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Digital DJ Turntable

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the me-want-grunt-grunt dept.

Daniel Gomez-Ibanez writes "I made a digital turntable - it stores digital audio and plays it back like a record player. This lets you scratch the audio from a CD. I like it because there's no 'computer' involved- a four year old can figure it out. There's a description here." Daniel also has a more descriptive web page on the inspiration and design of this beast.

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  1. But you can SEE vinyl... by tinrobot · · Score: 2, Insightful

    One of the biggest cues DJ's use when scratching is the pattern of bands on the record. Good DJs can usually drop the needle to with a few grooves of the spot they want.

    Not sure how this would be done digitally, but the guy's design is still a pretty cool exercise in man machine interface design.

  2. Denon and Sony by punkfoo · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Denon and Pioneer have great digital turntables - the Denon DN-D9000 and the Pioneer CDJ-1000. They are quite impressive.

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  3. Re:Yawn. by GT_Alias · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Yeah, but have you ever used one of those? It's ok for fine-tuning the timing of the song to match beats and what not, but for genuine scratching and holding, nothing is the same as literally having the tunes right under your fingers. There's just something eminently satisfying about it.

    Not pretending that I understood everything this guy did, it still looks like an improvement over the current "digital turntables"

  4. Re:Yawn by Blackbox42 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But:

    1) They don't sample and playback which is what this device does

    2) The quality of ANYTHING made my American DJ leaves much to be desired. They are the mcdonalds of DJ equipment.

  5. Re:How about a real Digital Tuntable? by mpe · · Score: 3, Insightful

    DJ's generally HATE anything but vinyl. DJing is a community of luddites.

    IMHO calling them that is unfair since the supposedly new and improved technology can't do something the old technology can.