Beat juggling is the act of manipulating two or more samples (e.g.
drum beats, or vocal phrases), in order to create a unique
composition, using multiple
turntables and one or more
mixers. This can involve
pauses,
scratching, backspins and
delays. It could be seen as fingertip
sampling, and the turntable and mixer combination could be seen as an
instrument from which sounds are made, from the sounds of other instruments (
samples).