Three or four years ago I got it into my head that I wanted to mix records. I resolved to buy nothing more on CD, only vinyl. I dug up a mixer to use. I plotted buying turntables.
I ended up with a big stack of dub and house singles, but I never had it in me to keep on top of buying 12" singles. At $10/per, they were just too expensive. Maybe I lacked the passion for it, I dunno.
Fast-Forward to 2003. CDs and MP3s have made music essentially free. My friend Hank had a birthday party, in March, and rented some cheap cd mixers. I got my turn on the decks and had a great time playing and mixing for the four people still awake.
Still, DJ CD players remain top dollar, as pro-grade audio gear tends to be. Recently, I've been playing with a piece of software that does essentially the same thing as two CD decks and a mixer. And software is free, of course ;)
The only things missing are real knobs and sliders. You can't rock the house with a mouse. It turns out that a controller designed for some crappy toy software can be hacked to work on whatever you want. Available cheap on ebay.
Bingo, instant cheap DJ fun. Just add ABBA.
Posted by bug at June 3, 2003 04:28 PMDAYM! At's some cool shit! Even I can afford that, props for the heads up! I wonder if I can use it with windows media player to make some pr0n-files stratching or - dare I say it - back-to-back.
Posted by: infernauta on June 18, 2003 12:59 AM*scratching*
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