Re: (313) final scratch

[Thorin Teague]

I'm not an authority on the matter by any stretch of the imagination, but my 
gut instinct is that vinyl DJ'ing was about to die (relatively speaking--by 
"about to die" I mean within 5 years), and final scratch probably single 
handedly added at least 5-10 more years to the craft's lifespan (those 
numbers are just a scientific wild-arsed guess, could be more, I doubt it's 
less though.) 

Hell, the first time I heard it explained to me I basically asked, "How the 
HELL does it work?! Magic?!" It didn't seem logical that you could "load" an 
mp3 onto a physical piece of vinyl and play it with a turntable. 

Can't be all bad, as far as I'm concerned. Feel free to commence flaming, 
313'ers, but make sure you're not just acting out of an irrational and 
unfounded fear of progress. 

Rebekah Farrugia writes: 

I remember about 2 years ago there was a week where there was a lot of discussion on the list about final scratch, some ppl liked it, some were totally against it and thought that it was going to have significant effects of the production of vinyl and DJing, etc.   

Now that the technology has become commonplace and has been widely accepted i'm wondering what ppl think of it now.  Have your opinions about it changed now that it is widespread?  What kind of an impact do you think it has had?  The one you anticipated?  i'd also love to hear any other comments about final scratch and its impact over the past few years. 

thanks, 

bekka =)