# DJs who use fake turntables/don't mix -Fraud?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djs-who-use-fake-turntables-dont-mix-fraud/652119>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 5, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djs-who-use-fake-turntables-dont-mix-fraud/652119 "2013-03-05T21:35:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djs-who-use-fake-turntables-dont-mix-fraud/652119/21 "2013-03-06T20:14:16Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> I just can’t get my head around the notion that anyone would deliberately scratch an LP. That’s like a _mortal sin_ where I come from.
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> Scratching noises from LPs are strictly humorous sound effects that denote an unpleasant back-to-reality crash from a pleasant daydream. Even then, the disrespect that is being shown toward the vinyl makes me cringe.

Did you post this from 1977?

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**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djs-who-use-fake-turntables-dont-mix-fraud/652119/22 "2013-03-07T00:05:53Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> It’s actually pretty damned amazing what a turntable in the hands of a skilled DJ/scratcher/whateveritistheycallthem can do. I went to one rock show to see a band that plays “real musical instruments”–and lots of them–only to be just absolutely floored by the opening act, [Kid Koala](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5XZOsSH2DI). I’m purposely linking to a video with a little bit of opening banter to kind of give you a sense of his personality and some anecdotes on dj-ing, but get to the 2:10-ish part of the video if you want to see turntables really being played like an instrument.
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> Or [here’s something directly from the soundboard](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ7UVTbGzUY) with good quality. Guy fucking floored me.
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> ETA: Actually, I’m an idiot: [Drunk trumpet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbFIGFv4GLQ) would probably be the best example of him using the turntable as a more traditional melodic instrument.

Or check out the documentary [Scratch](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143861/). They are talented musicians.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djs-who-use-fake-turntables-dont-mix-fraud/652119/23 "2013-03-07T00:51:01Z")

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> [@Yookeroo](#):
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> Or check out the documentary [Scratch](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143861/). They are talented musicians.

Thanks. I’ll have to look into it. I love this kind of stuff. I still remember watching Kid Koala and thinking to myself, “Whoa, WTF? How can you do _that_ on a turntable”? Just incredible stuff. Be curious to see the history of it.

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