832]

didnt know don draper was a dj

[@mamadumansaray1697]

This scratch pisses me off to practice lmao

[@namelesswon]

Yeah but what is a Filipino 3 click reverse boomerang-bahn?

[@barrywatts8501]

Are talking about the slow autobahn?

[@analogcrunch4716]

i cannot believe grown men sit and pretend this is an instrument lolzz my god

[@Dj_JohnMac]

There hard to get that speed i spent alot of time learning the flare but i dont really even rate it now 2 clicks are cooler i think ..i think chirps are well cooler sounding