funny how we got off on this foo foo tangent and no one is discussing what the product actually is or isn't. interesting that this was first announced in 1998:
http://www.harmony-central.com/Newp/1998/FinalScratch.html http://www.harmony-central.com/Newp/WNAMM99/N2IT/FinalScratch-10.html http://www.n2it.net/ haven't found the actual Midem press release.. Tosh? still involves the tactile end of vinyl, but appears to go much further. c'mon people, do you really think hawtin and acquaviva would endorse (unofficially or not) a product that amounts to sitting behind your laptop? or that makes djing *less* of an art? most or all of the comments made by the list have been completely valid. but if the mechanics of djing got relatively simple (or more reliable), aside from all the other live-ish things that could then be done, what would remain the largest responsibility of the dj? PROGRAMMING. constructing on the fly a multiple-hour set that really communicates and captivates. that is the art form, and it's not going anywhere.
