I had no idea. His exact recording method has been obscured by myths over the years-- Ive heard stories as abstract as him putting a screw on the face of the record, to loosening some sort of a magic screw inside the turntable (never mind that neither of these are actually things that would result in the slowing down of a record[3]). In fact, the effect came much further down in the recording chain, having little to do with the turntables themselves but with a basic pitch shift effect that was common on multitrack cassette recorders (1200s also have pitch shift but they dont go to the extremes that Screws stuff would end up at). This methodology lent itself to unique and complicated blends. He wasnt just throwing acapellas over instrumentals in the pre-mash up era, but playing records on top of previously recorded multitrack mixes to the point where he could be stacking three or four different records all at once, each with a new slight layer of hiss and humanity. Also DJ Screw was a vinyl purist! [2] In a 2010 interview with Jesse Serwer, Screwed Up Click member ESG recalled how then rival Northside DJ Michael Watts was able to gain traction in the late 90s as he transitioned to playing CDs while Screw stubbornly stuck to vinyl. Screw would not change, he said. If Serato was out when he was living, he would not do it. It was strictly turntables. My curiosity got the best of me and wanted to know how he was actually chopping and screwing music since he was doing this stuff in a pre-serato era and I wanted to see if its possible to do that myself when I do all vinyl sets. I thought he would modify the pitch control on technics to get records that slow. Can yall confirm this was done all post recording since there arent really any videos of him mixing live. Chris Carr TheBlast Northmidtown Deric Lowe Aziatikk Blakk Aziatikk Blakk Phingaprint Washington Doc Violator
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 07:25:54 +0000
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