Turntablist transcription methodology information

Turntablist Transcription Methodology, or TTM, is a notation system for scratching and turntablism. The system was founded by John Carluccio in 1997.^[1] A seminal booklet detailing the system was written and published by John Carluccio, industrial designer Ethan Imboden and DJ Raedawn in 2000.^[2] It is an intuitive graphical representation of the movement of a record whilst performing with a turntable, and was originally documented in a booklet form for distribution used by turntablists around the world.^[3]

The system has achieved acclaim from a number of recognizable turntablists, and is becoming increasingly accepted as a valuable method for transcribing turntablist music as it used by public schools in the UK, as well as DJ schools, and has appeared in numerous university dissertations. Thousands of DJ techniques, tutorials and musical scores have been transcribed using this system. Some of the world's top turntablist dj battle champions use the system such as DJ Qbert, DJ Babu, DJ Shiftee, DJ Nelson, DJ Woody, DJ Wundrkut, DJ K-Swizz and Ritchie Rufftone.

The TTM musical notation system has aided in the communication and collaboration among DJs, turntablists, musicians and producers. It has been recognized as the industry standard of musical notation for turntablists worldwide.^{[citation needed]} The TTM system is used by renowned DJ instructors at Electronic Music Collective, Scratch DJ Academy, School of Scratch, The Beat Junkies Institute of Sound, and Q-bert’s Skratch University. ^{[citation needed]}

In 2021, Sxratch publicly released the "Scratch Visualizer'" a DJ software that in real time creates TTM illustrations.^[4] Using this software, Carluccio created and hosted a web series entitled "Sxratch Essentials"^[5] highlighting the TTM of key scratch techniques as demonstrated live by the pioneer DJs who made them famous.