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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. How about a real Digital Tuntable? by RAruler · · Score: 5, Informative

    Final Scratch

    Final Scratch, uses a hybrid of actual turntables and digital audio. You use a pair of special vinyl records, connect the audio out of the turntables into this strange USB device which controls the software that allows you to cue/scratch mp3s...

    It was only available for systems running BeOS, but they are branching out with Mac OS/Win32 and Linux versions.. You only need a 'standard' DJ setup, two turntables and a two line mixer.. it's insanely cool.. the only downside is the price, $500USD, but thats relatively cheap to a stack of vinyl, or your Technics 1200's.

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  2. Scratching ... by White+Shade · · Score: 5, Informative

    As has been posted before, there's more to the sound of scratching than just speeding up/slowing down the sound ... There are significant changes in volume, and increases in teh amount of noise. And, if you move the record really slow you get a strange sorta softened crunch noise which is very different than the 'normal' sound you get from a slowed down audio stream..

    Still, it's a damn good idea, and if nothing else (and it's definitely more than this), it would be a kickass gimmick to have on stage with you!

    Technology is a good thing...

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  3. Interesting choice of words... by guttentag · · Score: 5, Funny
    I like it because there's no 'computer' involved- a four year old can figure it out.
    Many four year olds are more computer literate than their parents, but I suspect they'd have trouble figuring out a turntable.