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Review: FinalScratch vinyl replacement Reported by space cadet / Submitted 30-08-01 21:20 Final Scratch is a new dj tool which follows in the footsteps of other technologies which have sought to bring about the death of vinyl. In this case they are trying to combine vinyl's celebrated hand touch with the ability of a modern PC to store lots of records at once. To use the system you need a special FinalScratch 12" record, a 'ScratchAmp interface' and the FinalScratch software running on a suitably powerful PC. The ScratchAmpy interface sits between your mixing desk and the computer as shown below: How it works is this: Before the set, the DJ copies all the records to be played that night onto a PC, in the form of MP3 files, WAV files, physical CD's - i.e. pretty much any format that can be pushed out from a PC (and nicked off the net ). These tracks are loaded into the FinalScratch software so that detailed artist and track information can be presented to the DJ on the night. To play a record off the computer the special FinalScratch 12" is put onto the deck (up to two decks are supported at a time and pretty much any deck can be used) and the appropriate track is selected on the PC. This maps the track onto the vinyl so that wherever you put the needle down on the record selects the appropriate section of the track. So, you can scratch, jump between sections of the record, beat match, spin up and down and do pretty much everything you can do with vinyl, even mixing digital tracks with analog ones and every other possible combination. The advantages are obvious - no need for the DJ to cart around fifty 12 inchers through customs - perhaps a removable hard drive in their jacket pocket would do. Another less subtle advantage is that DJ's will no longer need to know their records so intimately, because the PC software displays a graphic (shown below) depicting the highs and lows of the track so that a suitable point to drop in the mix from the digital deck can be done having never played the record before. Disadvantages include not being able to look at the groove on the disk to select an appropriate mixing entry point - for example where the bass cuts out and the groove pattern changes. PC's are also a notorious pain in the ass in a hot, sweaty, pounding nightclub environment where the joy of Windows crashing for the 4th time and bringing down the sound system is unlikely to be appreciated by the punters. Overall a nice piece of kit but they'll have an uphill struggle marketing it against the weight of existing vinyl DJ's who aren't going to want to spend 3 months recording their favourite disks to a PC For more information visit www.finalscratch.com Share this :: : : : Follow HarderFaster :: Other Features By space cadet: Bubbles - Review The views and opinions expressed in this review are strictly those of the author only for which HarderFaster will not be held responsible or liable. Comments:

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