ehh......its nuthing new.....vinyl touch has been out for years


personally i wouldnt do that to my tables

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Hmm sounds interesting but I wouldn't like my records to spin backwards and I think the blue illum will only hinder your concentration and reading the dot pitches.

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Originally posted by Great Outdoors Hmm sounds interesting but I wouldn't like my records to spin backwards and I think the blue illum will only hinder your concentration and reading the dot pitches.

blue lights = awesome.. and no they work just as well as the reds for reading the dots.. which.. i've never done.. but.. hell.. i dunno anything

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Well, My Stantons Have Blue LEDs And THey Look Quite Nice.

You can actually get your Techies to go backwards without using the Vinyl touch kit. All it needs is an adjustment of the brake sensitivity inside the unit.

Yeah but that's not a constant backwards motion.

The blue leds modification has been a trend since Vinyl touch appeared, and now that trend is everywhere (pc casemodding community loves blue leds). Imho if you start with blue leds at this moment, you aren't really original, as sometimes I think there are more TT's with blue leds than normal ones.
It's pretty easy to change your leds on Techies, 1 rectangular one for the pitch, 2 round ones for the 33/45 rpm buttons and 4 for the strobe. Just requires soldering skills.

The vinyl touch comes in two variants

- the reverse kit, user installable, it's just a little box you plug in

- the full modding kit (blue leds) which should be installed by an official dealer.

The reverse works pretty simple, just tap the start button twice and it starts spinning in reverse, with pitch functionality.
But it's more a gadget you'll use a couple of times when you get it new, and forget about it pretty quick. If you ask me, I prefer the manual method (motor off, and spin backwards with finger). Takes some skill, but you have more control.

Cd's can do that now..
though iw ouldnt trust it in my TT's.. i heard that it can slow or even stuff your motor up!

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Originally posted by Dj Thy Yeah but that's not a constant backwards motion. The reverse works pretty simple, just tap the start button twice and it starts spinning in reverse, with pitch functionality. But it's more a gadget you'll use a couple of times when you get it new, and forget about it pretty quick. If you ask me, I prefer the manual method (motor off, and spin backwards with finger). Takes some skill, but you have more control.

well, what i want it for is spinning songs backwards. backwards kick drums have an awesome sound, a whoomp, whoomp, whoomp..

some tracks have that sample in them, but to actualy be able to mix in a track like that would be sweet.. keeping it perfect on beat using your finger is pretty tough, and doesn't leave your hands and mind free to adjust levels.

i thought of another application for backwards spinning decks too(besides the obvious, listening to your sabbath records for satanic messages)

you could find the place you want to drop a track, then cue it backwards from there, in the headphones. start from a pre determined cue point on the other record (the live one).

this would allow you to tell exactly where to start the second one later. i did a crappy job of explaining it, but maybe you got what i meant anyway?

basically, for tracks that have messed up or beatless intros, you could figure out where to drop the track so it lines up.

Take my advice, learn to do it manually. It takes practice but
1) you'll be proud you can do that
2) adds something to your showmanship

well ya, beat juggling and all that, would be nice to learn.

but, if i could have the table do it, then i could focus on other things.. i digress.

i want a table that spins backwards, that's all there is to it.

i think that is a waste...your never going to use it playing live or otherwise. things like that and those korg khaos effect pads are just dumb because any time spent between songs should be beat matching or playing with the eqs, not fucking up the song with a over powerful flange effect(unless it comes with your mixer like the djm 600)...well im going off on a tangent now, must stop