and first prize for wildly missing the point goes to mr. hester! ;) anyway, those are all a little unwieldy for standing on the train. also they don't run on batteries, i don't think?
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Richard Hester<[email protected]> wrote: > Why not one of those little beat composer packages like the Yamaha SY10 and > its descendents? You could have fun mucking around on the train and gin up a > few tracks while you're at it ( that is, once you get past the unser > interface). > > Frank Glazer wrote: >> >> nice. i wouldn't trade my mixer and three turntables for the world, i >> just want a toy to play with on the train. i often find myself >> wishing my ipod had mixing and looping abilities. i'd get a lot more >> done musically if i had a hand held tunes tool/toy! >> >> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 4:01 PM, kent williams<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Choosing between an IPhone or Tonium and some new Ortofons, I'd go >>> with the Ortofons ;-) >>> >>> I've not used either of those gizmos, but my old-man eyes and clumsy >>> fingers would make them both frustrating to use. Plus you'll never >>> drop your mixer and 1200s in the toilet accidentally. >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Frank Glazer<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Slightly OT - I'm in the market for a DJ toy and/or smart phone (ha! >>>> smart phone!) and I'm considering getting an iPhone 3Gs, or possibly >>>> saving a little more and getting a Tonium Pacemaker. Granted, these >>>> two devices are almost nothing alike so it might not make sense to be >>>> choosing between the two. What I want to know though is if there are >>>> any mp3 based DJ mixer apps for the iPhone that do <basically> what >>>> the Pacemaker does? I tried googling but didn't come up with much of >>>> anything useful. I'm mostly interested in the idea of being able to >>>> beatmatch and mix tracks while on the train, mostly for entertainment >>>> purposes and to sketch out rough ideas. Also, if anybody knows of any >>>> really fantastic music apps other than djing, that would be valuable >>>> info too. Thanks! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> peace, >>>> >>>> frank >>>> >>>> dj mix archive: http://www.deejaycountzero.com >>>> >>>> >> >> >> >> > > > -- peace, frank dj mix archive: http://www.deejaycountzero.com
