I'm really annoyed that I didn't make it down on Saturday, considering what I've heard about Surgeon's set that night! But what I've still not gathered is whether he was using Ableton Live or if he was just spinning on decks - kind of sounds as though he was using Ableton, from what people have been saying about the set...
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bleep43 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 09 February 2004 22:02 > To: Thorin Teague; 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: (313) final scratch (fwd) > > > It's a major technological breakthrough for the art of DJing, > so therefore > it will have both positive and negative aspects. I'm > seriously considering > buying it so that I can then start playing all genres of > music when playing > out. > > Surgeon's set at Split on Saturday in London confirmed to me > what this can > do - he has progressed beyond all other techno DJs in the > genre right now by > using it to cross-reference what he calls proper techno. It > was thunderingly > futuristic, and sounded phenomenal. Derrick May sounded quite lame in > comparison. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thorin Teague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 9:57 PM > Subject: (313) final scratch (fwd) > > > > > > Another good point, but being american and inebriated by > consumer culture > as > > I am, I like to own things. Having a physical piece of wax > [sometimes] > with > > a cute little picture on it, or even just a white label, is > just fun to > me. > > So I still break out in a rash when I think about selling > off my vinyl. > > (Plus that I've sold so much cool vinyl that I've had to > kick myself for.) > > > > Carissa Tintinalli writes: > > > > > I think there's been an interesting economic impact, > especially for > those > > > djs who don't or barely make an income from playing out. > > > > > > Final Scratch has allowed a lot of djs I know to sell off > large chunks > of > > > their record collections so they could make money to buy > more records, > buy > > > gear, press tracks or even simply pay rent. Selling all > your records > years > > > ago was considered a sure sign of either retirment or > insanity. With > Final > > > Scratch, you can make bank and still keep playing. > > > > > > > > > > > > >
