Fake turntablism

[Brothulhu]

I want to put some scratched vocals on a track and have been trying to use fruity scratcher combined with fruity balance to act as a crossfader and I'm not getting very far (mainly because I can't get automation to work with fruity scratcher so I have to use my mouse to scratch)

Does anyone know of any good alternative ways of achieving this?

[Sexual_Chocolate]

uhh

use a cdj?

[Brothulhu]

I have CDJ100s so nope and that I don't have anywhere near enough skill to scratch. I figured because its essentially just speeding up and slowing down a waveform and cutting the volume it should be possible to do it with automation.

[syrup]

VirtualDJ?

[Brothulhu]

VirtualDJ?

Tried, problem is with skill again. I want something that I can control with an automation clip because I am talentless

[siperdellyeer]

Cant you open VirtualDJ as a VST instrument? if you can you could probably automate it.

[__________]

Try chopping the audio up in to little slices, making each unique, then automate the pitch of each slice, or pogo/pitch envelope/reverse/etc them. Automate the volume in and out and you'll get kinda close to scratching sounds.

I used to do this when I was too lazy to scratch a sample. It takes about 500 times longer than scratching though. You're best off blagging someone with Serato/Traktor to scratch the sample you want.

[Outsoba]

I think gross-beat should do the trick!
Never used it, but I think there is a dedicated preset for simulating scratching.

(Hello, fellow bassheads! Never had the urge to post something yet, since I never didn't find my answers in "hardware & production". This forum is a blessing!)

[futures_untold]

Melda do http://www.meldaproduction.com/plugins/ ... Rhythmizer

Might want to try the demo?

[the dub lemon]

If you ask on these forums I'm sure you can get someone to record some scratches for you, there's some really talented scratchers on both forums.

http://www.digitalvertigo.co.uk/
http://www.skratchlounge.com/

[Brothulhu]

Cheers for the ideas all, will try them out asap

[ulivolga]

I don't understand the OP. Fruity scratcher is easily automatable from inside the GUI. You just draw out the scratch pattern! Easy Not sure about the cross fader though, I just use it for simple scratches and ape stop effects.

[Brothulhu]

That's how I had it but the automation didn't affect it somehow

Did you have it as an insert on a channel or as an instrument?

[futures_untold]

Here's the DSF - FL Studio thread, whichever weirdos lurk in there may be able to help you figure out the automation bit. http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=91074

[MaZa1]

I usually use gross beat if i need to scratch some sound and i think its easy to use and have some nice presets for scratches and other type of fx

[ulivolga]

That's how I had it but the automation didn't affect it somehow

Did you have it as an insert on a channel or as an instrument?

I load it as an insert. The samples have to be .wav though! You were probably trying to use an mp3?

[Brothulhu]

That's how I had it but the automation didn't affect it somehow

Did you have it as an insert on a channel or as an instrument?

I load it as an insert. The samples have to be .wav though! You were probably trying to use an mp3?

Nope I'm using an insert and a wav, it works when I use my mouse I just can't automate it

[dickman69]

pay someone else to do it

or buy serato

or have it sound like shit

[ulivolga]

pay someone else to do it

or buy serato

or have it sound like shit

This is some shitty advice. Why would you waste your time?

[dickman69]

idk how else u could do it

how would u do it

o wait i dont give a shit

op does

so i give advice i think is pertinent

what he does w it is his decision