Whether you're a budding mix-master banned from touching your mom's old LPs, or a full-fledged master of the cross-fade looking to get some bodies movin', you need a turntable of some sort. Sure, a couple Benjamins will get you into a
decent setup, or you could also
make do with a webcam and a flat surface, but, if you're looking for something with a smooth feel on the cheap, the solution is the hard drive sitting in your closet that's too small even for backup duty. A group of students at universities in the UK, Austria, and New Zealand all worked together to come up with a homebrew digital DJ interface, and the above HDD-cum-turntable sits at the center. The weight of the disk plus the quality of its bearings won the crew over, and with "a few op amps, resistors and a programmable microcontroller of some kind" you too can be mixing in no time. Full instructions are at the read link, and check out the video below for a little platter-scratchin', oscilloscope-watchin', "wicky wicky" action.
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posted Nov 13th 2008 2:48PM
hey! we use the same oscilloscopes in my lab as well
"Ain't nothin' but a hard drive paarrtyyy!"
HDD cum turntable?
is that like jizz spin-art?
No.
From Latin cum (“‘with’”).
Preposition
cum
1. Used in indicating a thing with two roles, functions, or natures, or a thing that has changed from one to another.
@ stale: I can't believe we're discussing this, but the word you're thinking of is "come." Craig already provided the definition of "cum."
tee-hee, cum.
I really think people have too much time on their hands lol arnt there at uni? shouldn't they be learning, no? ok:)
I'm pretty sure the students that worked to create this little device learned a hell of a lot more than they would have from simply reading some books and writing a few tests. Labs and hands-on projects (like this one) are fundamental components of modern scientific education.
I remember having to study reinforced concrete beam failure for days/weeks/months. But it wasn't until I got into the lab, took a beam that I designed and poured myself, and crushed it with a giant hydraulic press, that all the science really sunk in. I certainly wouldn't be wearing my iron ring without the practical-application components of my education.
Cool and all, but how bout a video of it actually being used as a turntable?
No way! Did you see the way it made those arrows appear?!! They were facing two different directions, even!
Just like real DJs!
DJs love arrows.
attack of the clones for real.
can't wait for the new wave of dj posers to emerge
www.oaklandfaders.com
This ain't East Coast/West Coast! This is Eastern/Western Digital!
Nerdcore just got a whole lot nerdier.
I wonder if I can hook this up to Serato.
Wow, is there really any point to this? Besides showing that this modder CAN do it, I find it quite pointless. Thank you, Engadget, for giving me my daily fill of interesting yet pointless information!
thank you!
So, making something for a few bucks out or spare parts that works, as opposed to shelling out two-hundred or more is pointless? I have zero use for this, just like I have zero use for a douchebag, but that doesn't make them pointless.
If you had RTFA, you would have notice that this was made by "A group of students at universities in the UK, Austria, and New Zealand" as part of their studies. They pursued higher education....maybe it's time you did too.
Don't these guys know that Hard drive disks are HIGHLY TOXIC?????
What are you talking about?
of course, after all, information is poisonous to the ignorant.
They're only toxic when eaten.
They used to contain a gas of some kind, but I doubt that was toxic. Anyway nowadays, they aren't toxic at all anymore. (Unless eaten indeed. :P)
Aw, man, where's the "wicky wicky"? I feel cheated.
53-second mark. Three wickies!
I love the phrase "wicky wicky" to describe it, and whoever coined that phrase (yes I know it's been around for years) needs to receive an award of some kind.
You forgot the obvious other alternative:
Art Lebedev's Plastinkuzz! For when you want to be even more annoying! :)
here's a working DIY scratch controller.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dOAZybiCOTk
Anyone know where I can get those solid color buttons?