Learn To DJ Tutorial: Combining Basic Scratches to Form Advanced Scratches (DJ As-One)

Check out our new #LearnToDJ video series. This second installment features DJ As-One (DMC Washington DC Champion & Red Bull Thre3style Washington DC Runner-Up) teaching the concept of combining basic scratches to form complex and advanced scratches. The basic scratches that were used in this video are the baby scratch and the chirp scratch.
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[@leandrobernardini]

Well, that escalated quickly.

[@brianmoore3063]

Bro im dying over here 😂😂😂 Thats the first thing I said. Lmaooooo

[@FlatWHDF]

he went in lol.. went from baby scratch to scratch guru real quick

[@samattos1]

This is going to teach me to scratch with my right hand. This is excellent. Doesn't anybody else have that issue? Bad ambidexterity with scratching?

[@Hail_Full_of_Grace]

my left hand is useless and totally no coordination , its a real pain in the ass.

[@djkoz78]

robdee81 same issue here

[@romanobasilio8605]

Steve Mattos i

[@jerzwhite4548]

Yes I'm right handed and scratch with my right and use the fader with my left my fader hand isn't the best

[@dreboogs]

@@jerzwhite4548 Yes! I learned by ear and by the time I got around the cats with that left-hand rub, I was already on my own thing.

[@francoisgiber50]

I learned a lot on this one, thank you, last scratch is insane !

[@NewEnglandPatriotsfan]

Yes, that last scratch is fast lol

[@DJTeddyJetts]

Bro was like, "here is a basic scratching tutorial." (Begins scratching as if he is possessed by the swag Gods...goes completely unconscious...) Bro then was like...welp...hope you enjoyed that!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 hell yea we enjoyed that!!! Pretty sure you did to. Your eyes rolled into the back of your head so yea... haha great vid for real! Been practicing my scratching and this was for real a MONEY explanation. I get the concept, just need to ram it in my brain and keep practicing. I keep telling myself the cross fader correlation is an illusion...but you showed me today it is not. For chirps, your crossfader should mirror your scratch motion! Very valuable lesson! Thank you!!! Cheers!

[@Joslynn26]

Do more of these!!!! You guys have the best tutorials.

[@f3niks]

Great tutorial.

[@jessetyedup5310]

That combo he's doing when he speeds up is definitely not just a simple baby scratch chirp combo. There's a double bounce motion going on when the fader hits. Sounds more like a swing flare imo.

[@jerzwhite4548]

Agreed

[@jerzwhite4548]

Nothing about scratching is simple

[@badwxlf9381]

He mentions that at the end

[@DJEasybuckets]

Yeah and a swing flare is a slice and dice combo not a baby and chirp

[@AlexLeonTV]

Love this bro helps a lot! I’m a beginner dj can you do more videos of this but with a song not the scratch one. For song transitions 🙏🙏

[@NewEnglandPatriotsfan]

Hope you are enjoying DJing

[@CB-pt2uo]

The camera got some scratches too 😂 Good job man 👍

[@Kalosius]

I love scratch vids but every time they cant help going off into a flurry of scratches

[@bboyyutaka]

He is both great Performer and instructor !!! doped

[@wisecomments525]

Just playing Sweet child o mine solo on my guitar & later scratching practice too

[@Djbetoxx4]

Could you teach how to move the cross fader? Loved your scratching lesson no lie

[@battleflips6251]

Really cool. 9pm marks though, thats mad :)

[@sipaka1]

damn! seeki, lessssgo!

[@FaderFlosser]

the swing flare is different than the baby chirp. swing flare is baby, stab, stab with a constant back and forth on the record. nice video tho;)

[@djkoz78]

Dj Knyfestryke yeah to me it looks like at the end wasn't the baby scratch and chirp, but flares as well.

[@bannerrj41]

Killed it

[@djkoz78]

Ok at first he's doing the baby scratch & chirp but at the end when he speeds up it's not the baby scratch & chirp combo he's added scratches to it like flares.

[@RCutOffakavEM]

Well...He actually did the baby+original flare combo. Not the baby+chirp. If he did the baby+chirp combo the accents of the scratch combo would be different in relations to a beat. But then he did the swing flare...which starts with a closed fader

[@shinyless]

Misleading... At first you show a baby + chirp combo, then when speeding it up you do a swing flare, wich is a 2-click based combo.

[@djkoz78]

ShiniKnobz That's what I thought.

[@Djbetoxx4]

ShiniKnobz I liked it learned a lot

[@NewEnglandPatriotsfan]

Damn this guy is good

[@Fr3akymet4l]

Is Deejaying hard to learn? I really want to learn scratching and use it for some songs. I don't want to be a master at doing this, but I want to make some songs more interesting without sounding like a complete beginner, you know?

