Elan Vytal on TTM

http://themmixdown.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/scratch-and-scribble/

This time on the MMiXdown, Elan Vytal aka DJ Scientific takes some time out to tell us about TTM (Turntablist Transcription Method), a system of notating and arranging DJ sampling, scratching and effects. But instead of notes on a staff, the marks show samples, where to backspin or when your mix fader needs to come up or down in a particular measure.

Elan has been using TTM in his collaborative work with live musicians, especially string quartets, and documents his compositions with TTM. As he describes it, TTM has helped him share his technique with musicians looking to expand the sonic vocabulary of their instruments, by showing them how to mimic the DJ's physical moves and rhythms in their own playing. He also finds it useful when teaching a younger generation to use turntables for the first time.

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