Sounds horrible, going through the box is part of the artform. It would make it too calculated, you can't flick through your box, land on something else and think hmmm, now maybe I can play that instead. The advantage is that it overcomes the dreaded, 'the airline lost my records, damn I will have to borrow Judge Jules' records or make a quick sortie to the local record store' syndrome.
>Anyone at MIDEM and see the release of Final Scratch? > >You know how I've been going on about the future of DJ'ing? Well Hawtin >and Acquaviva along with N2IT out of The Netherlands did their press >release of Final Scratch yesterday. It's not the first time they've >used the system, it was used during their Peel show a few months ago, >and John has been using it at almost every gig for the last few months. > >Essentially the only aspect of DJ'ing that it changes is the carrying of >vinyl and selecting of tracks to play. Now instead of carrying boxes of >vinyl you need only a suitable powerful laptop, and instead of flipping >through your record box you just double-click a track and it's ready to >go. That is the only aspect of DJ'ing as we all currently know that >changes.
