Vinyl record iPod touch app gives you the spins

Vinyl has been on the verge of a big-time comeback for ages now (and for some of us, it never ceased to be the format of choice anyway), so we're pretty happy to see that even the land of zany iPhone / iPod apps is no longer immune to its charms. The spinning vinyl app by Theodore Watson makes use of the iPod touch's accelerometer to control the speed that the "record" is played at. The video (which is after the break) might make you a little sick when you watch it, but it sounds great. Analog rules, doesn't it?

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[rockSY Posted Apr 28th 2009 8:41PM]

S-P-I-N-T-A-S-T-I-C !!!

[Mr Blue Posted Apr 29th 2009 9:37AM]

Yeah. Until it scratches the shit out of the back..

[Shunnabunich Posted Apr 30th 2009 6:20PM]

And then flies off the table.

[Meekermoloko Posted Apr 28th 2009 8:42PM]

That better be a free app.

[Meekermoloko Posted Apr 29th 2009 1:03AM]

@Darkroom ...

Developers worked hard on this?

[LexSky Posted Apr 29th 2009 2:53AM]

extremely hard... long nights, no sleep, plus all the marketing people they had to pay, yeah i see it $10. NOT.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 29th 2009 6:22AM]

I'm not joining this agrgument...

The dude did say "this is a little app I made this morning"...

So unless he got up really early to make it, he probably didnt loose any sleep :P

[Seoul Brother Posted Apr 28th 2009 8:42PM]

Yeah, but can you scratch on it?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 28th 2009 8:49PM]

Sure, I suspect there'll be plenty of scratches on the back of the iPod! ;)

[SOOPERGOOMAN Posted Apr 28th 2009 9:49PM]

Sure you could if he ups the sensitivity of the accelerometer so that a small amount of movement either left or right would give the desired effect. Nice app.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 28th 2009 8:43PM]

Aaaaaargh my head...

[nikescar Posted Apr 28th 2009 8:44PM]

Photoshopped!

[versionII Posted Apr 28th 2009 8:45PM]

I don't get it....

[joshuaw Posted Apr 28th 2009 8:49PM]

ZOMG! IT SPINS!

[LMLYP Posted Apr 29th 2009 12:16AM]

http://img2.moonbuggy.org/imgstore/omg-it-spins.jpg

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 28th 2009 8:51PM]

is this on the appstore?
looks like a fun thing to mess around with

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 28th 2009 8:53PM]

never mind the guy who made it said he is trying to get it on the appstore soon

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 28th 2009 8:53PM]

Ok I was gonna mock this app but it's too cool to be mocked.

I'm sure this is what the Apply designers had in mind when they went for the curved edges design...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 28th 2009 8:54PM]

Gang Starr FTW!

[zer0basis Posted Apr 28th 2009 8:55PM]

cool... another iphone app... yay...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 28th 2009 8:58PM]

That's impressive, XDA get on that.

[Avaviel Posted Apr 28th 2009 9:10PM]

Hmmm. Now, make a spinning case for it (Or a iPhone) with an audio jack and such... sell it for around $90 or so.


(If you can't already tell, one can't spin the iPhone/iPod with an audio jack in it. but in a custom case designed to...)

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 28th 2009 9:54PM]

bluetooth?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 28th 2009 9:11PM]

lol its amazing how people dislike this phone..the content apple has alone blowzz everything out da wadar

go ahead..i know you wanna correct it

[SOOPERGOOMAN Posted Apr 28th 2009 10:00PM]

Yp great idea sweet greggo they could call it Engapple, A place to engorge yourself with Apple reviews.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 28th 2009 9:12PM]

WTF? Is this a gadget?

Hey engadget, why don't you go ahead and get another blog site going for apple stuff. I mean, srsly.

[ticookie Posted Apr 28th 2009 9:38PM]

You mean like http://www.tuaw.com/ ?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 28th 2009 9:41PM]

Apparently sarcasm is a lost art.

All y'all low rankers can suckit.

[BrandT Posted Apr 28th 2009 9:51PM]

How can that be sarcasm when you said "I mean, srsly."

I took you seriously.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 28th 2009 9:54PM]

That was disgust towards engadget, as in "srsly, stop posting this useless crap here and post it at tuaw."

Funny thing is, this post isn't even over there.

[Farris Posted Apr 28th 2009 9:54PM]

The art of sarcasm is alive and well...

... as is the art of backpedaling.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 28th 2009 10:23PM]

Dang, you got me. I has been expozed by the innterwebs.

[Kizorblade Posted Apr 29th 2009 3:36AM]

Either way, you don't have to comment on these posts. Hell, you don't even have to READ them.
Why do you? Why do you even comment on them?

[Pies Posted Apr 29th 2009 5:40AM]

To spite you personally, Kizorblade.

I think it's a funny app, if useless.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 28th 2009 9:16PM]

Hey! let's make a story out of every new iphone app!

[CapnShiner Posted Apr 29th 2009 5:23AM]

I am in no way defending the idea of making a story for every iPhone app, but in Engadget's defense, this story is related to another story from yesterday about something not related to the iPhone. The guy who wrote the app even stated that it was inspired by yesterday's article.

[Higher Up Posted Apr 28th 2009 9:20PM]

If he doesn't have some clear plastic lining on the back, that shiny metal back is done for!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 28th 2009 9:28PM]

how to leave nice, circular lines on the back of your ipod ;D

@sweet greggo: there is a site for that, its called the unnoficial apple weblog

[electron Posted Apr 28th 2009 9:29PM]

cool. pretty pointless like all the other iPhone apps, but pretty cool :)

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 28th 2009 9:57PM]

You spin me right round, baby, right round, like a record right round, right round.

[Galactor963 Posted Apr 28th 2009 10:03PM]

This is so close to what I've been waiting for. I was hoping for an app that had a play button in the corner, then let you use the rest of the screen to scratch/mix. Regardless, nifty app!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 28th 2009 10:06PM]

It'll be months and months for Apple to approve this onto the App Store.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 28th 2009 10:26PM]

Can't you just spin the vinyl whitout spinning the iphone?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 28th 2009 10:20PM]

all the fun of vinyl, and none of the quality

[fairyfay Posted Apr 28th 2009 10:47PM]

that is a horrible app. just go get all of the real stuff you need to dj and scratch and actually do it instead of pretending like the little fanboy you are.

[Pies Posted Apr 29th 2009 5:42AM]

Not everyone wants to be a DJ. Some people just want a fun app. Grow up.

[UnnDunn Posted Apr 28th 2009 11:21PM]

Screw putting this on the App Store; he needs to call Numark and sell them this idea.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 29th 2009 10:27PM]

Introducing the Apple iPhono

[yode Posted Apr 29th 2009 12:21AM]

Big L R.I.P.

[newreformation Posted Apr 29th 2009 12:26AM]

your sig pic rocks.