Jon Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 http://www.skratchworx.com/news/comments.php4?id=496 A new video has been posted on skratchworx displaying some of the features of the controller one including a note tap feature which allows you to use two hands on the turntable and transform a bit like tapping out a rythm on a drum pad. see for yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 That transforming feature is cool. Shame the guy doing the demo isn't very good. I wonder why Vestax haven't got Woody, Rucker or D-Styles to do a demo vid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savwar Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 can anyone yousend it or something... i've tried to download it about 10-15 times and i'm only at 35%....argh] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$a!n+ Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 It does more than I thought it would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelio Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 nothing iv seen so far makes me wanna buy it to be honest, if you wanna play scales buy a keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$a!n+ Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 nothing iv seen so far makes me wanna buy it to be honest, if you wanna play scales buy a keyboard.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm not a keyboardist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solemn Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 makes me rather wonna buy this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djxander Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 that video made me feel slightly nautious... maybe its cuz I'm already annoyed right here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelio Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 nothing iv seen so far makes me wanna buy it to be honest, if you wanna play scales buy a keyboard.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm not a keyboardist.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Play a guitar then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasquatch Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 begone, ye evil beast machine from the future! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mista_Ed Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 nothing iv seen so far makes me wanna buy it to be honest, if you wanna play scales buy a keyboard.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm not a keyboardist.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Play a guitar then.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djnumnuts Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 scortchio! sai sai sai ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$a!n+ Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 nothing iv seen so far makes me wanna buy it to be honest, if you wanna play scales buy a keyboard.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm not a keyboardist.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Play a guitar then.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> LOL Y'get my point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savwar Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 yeah if they actually want people to think about buyin it give it to someone decent to play around with.... and the only people who'll be interested in buying one can already understand a whole lot more than the shamefully poor video shows, in a patronizing way, just repeating the same shit so we "get" the idea... xanders just annoyed coz he's got no pre-books... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vekked Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 I had a dream I found a controller 1 last night and I was busting the illest tone solo's ever on it, and I was using the transform note buttons... I was so next level, I can't wait until I find one of these in real life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3D Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Don't believe the hype they said this wouldchange the face of music forever. not sure which one sounds better maybe I'm being cynical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decisive Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 that new video shows the difference between musicians and technicians imo- the bloke was doing 33/45 tone stuff when there's a whole octave of buttons. The Controller One could be used very effectively as a musical instrument that doesn't sound like any current musical instrument- to analogise, you can still play mary had a little lamb on a synth the same as a piano, but on the synth you can mess with the envelopes, filters and so on to make a 'unique' sound. If it's done right, this 'next gen' turntable will be able to be used as an instrument in a song in the same way any other instrument is- to make a sound that only it makes- and that's just not being touched upon with these demos. It strikes me that Vestax commissioned this out of homage to the DJs that have helped them make them so popular, without really understanding its potential themselves... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etch-a-sqratch Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 (edited) to start with, i play the piano, its my first instrument and playing with the buttons on the side of the controller one would DEFINITELY allow somenext level shit. yeah, ok, not everyone plays piano here, but then, not everyone has special mixers with samplers and all the other complex shit in them. i think ofr music differently. i like to 'play' the music as i'm creating it, i think it comes from the piano aspect of my musical understanding AND changing tones precisely, fast and with extra areas to 'bend' pitches, retune pitches and a choice between foot and hand control over pitches leads me to imagining some crazy shit. 2 contoller ones, 2 busy feet and 2 busy hands!THOUGH, if i could change some initial ideas i would have:1. made sure there could be variable pitches which could be assigned to the notes (for example, indian rag, iranian dastgah, modern eighth tones) 2. a nice loopin action in which a section of a record (big or small) could be recorded for length of time/rotations and then could be played in continuous motion of backwards and forwards. sounds strange, i know, but it would be a great feature (considering the £1000 price tag on the deck) then again, i have been told recently that i take all of this turntable business all too seriously.but fuck it, i love it. if anyone has two controller ones... can i be your friend??? x sQQQratch x Edited July 11, 2006 by etch-a-sqratch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasquatch Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 yeah, similar thoughts here - if you could save your own pitch presets for each button it would be ace, otherwise we'll just end up with a bunch of chromatic boredom being produced if it had a built in sampler which could be pitch manipulated with the buttons that'd be wicked too also, is there any way to change the glide between notes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etch-a-sqratch Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 also, is there any way to change the glide between notes?<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I believe there is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3D Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 I'm not sure I get this turntable as an instrument thing.Is'nt it about cutting up records, digging, making people want to party. Is'nt it losing sight of what it is, you can blow into amilk bottle and it makes a sound but I would'nt callit an instrument. Whatever floats your boat. I just like the original idea of scratching cause you like the sound of scratching. Or cutting two records togetherbecause it sounds funky. Primitive maybe but that's the history of it I just thinkit's trying to make it something it's just not. I will probably be grilled alive for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etch-a-sqratch Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 I'm not sure I get this turntable as an instrument thing.Is'nt it about cutting up records, digging, making people want to party. Is'nt it losing sight of what it is, you can blow into amilk bottle and it makes a sound but I would'nt callit an instrument. Whatever floats your boat. I just like the original idea of scratching cause you like the sound of scratching. Or cutting two records togetherbecause it sounds funky. Primitive maybe but that's the history of it I just thinkit's trying to make it something it's just not. I will probably be grilled alive for this.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I hear what you;re saying, and i don't think you'll be grilled about it. It when people say its pointless, that its taking it too far or that you need to learn the whole history of music to play it is when people get upset. Instrumental skratching and tones are just a different side/progression of the original skratch. thats all. We need variation in everything in life. Without it, everything would be the same! But i would argue that the turntable is an instrument. Its just a very unique instrument. I think it was equipment until the DJ came along and started mixing which has developed so far throughout tablism into the controller one. x sQQQratch x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djnumnuts Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 they need top peeps to demo this product better ,shows its full potenial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3D Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Instrumental skratching and tones are just a different side/progression of the original skratch. thats all. We need variation in everything in life. Without it, everything would be the same! But i would argue that the turntable is an instrument. Its just a very unique instrument. I think it was equipment until the DJ came along and started mixing which has developed so far throughout tablism into the controller one. That's cool an all that, push the envelope. As long as it does'nt become elitist,for example Fine Art is treat with contemptby most of the general public because of it's progress into what it is today. Most people can't relate to it, I suppose it will beinteresting to see what the future holds for the idea of the turntable as an instrument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 As long as it does'nt become elitistlol. I think it's a little too late for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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