This is not actually "screwing and chopping," which SHOULD BE only a computer editing technique. This is usually called "doing doubles."

it's screwing and chopping mate...and yes it is called screwing in homage to DJ Screws mixtapes.

It's the throey i used when i ddi my elements mix, but instead of using hip hop i slowed down 120 bpm House and added MC's to make 100bpm Hip Hop, one of the influences was the whole chopping and screwing style.

peace

This is wrong. Wikipedia is not the most reliable reference. All the tracks mentioned were probably done by computer. "Doing doubles" definitely pre-dates Screw. I'm a Hip-Hop DJ in the South. I know who screw was.

yo Monk...how did you put together that link to where i could download your mix...id like to post the one i was referring to up so you and others can check it out if youd like...and i must say...nice job on the mix...big up...

Jesus, get off you're high horses and leave the guy alone. What does it matter if it's a played out or brand technique he's just explaining it for anyone who dosn't know, thats afar more relevant contribution than half the people on this forum seem to make.

there's new guys coming to this all the time, sharing little tips and tricks etc... is helpful to them, and THATS whats it's all about, otherwise we may as well all sit at home and start covering our vinyl stickers again.

peace

I remember in the late 80s listening to a few tapes i got from my cousins and thinking my walkman (cassette) was in need of new batteries. And I was told it was screw music even then. Weather or not he invented it, he is credited with popularizing it, which is often the case with seemingly experimental techniques. We used to watch in amazement as old park DJs would "flash" the breaks. Popularized by Grand Master Flash, but today its just a the foundation of beat juggling. Did he invent it, doubtful, but he did popularize it, to the point where it carried his name. (for a while)

Uh, YEAH! He did invent it! He invented the use of back-spinning. Herc invented the use of "break-beats." Maybe Herc invented back-spinning, too. I forgot, but Herc laid the foundation, and Flash developed it.

Flash DEFINITELY invented the early "crossfader" and early, pre-transformer "cutting."

you dub and the gang. I just copped cool edit 2 and 2.1 off of limewire for the Free99 lol.

It's on now.

you dub and the gang. I just copped cool edit 2 and 2.1 off of limewire for the Free99 lol.

It's on now.

Whats crackin Jizzer...this is the first trick i wanted to learn when i bought my set up and i had nobody to show me either...it took me like 8 months to figure this shit out....glad i could help somebody...

learning the hardway. 1986 in a basement in chicago, a pyramid mixer with VU meters and 2 belt drive gemini decks with layers and layers of wax paper for slipmats. some basic stanton needles. half a crate a records and a dream of rockin' parties. :-) taught myself tricks, blending, counting beats, recording, etc. but if someone wants to learn i am always willing to teach.

i used to cut wack album covers for mats

Wrong

en.wikipedia.org

Yes, it is for beginners.....

BUT you can't play out a mixing technique.........

It's all how you rock it...........

the more you have in your arsenal, the better you are as a DJ overall......

I use it all the time in MIAMI and everywhere else I dj.....the people who are listening always love it............

most people don't really know what a dj is doing anyway, can't tell, aren't paying attnetion, and generally just don't give a F#$#.......

i cant believe it was necessary to explain the oldest dj maneuver in the book! correction, before they even wrote the book! :)

yup, i'm in houston, played out.

btw, way to revive a dormant thread :)

Now people gettin on some cd players or computers and movin the fader left to right. NOW THAT SHYT IS PLAYED OUT!

Transforming is not that advanced to many DJs.....

s&c never was considered advanced.

also if uy want to chopp and slow and hav only one record: u can pull back the record one beat and at the same time switch your crossfader the oppsite side of the turntable your using {so u dont hear the scrach} bring back the fader and hit the beat u pulled back and it still sounds dope but it wont be beat matched to any thing

R I P DJ Screw, Sadley only people from the South understand the influence of chopped and screwed music on hip hop.

whats good mayne! yeah...i started usin final scratch RIGHT when it first came out...then.. got serato. I been on it since. It's the only way I could play whatever I wanted and still use turntables..

I appreciate you shoutin out to me..holla at me if you in houston...ill get you some of my latest projects....100

thats good mayne. good luck with all that. hope everything works out well for you...100...

also, whats ya bands name?

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so here it is....get 2 identical tracks, one playing on each deck...use your instant doubles feature to get the songs instantly in sync with each other...lets say the crossfader is to the left and the left deck is playing through the speakers....on the right deck, push the record forward lightly until the song on the right is playing exatly 1 beat ahead of the record on the left...im thinking in 4/4 time...if the right song is 1 beat ahead it should read like this while playing at the same time....

left 1234 1234 1234 1234
right 2341 2341 2341 2341

...once you got it lined up its time to chop...basically, you just throw the crossfader from the left deck to the right and then throw it right back to the left...

...what you want to try and do is catch the "next note"...remember that the song on the left is now 1 beat behind the song on the right...so when beat 4 is playing on the left, beat 1 of the very next line is already playing on the right deck...if on beat for you throw the fader from left to right, you will skip beat 4 and go straight to beat 1 of the next line...thats just a sneak preview of the next line...

**recap...we threw the fader from left to right and skipped beat 4 on the left deck and went to beat 1 of the next line on the right deck...

...now, on beat 2 on the right deck, throw the fader back over to the left deck, and you will bounc back to the same beat one you had just played on the right deck...thats basically it...

...this effect works great at the beginning of a verse...on snare drums....

if a song went....drum,drum,drum,snare...drum,drum,drum,snare...
a chop could make it go...drum,drum,snare,snare...

Jay-Z........99 problems
chopped......9-99 problems and a chop aint one, hit me

Thats the chop...the "screw" part, is nothing more than a tempo/pitch adjustment...some love it, some hate it...i usually go with like -12...love it...but the chopping is a cool effect either way...

aight...so yeah, holla back if you got questions...

www.yousendit.com

for the next 7 days here is an example of a classic snoop song that i screwed & chopped for those who like the audio too...

yeah man, right now im actually talking to a promotor in Houston (johnny j. i dont know if you have herd of him) for club roxy, im involved with a band that consist of a DJ and a drummer, were problably getting a gig there im also trying to spin there you know at the beggining when doors open since cool aid plays from 11-till it ends,so im out there trying to do my thing right now

Jonny J is a Good man, cool and very helpful, used to work with him when he visited my club down here in the 409. He will look after you.

just a thought i've had whilst reading this thread. if you put on the pitch lock on one deck wit doubles on and slow them right down (or speed them up) to create a difference in pitch, and then shuffle/flange/juggle the beats...

i'm gonna go try this now but if anyone else can make this work and its a new tech then it shall be known as "00"ing in honour of me, "00"Bass, its inventor.

let me know yeah...