On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Der Automat wrote:
Richie Hawtin plays only CDs and digital music files when djing. Go and see http://www.finalscratch.com
If you look at his physical setup diagram, he's still using some analog components though. I'm not sure exactly what for, since his web page sets an illegibly small font.
Soleil Lapierre answered:
I know the answer to that. Because vinyl is far easier to scratch and beat-match. But that will change eventually. Actually I know a DJ who is working on hardware and software to make it even easier to do DJ tricks with MP3 files than it is with vinyl records.
Take a look at HPDJ: http://www.hpl.hp.com/news/2001/jan-mar/hpDJdemo.html DATABEAT: http://www.databeat.com
Those look interesting. The problem with PC software-only solutions is that no DJ wants to fool around with a mouse and keyboard. The person I mentioned is working on an actual digital turntable input device to control the PC software: http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~tbeamish/digitalturntable.html
BTW, are human ears also analogue? :-p
Good question. I'd say they are, but they're FM rather than straight signal, because neurons are FM devices. -- /* Soleil */