Friday, March 4, 2005
Scra-Scra-Scratching Thin Air
Posted by Chris Gohlke in "ARTICLE" @ 01:00 PM
"Researchers at Hewlett-Packard are developing a DJ track-mixing and scratching device they believe to be as significant to music as was the first electric guitar. HP's DJammer is a prototype handheld gadget DJs can use to mimic the sound of scratching vinyl simply by moving the device around. So, if the operator makes a scratching motion in the air, arrays of internal motion sensors translate movement into music, and the DJammer "scratches" the music as though the DJ were manipulating a record."
While this is kind of neat, I don't see it as being super innovative and definitely not as significant as the electric guitar. :rock on dude!: Where I could see this being useful is for those DJ's that are really into the performance part of their craft as this would free them from the table.
While this is kind of neat, I don't see it as being super innovative and definitely not as significant as the electric guitar. :rock on dude!: Where I could see this being useful is for those DJ's that are really into the performance part of their craft as this would free them from the table.
