> >I totally agree, but what I'm saying is that you can have presence with > >equipment other than turntables. > > > How? It would have to be something that demands some kind of > physicality..... (Great debate by the way.)
well, the whole point of finalscratch is it still uses the turntables... really the only "stage presence" you're losing if you use that system is the turn around and dig in your record box part.... now unless you really dig checking out a dj's butt (which is totally understandable) I don't think it's all that big of a deal. I wish the finalscratch page was still up - if they've really "launched" the product like they apparently have, you'd think it would be up. It's pretty hard to explain quickly, but you get these special records that you put on any turntable... these records then send a signal to the computer which uses the signal to control the pitch, position, etc, of the mp3 or cd audio or whatever. You're still using vinyl, that's the cool thing. you're not "just pushing buttons" or whatever, you're playing records, but you're playing mp3s. here's an article: http://www.wirednews.com/news/culture/0,1284,18840,00.html
