Music should always be fun. Then again, it’s hard not to be fun when you’re making music using a joystick controller. Industrial Designer Christian Peetz has designed the DJ Machine, which he refers to as the Finger Orchestra, as his entry for the James Dyson Award.
While each joystick controller is programmable, the unit also has the ability to communicate via Bluetooth.
More pics and demonstration video after the break!
DJ equipment manufacturer Stanton has offered two more options for those currently in the market for a turntable. The T.92 USB features a high-torque direct drive motor, S-Shaped tone arm, and built-in DSP while the T.55 USB offers belt-drive and a straight tone arm. Both turntables come equipped with USB and S/PDIF outputs along with … Read more
Who could ever deny the need for a remote controlled turntable? The solution: strap a USB camera to the front of a stylus, illuminate with LED’s, and control the tonearm with servos and a stepmotor. If only there were a way to control Serato using mental telepathy.
[via Art Marcovici]
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Now you can convert your vinyl collection to MP3 without being bothered to go through the trouble of connecting to your computer. The ION 2 Flash Turntable is capable of ripping audio from vinyl directly to MP3 allowing for easy file transfer using a USB flash drive or SD card. It’s even possible for the … Read more
Serato Scratch Live has long been the standard in the world of digital vinyl, but things have just gotten even more interesting now that the announcement has been made about their creative partnership Ableton. “Ableton and Serato take different approaches to modern musical performance,” says Ableton CEO Gerhard Behles, “But both companies live by the … Read more
Line 6 has announced their new series of USB recording interfaces, POD Studio GX, UX1, and UX2. Also announced were the two recording plugins the POD Farm and POD Farm Platiinum. A nice thing to note is that while the interfaces range in price from the the entry level GX at $140 to the upscale UX2 at $280, each comes with the POD Farm plugin and option of upgrading to the Platinum version. Not at bad way to get started recording on a budget.
Respect to Concrete Loop for dropping a collection of Kanye West studio pics. Nice to see that Kanye is still using the Ensoniq ASR-10, Akai MPC 2000XL along with a MacBook Air, multiple MacBook Pros, and enough synths and racks to make you go insane. Notice the NES clone covertly lying in the background. Head … Read more
Vestax has announced the release of their VCI-300 DJ performance system with the ability to control over 90 parameters and functions. True to their turntablist roots, the unit features a customizable fader curve control for smooth, fast, and responsive mixing and scratching.
The VCI-300 also features two high resolution platters to provide adjustable resistance for a realistic vinyl feel. The VCI-300 also includes a built-in audio interface with a Mic input, stereo input, and 2 stereo outputs (Master L/R and Monitor L/R).
Check out the video after the jump.
While DJ’s have a never ending love affair with vinyl, we’ve almost never been accused of being audiophiles… those types are truly different breed. Nevertheless, this 4 armed turntable by HIghwater Sound might be of interest other vinyl obsessed individuals. Apparently, living the hard life of the audiophile lifestyle prefer different records to be played … Read more
Vintage production fans will love this one… a Roland TR-707 that’s been bent to hell and back. With the Roland TR-707 being the first drum machine I ever owned, the Diabolical Modified TR-707 resonates as a thing of beauty. [via MS]