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djkvg
02-27-2012, 06:31 PM
Hey guys,

I've been working on crabs for quite some time now. open and closed. i feel comfortable with it but i am finding it a bit difficult to incorporating it with other scratches without sounding weird. are there some combos that i can work with?

JonAvalon
02-27-2012, 07:48 PM
One click flares or orbits are fun to do them with, i like doing it with those.

Chirps as well.

:edit: oh yea lazer crabs too, my fav :P

funkyfresh
02-28-2012, 10:38 AM
Like JonAvalon stated, one/two click flares or orbits are great choices.

Try: crab foward then 2-click flares back is a nice combo to work on. Also try to add a drag scratch to your record hand when you are performing the flare for this combo.

scottie the goonie
02-28-2012, 11:36 AM
youtube "california rolls". 2 backwards babies + crab.

Sigma
02-28-2012, 12:00 PM
I like throwing in crabs on the pullback of the record. This sort of thing (I'm very rusty so excuse how crap this is): -

http://www.sigmamixes.com/misc/crabs.mp3

djkvg
02-29-2012, 02:47 AM
so i would do 1 click flares and the crab after? lol

hmm... I've been trying the drag... so i would forward drag and on the pull back crab..

Haddock
02-29-2012, 10:07 PM
Crabs and twiddles go together nicely I have found. Pretty basic once you get down the quick switch from 4/3 finger crab to 2 finger twiddle. When done open they are basically the same as the one click flare + a crab, but if you can get them going fast it gives a nice off set four sounds forward on the throw with three sounds on the pull back.

Short-E also just posted a combo she has been working on her blog.

http://www.studioscratches.com/2012/02/26/1-click-flare-forward-3-click-flare-crab-tutorial/

Defiance
02-29-2012, 11:26 PM
I like throwing in crabs on the pullback of the record. This sort of thing (I'm very rusty so excuse how crap this is): -

http://www.sigmamixes.com/misc/crabs.mp3

Sounds good Sigma, I strive to eventually get to that level of scratching!

Ravi Ravs Singh
03-01-2012, 01:01 AM
I can't get my crabs rolling continuously like my orbits. The only I have capacity to do is crab and a slow two click flare backwards or a backwards drag. It's sounds gay after a while but I do overdo it and try stick to 2 clicks lol.

djkvg
03-01-2012, 02:14 AM
Crabs and twiddles go together nicely I have found. Pretty basic once you get down the quick switch from 4/3 finger crab to 2 finger twiddle. When done open they are basically the same as the one click flare + a crab, but if you can get them going fast it gives a nice off set four sounds forward on the throw with three sounds on the pull back.

Short-E also just posted a combo she has been working on her blog.

http://www.studioscratches.com/2012/02/26/1-click-flare-forward-3-click-flare-crab-tutorial/

So its basically a 1 click flare but your letting go of the record? cuz im use to not letting the record go on my 1 clicks

Haddock
03-01-2012, 02:33 PM
Are you talking about the twiddle + crab, or Short-E's combo?

Regardless, depending on how fast you want to go, you can move the record forward faster or just let it go and do the flare/crab/twiddle for either. I assume you're talking about Short-E's combo when she does the pair of flares on the forward and back then lets go before crabbing on the second pullback. I have been playing with it a while and I have incorporated a tear on the normally dropped forward motion. In that sense, I have to keep my hand on the record. But, again, it's just about how fast you want to go.

djirsk
03-15-2012, 09:51 PM
chirps and stabs are good combos IMO