A hard drive hack for turntablists

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Posted by coolestrl on Nov-14-2008 01:37:

A hard drive hack for turntablists

Whether you're a budding mix-master banned from touching your mom's old LPs, or a full-fledged master of the cross-fade looking to get some bodies movin', you need a turntable of some sort. Sure, a couple Benjamins will get you into a decent setup, or you could also make do with a webcam and a flat surface, but, if you're looking for something with a smooth feel on the cheap, the solution is the hard drive sitting in your closet that's too small even for backup duty. A group of students at universities in the UK, Austria, and New Zealand all worked together to come up with a homebrew digital DJ interface, and the above HDD-cum-turntable sits at the center. The weight of the disk plus the quality of its bearings won the crew over, and with "a few op amps, resistors and a programmable microcontroller of some kind" you too can be mixing in no time. Full instructions are at the read link, and check out the video below for a little platter-scratchin', oscilloscope-watchin', "wicky wicky" action.

HERE's THE HOW TO LINK

http://www.instructables.com/id/HDDJ_Turning_an_old_hard_disk_drive_into_a_rotary/

Posted by elFreak on Nov-14-2008 04:44:

there is no point to this.

Posted by nchs09 on Nov-14-2008 06:50:

quote:
Originally posted by elFreak
there is no point to this.
Its more underground

Posted by Acton on Nov-14-2008 09:43:

quote:
Originally posted by nchs09
Its more underground

Because Dubfire has one?

Posted by Ian on Nov-14-2008 10:30:

quote:
Originally posted by Acton
Because Dubfire has one?

Dubfire wouldn't use one, he's so far underground it'd just melt.

Posted by Acton on Nov-14-2008 11:13:

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Dubfire wouldn't use one, he's so far underground it'd just melt.

Posted by david.michael on Nov-14-2008 14:33:

quote:
Originally posted by elFreak
there is no point to this.

Other than just saying you did it.

LLLLAAADIES AND GENTTLLLEEMENNNNN

Introducing your DJ for the evening.

A total innovator in the industry.

DJ SEAGATE!!!

Posted by Ian on Nov-14-2008 14:37:

quote:
Originally posted by david.michael
Other than just saying you did it.

LLLLAAADIES AND GENTTLLLEEMENNNNN

Introducing your DJ for the evening.

A total innovator in the industry.

DJ SEAGATE!!!

DJ Seagate sucks. DJ Western Digital is way more underground