Q Bert Butter Rugs. Scratch turntabalist DJ

0:00 First of all I want to show you this guy here

Alright folks, this particular video is mainly targeted for the scratch turntabless DJ who will use a vinyl turntable, so bear that in mind. Now first of all I want to show you this guy here. That there is an original slip mat from the early 80s from DMC, roughly about 2mm thick. Then we've got this one here from the mid 90s, Cypress Hill classic slip mat, roughly about 2.5mm thick. Then we've got these. Now, these were sent to me from Cuba himself. They're known as Butter Rugs. Now, bearing in mind there's packaging and there's two Butter Rugs in there and that is one millimetre thick. So, there you go. Now, the reason I'm showing you these, apart from the fact I'm going to give them a bit of a spin, but at the beginning of December now, 2008, now all being well, in the next couple of weeks I'll be doing an online competition through a video like this whereby some people from around the world

1:21 Bass mid and the treble

We'll receive, if they're the winners, some butter rugs from Qbert himself. So just watch this space. Also what you need to do is go into the description of this video and follow a link. It'll take you to a page on the web giving you information on a new DJ college, a scratch turntablist college that Qbert himself is organising and he's playing a part, he's one of the tutors should I say. And that will be starting in January 2009, so go and check it out and get some info. Alright, so what I'm going to do, I'm going to pause the camera and we'll have a look. Hold on. Alright, here we go. Now, bearing in mind I'm not the best turntablist at all in the world, so don't laugh, this is just a demonstration. But first before we do anything, let's have a look at the bass mid and the treble. Now what I've done is I've reduced the bass so we don't get any rumble or any bass sound.

2:18 By the way, the track I'm using is on Criminal Records

In the scratch. Theoretically what will happen is you'll get a better defined sound when you do some scratching. Okay, now also before I do anything, I want to show you that. Now that is the slip mat, the butter rug should I say, I'm using. And if you could check the thickness of that, you can't even see it. It's roughly about, I'd say, a tenth maybe less of a millimetre. So, now don't laugh. Hang on, I'm going to give it a go. By the way, the track I'm using is on Criminal Records. It's the Criminal Element Orchestra. It's entitled Put the Needle on the Record and it's from 1987 so it's a bit of a classic track here. So there you go. Alright, I'm going to pause the camera again. So there you go, bit of a demo for you. They are thin and they are very fast and while I've been doing this I've got my little kitten M&M's.

Alright mate, practice and enjoy. Nice one.

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