http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/ Engadget Comments for Video: Tonium Pacemaker in action http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/
its bad enough that just because a couple kids can use pcdj they feel that they are the best dj in the suburbs.


That being said. When you give someone who actually KNOWS what they are doing from the get go.. like Carlos here, It's just another Awesome tool to make a great set EVEN better.

IF nothing else it would be a lifesaver if you broke your last needle... got wasted and someone ripped off your gear, or your roomate left a bunch of albums out in the sun etc.

Overall i think its solid.. but i dont think the product has enough "PRO" polish to it.

]]>May 8th 2009 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/I cant picture someone doing a whole set with this at a gig.]]>May 8th 2009 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/

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It's a shame there's no scratch feature. Also auto-beatmatching for hiphop doesn't work in ANY program i've seen so far - manual is the only way that works.]]>May 8th 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/try to keep the ignorance to yourself.]]>May 9th 2009 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/
You could easily bang out long loops with variations and whack them over to this and then mix everything on the fly with this at a gig in real time. Writing the tracks as you mix them so to speak.

I sooooo need one of these.]]>May 8th 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/
If you all you need is a multitouch screen and a general CPU (provided by iPhone hardware), this might be an awesome project to attempt for an iPhone developer :)]]>May 8th 2009 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/
Actually, in the video thumbnail I thought the people were the other way around. Nilay looks more like a DJ and Carlos looks more like an Engadget geek.]]>May 8th 2009 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/
"...normally this would be spinning and there would be a needle on it..."

Oh, okay. Thanks!]]>May 8th 2009 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/
Also liked the bit where he shakes his head at the start...]]>May 9th 2009 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/May 8th 2009 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/
I'm not a dj. I played some times with real turntables
and used Traktor a lot, but you will never get the feeling you get from
"controlling" an actual vinyl..

This could be "usefull" and fun for newbie to play,
and maybe for djs during travels to find out tunes that can be mixed togheter,
but a real DJ , as I see it, needs to feel the music under his fingers and will never use this during a gig.

What if I want to fade off the bass from 1 song and fade up the mid of the other simultaneusly?

BTW, what about the price of this thing?

Cheers from Italy.]]>May 8th 2009 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/
It's a pretty interesting gadget. I'm not a DJ but I could see having some fun with this if I had some gear and was into it a bit.

]]>May 8th 2009 11:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/
Lets face it if you want to get serious about being a Dj you need turntables, mixers and records. Thats a big barrier of entry for a lot of people compared to this little thing and its small price. ]]>May 9th 2009 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/Secondly: That was music?]]>May 9th 2009 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-tonium-pacemaker-in-action/
seriously I agree with jgz, apart from the tiny touchpad, looks like the main limitation would be trying to set two things simultaneously.]]>May 9th 2009 7:44PM