Chapter 5 Scratch Pad Clinic
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24 Shuffle feel
Here things get a bit tricky! But don’t worry — once you feel the rhythm, you’ll have no trouble
playing it!
Shuffle rhythms are a cornerstone of hip-hop music, and feature a heavy “swing” feel. Scratching
to this rhythm is tricky since the forward scratch and backward scratch are not even — you’ll have
to do one slower than the other!
To get you into this, select P36 and start V B1. Try locking into the hi-hat groove — that’s where
the shuffle is!
25 Triggering drum loops from the
Scratch Pad
A common DJ technique is to scratch a vinyl loop a couple of times, then let the rhythm play. On
the DJX-IIB, you can do the same thing!
Call up Scratch 01 and press the LOOP button (the lamp lights). Now, give the Scratch Pad a light
push or pull, and the drum loop starts!
To stop the drum loop, press LOOP again (or press PATTERN STOP).
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