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    Turntables in Battle Position

    I've been looking at a lot of pictures of peoples' home setups and gigs and their preference with turntable placement. The trend seems to be in battle position where the pitch adjustment is east/west and the tone arm is farther away from you as opposed to north/south.

    Why?

    If you're a turntablist, a battle DJ or have space constraints - I get it. But if you are just mixing tracks and your turntables are in BP - what is your reasoning?

    I subscribe to the old standard position of having the pitch fader directly in front of me.
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    I'm not a turntablist, and my personal preference is the standard/traditional orientation. However, I have mine set up in 'battle mode' for the last reason you mentioned, plus the station that I broadcast from has them in this position too (which is fair enough, because most of the other presenters are turntablists), so I've become accustomed to it.

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    I had mine setup that way for years due to space constraints, and it did my head in at times to be honest. I prefer to ride the pitch fader when I am mixing rather than nudge the record/platter, so I was always having to reach across and then contort my arm/wrist in a fashion not uncommon to people possessed by demonic spirits. Thankfully order has been restored these days and I have the space to set them up in traditional fashion. I am purely a 'mix' DJ though- the cats are the scratching specialists in our house!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Irrational_Fear View Post
    I am purely a 'mix' DJ though- the cats are the scratching specialists in our house!
    Genuine LOL at that.

    Funnily enough, at the grand old age of between I'd rather not say and death's door, I finally have the correct combination of functioning equipment at home on which to learn/practice scratching and I'm currently teaching myself how to backspin with two copies of "It's Yours". Figured I'd learn on vinyl first then transfer the skills to my DVS set up. I don't have the best cross fader in the world (original A&H Xone:43C) but I'm hoping the limitation will help to hone my skills while I'm saving up for the Innofader replacement. We shall see...

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    Not sure how to delete double posts, sorry
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spy View Post

    Funnily enough, at the grand old age of between I'd rather not say and death's door,
    It sounds like we are probably the same age!

    Quote Originally Posted by Spy View Post
    I finally have the correct combination of functioning equipment at home on which to learn/practice scratching and I'm currently teaching myself how to backspin with two copies of "It's Yours". Figured I'd learn on vinyl first then transfer the skills to my DVS set up. I don't have the best cross fader in the world (original A&H Xone:43C) but I'm hoping the limitation will help to hone my skills while I'm saving up for the Innofader replacement. We shall see...
    Never too late to start learning new stuff!

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    I love battle style. keeps the tone arm away from my hands when juggling and mixing.

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    For straight mixing and occasional scratching, the normal/standard mode is much better as you don't have to lean forward in reaching for the pitch control. It's straining and stressing the lower back. I understand some people who set up their's in battle because of space issues.
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