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A hard drive hack for turntablists
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| coolestrl |
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/ |
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| elFreak |
| there is no point to this. |
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by elFreak
there is no point to this. |
Its more underground :o |
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| Acton |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
Its more underground :o |
Because Dubfire has one? |
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| Ian |
| quote: | Originally posted by Acton
Because Dubfire has one? |
Dubfire wouldn't use one, he's so far underground it'd just melt. |
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| Acton |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
Dubfire wouldn't use one, he's so far underground it'd just melt. |
:stongue: |
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| david.michael |
| 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!!! |
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| Ian |
| 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 |
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