Erik Gaderlund (erikg@macconnect.com)
Fri, 10 Sep 1999 12:09:01 -0700
>
>>also , I'm still not convinced that CD players are any easier because it's
>>essentially the same process -> slowing and speeding up the music on time
>>with a pitch lever ... are you sure you didn't find it easier because you
>>already had beat mixing experience on turntables ? I bet a beginner would
>>find CD mixing just as tough ...
>
>If they improved the technology of the CD player in tune with a turntable
>then this discussion could change quite a bit.
>
>Imagine this:
>The New Pioneer 2000 Bollocks Millenium CD mixer with realtime speed dial
>that actually spin the same speed as a vinyl. You could slow the cd down
>by slowing down the dial on the side or pushing the dial forward to beat
>match an offbeat. By flipping the dial over, you are actually playing the
>other tracks on the CD, like flipping to the B-side. Then there is the
>new laser needle convertor. By holding the dial and pushing it back and
>forth, the laser on the CD actually can convert to the same sound as the
>needle on the record. We now can scratch the same on CD as you can on
>vinyl. With dust being on the CD, this 2000 model can actually convert
>the sounds to popping and cracking. It can even warp your CDs so you get
>that same experience of the funny "schluk" sounds when the needle jumps
>over that section of the warped record.
>
>One day..one day.
>
>
Except we'll be on DVD-Audio by then, so who knows. Which reminds me, has
anyone been to a set when someone was using the BeOS MP3 FinalScratch
thing--you hook your decks to a box that converts through some specially
pressed records where your are on the record and converts them to the right
place on the MP3 file.
erik g
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