This sort of stuff is great, because if you pass out a mix you made with it, and it's good, people will show all due respect...until they see it live. Then they turn into gibbering retards about the good old days and two turntables (and a microphone). 90% of these supposed real vinyl heads got in to it in the 90s or later and have no clue what they're running off at the mouth about, but the big guys all use Techs so they must be the best, right? It definitely has nothing to do with the ludicrous peer pressure towards vinyl that reverberates through the club scene.
Fortunately, if the product turns out to be good, people use it anyway, and much like those pioneers, eventually becomes socially acceptable, even though the sounds pumping out of it have gotten no better or worse. The 12 inch spinning disc isn't the only, or even the best, way to manipulate sound. Outside of turntablism (even the name of the style screams "wanker"), most of the really memorable dj tricks I've heard had very little to do with the decks and a ton to do with post processing, crossfader manipulation, and most importantly, good track selection. All of those things are available to the user of this device.
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This sort of stuff is great, because if you pass out a mix you made with it, and it's good, people will show all due respect...until they see it live. Then they turn into gibbering retards about the good old days and two turntables (and a microphone). 90% of these supposed real vinyl heads got in to it in the 90s or later and have no clue what they're running off at the mouth about, but the big guys all use Techs so they must be the best, right? It definitely has nothing to do with the ludicrous peer pressure towards vinyl that reverberates through the club scene.
Fortunately, if the product turns out to be good, people use it anyway, and much like those pioneers, eventually becomes socially acceptable, even though the sounds pumping out of it have gotten no better or worse. The 12 inch spinning disc isn't the only, or even the best, way to manipulate sound. Outside of turntablism (even the name of the style screams "wanker"), most of the really memorable dj tricks I've heard had very little to do with the decks and a ton to do with post processing, crossfader manipulation, and most importantly, good track selection. All of those things are available to the user of this device.
So, uh, try it or shove it.