Back spinning

Back spinning describes the act of manually manipulating a vinyl record (currently playing on a turntable), using enough force to cause the record to spin backward (despite the rotation of the platter beneath it). It is often used in DJing; many DJs use specialty slipmats so that friction will be reduced between the record and the platter. Back spinning is used to "rewind" the sound on a record to a previous point in the audio, to slip cue or cut music mixed live by a DJ, or in beat juggling (see: turntablism).

Usually, the sound of a backspin is a shrill, reversed version of the audio being bypassed. Since the sound easily stands out against other forms of music or ambient noise due to its uniqueness, it is usually muted by creative use of a DJ mixer. However, the sound is sometimes used as a sound effect, especially in its attachment to DJs and surrounding cultures such as hip hop.

DJing and Turntablism

Equipment	DJ mixer Direct-drive turntable Mixing console Phono input Minutoli Pitch control Slipmat Two turntables and a microphone Vinyl emulation software

Techniques	Audio mixing Back spinning Beat juggling Beatmatching Beatmixing Break Chopped and screwed Chopping Covered Cut Drop Hamster style Harmonic mixing Needle drop Music loop Phrasing Sampling Scratching Slip-cueing Pitch cue Voice-tracking Video scratching

Scratches	Orbit Tear Transform Flare Chirp Crab

Releases and distribution	DJ mix Battle records Rare groove Digital pool Remix service Mixtape

Related articles	Controllerism Record collecting

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