The sound keeps repeating so if the needle jumps you will still be on the sample as opposed to a record with different sounds one after each other where if it jumps off fresh you might end up on a completely different sample.
Some battle records are cut so if the needle jumps to the next groove the fresh sample will be in exactly the same place like...
Groove 1. Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh
Groove 2. Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh
Groove 3. Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh
Etc.
Also so you can quickly find the sample you can just drop the needle (gently) in the Fresh section and quickly get a sample to scratch.
Some battle records have locked grooves where a continuous tone like beeeeeeeeeeeeeeep will go on forever which is very useful
The Beep is probably there to indicate the start of that set of samples but can also be scratched, just with very small tight movements.
Or does it go Beep Fresh Aaaah Beep Fresh Aaaah Beep Fresh Aaaah etc?
Thats just so you can scratch along to a tune but use different samples quickly like B B eep eep Beep Fr Fr eeeesh Aaaa Aaaa Aaaah ah and then pull it back to the beep or whatever you're feeling.
Or so you've got lots of samples so can find one quickly.
If you dont want to get the beep when you pull the record back then use a sticker on the centre label just coming onto the non-musical grooves (As long as its not a lock groove) to indicate where the fresh sample starts.
But you need to watch how many times the record goes round and pull it back the same amount back to the label i.e the start of the Fresh sample.
It'll take a bit of pratice but you'll get it.
Stickers are a DJs friend, whether for marking up the first drum beat or a sample or using them to tighten up the hole in the record because it moves and causes skipage. The more you scratch on a record the more familiar you will be with it and the better you will be at manipulating it.
Hope that helps.
P P Peace!
