Take a look at this video. We’ve already seen the Emulator touchscreen DJ system, but these guys have gone off in another direction and projected a hacked Serato screen back onto their decks and mixer.
It’s obvious that they’re into ahem, visual stimulation by the amount of Hendrix-esque / psychedelic material they’ve added to the set-up alongside the controls for Serato – and it looks absolutely stunning. Imagine a DJ with this set-up in some underground rave in a car park!
The boys claim a DJing benefit in that there’s no need to look at the screen when you’re DJing (you look at your mixer for the waveforms and select the tunes from a list projected just above the decks and mixer).
I don’t know that there are really any benefit to the DJ from this…
I don’t know that there are really any benefits to the DJ from this, but it looks fantastic, it must have been absorbing to engineer, and it must also be great fun to play on. It may be kind of pointless, but art doesn’t have to have a point. I think you’ll agree it’s pretty awesome.
By the way it seems like the psychedelic acid decks wars have already started, with another developer staking claim to the idea as . Watch them both and make your own mind up…
• Thanks to Jason and Samuel for the heads up on this.
Mindblowing or a waste of time? Love to hear your thoughts below.
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Yeah this thing would be amazing on underground parties like in abandoned industrial buildings. The music fits the clip perfectly, but as far as I know, the track is added later and is not the music they play. I wanted to hear and see that audio reactivity.
[ link ]what about shadows blocking info that could be anoying
[ link ]This seems cool in theory but I could imagine having to always be mindful of not getting in front of the projector.
[ link ]that’s just mental! I loove it
[ link ]You’re very welcome
[ link ]That is very cool! The audience wouldn’t be able to see much of everything that was happening but the amount of effort placed into the setup deserves applause.
[ link ]Looks cool !! Plus a big up for an original idea…wouldn’t want to be epileptic though !
[ link ]Bravo. Really great
[ link ]someone is about to make some major dough if they can commercialize that type of setup. imagine deadmau5 using a setup like this…
[ link ]And what does the audience gain by this?
[ link ]too much for me i play music notbdisco light!
[ link ]Fair enough, we don’t expect everyone to be interested.
[ link ]that is epic, imagine in the future your mashing two songs in an epic show of skill, pulling one song back just enough then pull the other and your doing this really fast.
[ link ]boom boom boom snap! the next song is in already kicked off wile you are repeating the beats of a previous song.
the audience goes wild because they can see and hear what amazing DJ skill you just displayed
the guys who came up with this are geniuses and i look forward to using this one day.
Reminds me of the Timbap system which I have been unsing for a few years now.
[ link ]http://www.timbap.de/dj/