[@moonahmed8084]

Very few can be masters lol. Deejaying is easier than ever to learn thanks to all the technological advances like serato, and other computer software that makes stuff such as beat matching super easy. To a degree it's like playing any other instrument, practice practice practice. I would say realistically you can be decent enough to do some beginner to intermediate scratches and put together for combos/sets in 6 months if you spend a load of time on it. Beat matching similarly if you start to understand BPMs and why a dj is constantly adjusting the pitch on a turntable you will start to figure it out. Doing it is 1 thing but being good/great at it comes with practice. It just depends on the amount of hours you put in to understand. ultimately you need to understand the hardware, and sound. One of the challenges I think for beginners is being able to have the ability to distinguish two different sounds and blend them together in an artistic way whether scratches , breaks, new songs etc. Once you get the basics down everything will start to come together slowly with practice. Watch tutorials learn from great djs and don't pick up bad habits if you can.

[@die.l.x.5281]

Beat matching fairly easy. Scratching kinda hard but not super crucial in the type of music I do.

[@danielpollockjr.1714]

Nice!!!

[@goldenJibaku]

Nice !

[@sonny8628]

Stabilise that desk before doing any more scratching!! Wouldn't want a Technics to fall on your feet 😰 ouch!! Cool tutorial.

[@derrickphang6422]

Thanks homie =) Was useful and explained very well

[@JimLigon]

As-One makes it look so easy. Effortless!

[@kurtsoter1552]

Fader is all the way left and scratch sound still comes out of right turntable ???

[@djkush736]

Dommage que les tuto soit pas en français 🤔mais les son reste universelle bravo pour la video

[@deejaysato8787]

When’s he’s going Double / triple time, isn’t he using some stabs? Or does it sound like it because of scratch movement he’s doing with his record hand?

[@dirtboy79]

Nice

[@efsq]

swing flare is not fast chirp+flares; its slice+dice. Its similar yeah, but that slight difference in sound and crossfader motion are what give you swing flare

[@FaderFlosser]

yup, swing flare is forward, back, stab, stab, with constant back and forth on the record.

[@omexgatomotachiz1309]

Cool man....

[@guardiandemonx7936]

how do u set up to make the scratch sound ? cuz my turntable it only making is squeaky high pitch tone

[@djmyth7708]

great

[@drewchorlton342]

Is your crossfader set to sharp or smooth?

[@FaderFlosser]

always at the sharpest when scratching

[@SiHargreaves]

I'm guessing sharp. Makes cutting much cleaner.

[@MB-jn3xz]

Seems easy then I try it.. wait whoa there sounds.. yeah Must re watch the tutorial video again on a slow speed, retry lol

[@f96148]

how well do you no your songs

[@tophitsflashback7470]

show de bola!!!!!

[@OtebNSolrac]

are you scratching in reverse ?

[@PhilosBias2000]

thank u

[@johnlocke1113]

I have numark mixtrack platinum and it doesnt sound like this at all.it sucks to scratch on it..is there anybody else facing the same problem as me?

[@Otasan0815]

What is the name of the beat? I know it but I won't recall the name of the track...

[@NewEnglandPatriotsfan]

Go DJ by Lil Wayne

[@TCAMACHO92]

How do you clock it to the ah sound???

[@kemjohnbenerio1987]

what is the title of the beat song?? can you give me a link thanks a lot sir.. more power

[@DJAS1battlemode]

The song is "GO DJ" by Lil Wayne produced by Mannie Fresh!

[@kemjohnbenerio1987]

thanks a lot sir double thumbs up

[@SecondSunofficial]

AWESOME! #learntodj

[@Moses77786]

is he left or right handed?

[@djfritz]

this guy teaches like the cops are after him and he's in a rush

[@NewEnglandPatriotsfan]

Yes lol

[@พรพิเศษอาจปาสา]

❤

[@MB-jn3xz]

No still not working for me and the only thing I'm scratching is my head

[@REXORJAMES]

What is the title of the music?

[@NewEnglandPatriotsfan]

Go DJ by Lil Wayne

[@danielleaganon7615]

The only scratch I learned was on my head

[@khaozgod]

what type of needles do use?

[@djkoz78]

Orochy Yagamy M44-7 Shure literally best Needles

[@khaozgod]

how by those turtables? what type they are and like how much they cost?

[@djkoz78]

Orochy Yagamy Technics 1200 Gold Standard last a lifetime, but very expensive even today, might be able to get some used cheaper. They just released new versions of the 1200 this year, but they're $2000 a piece. You can get turntables on par with Technics for much cheaper, look at Reloops, DENON, Roland, Dj Tech. Numark has very affordable direct drive tables. Only downside is the torque isn't as good as others but, as long as the record starts right as you drop it and holds a consistent rotation with little wow & flutter totally worth it especially if your new to deejaying.

[@kevinhill7985]

fukn dope

[@scratchgonzo]

To my knowledge thet isn't a swing flair 🤷‍♂️

[@f96148]

this is the back round of lil wayne

[@kelvinmurithi2883]

DJ mix app

[@kelvinmurithi2883]

DJ mix app

[@siicret4199]

I hear a lot of one click flare there

[@f96148]

this is lil wayne song dj

[@WickedWaiata]

27 people couldnt do that scratch

[@djpanrasdaversiteoldschool8912]

grrr I hate that ahhhh sound for tutorials

[@masdion]

thank you!