Turntable Technique

Watch this turntable video course and learn important foundational turntable techniques. These video lessons will help you: master the essentials and develop your own style behind the decks; see the step-by-step practice exercises; learn basic equipment set-up; develop beat-matching and creative mixing skills; perfect scratching techniques like cutting, stabs, crabs, and flares; and much more!

Videos

• Intro (01:39) - In this first video, Stephen Webber welcomes you to the course.

• Setups (02:12) - Stephen show us the basic setup.

• Turntables (10:06) - Stephen discusses the turntable and its parts.

• Turntable Advanced Features (02:54) - In this video, Stephen shows us some advanced turntable features.

• Custom Plastic Slipmats (05:18) - See how to build your own cutom slipmats.

• Mixer In's & Out's (07:46) - Stephen shows us the mixer and its in's and out's.

• Mixer Basic Controls (02:50) - Learn the basic controls of the mixer.

• Mixer Front Panel (04:37) - Stephen shows us the front panel of the mixer.

• Mixer Advanced Controls (05:09) - Learn the more advanced controls of the mixer.

• F/X Processing (02:18) - Stephen discusses F/X processing.

• Cueing (03:12) - Learn how to cue.

• Creative Cueing Demo (07:04) - Stephen gives a demo of creative cuing.

• Creative Cueing Explained (04:56) - Stephen breaks down the creative cueing.

• Extending Breaks (04:08) - Learn how to extend breaks.

• Beat Matching (01:14) - Stephen talks about matching beats.

• Musical Phrases (02:08) - Stephen discusses counting bars and creating musical phrases.

• BPM (01:58) - Stephen talks about BPM (beats per minute).

• Syncing Two Records (04:58) - In this video, Stephen shows us how to sync two videos.

• Scratching Intro (03:27) - In this video, we get an intro to scratching.

• Basic Scratch (02:18) - Stephen shows us the basic scratch.

• Tears (02:35) - Stephen teaches us the concept of tears.

• Reading Rhythms (01:57) - In this video, Stephen discusses reading rhythms.

• Quarter Notes (01:18) - Stephen discusses quarter notes.

• Eighths Notes (00:41) - Stephen discusses eighth notes.

• Syncopation (01:48) - In this video, Stephen talks about syncopation.

• Sixteenth Notes (00:49) - Stephen discusses sixteenth notes.

• Mixer Technique (02:32) - Stephen shows us the mixer technique.

• Triplets (01:30) - Stephen discusses triplets notes.

• Combine Both Hands (00:50) - In this video, Stephen shows us how to combine both hands.

• Back Stab (00:50) - Stephen teaches us the back stab.

• Continuous Eighth Notes (01:14) - Stephen teaches us how to uses continuous eighth notes.

• Whole & Half Notes (01:04) - Stephen discusses whole and half notes.

• Drags & Transforms (01:19) - In this video, Stephen teaches us how to use drags and transforms.

• Cutting (02:00) - Stephen shows us how to use cutting.

• Crabs (04:53) - See how to use crabs.

• Flares (06:43) - Stephen shows us how to use flares.

• Crabs & Flares Combined (03:43) - In this final video, Stephen shows us how to use crabs and flares together.