Hey gang,
Love the scratching effect in this promo vid: EboSuite Demo : Make Music With Video - YouTube
Can you describe the technique you are using a bit more? Looks like you are modifying the start time and pitch…
Have you found a good solution for performing that live? I’ve tried mapping a few controllers to start, pitch, and track mute/unmute…but it doesn’t sound a authentic as what you guys did in this vid. Any tips?
T-T-T-T-THANKS!
-Josh
Hi Josh
The way I do it is by animating the start and pitch indeed. And use short midi notes. You’ll have to practice a bit and try different combinations to find the right sound and timing.
If you trigger a sample with pitch = 1 and then program some short notes with the pitch gliding down from +12 to +3 and a little startpoint offset and then trigger the sample with original pitch again, it will already have the effect of a transformed ‘baby scratch’. Adding pitch - 7 notes just before triggering the original pitched note will improve the effect. Just make variations on that pattern and use different start piont offsets to create more interesting patterns.
I will make a tutorial video and downloadable demo track, then you can even copy scratch patterns from my example track. I hope that I’ll have time for that soon.
For live performances I use a SenSorSuit and the skrtZz pen that we developed a while back. The skrtZz pen software might even be worthwhile to release at some point. I will discuss that with the team.
Best
Jeroen
Awesome…thanks man!