Where I Draw The Line: Touchscreen Turntables
My enthusiasm for innovation through technology is second to none, but thanks to TheCoolHunter, I have found my limits. Knowing that hip-hop artists and advocates are inherently loyal to “the old school”(almost to fault might I add), I trust that a touch-screen turntable is only likely to only catch on for the longer running mix DJs spinning to their pill popping crowd.
My adversity to seeing a set of touch-screen turntables in a ‘Da Kloob”, doesn’t mean I wouldn’t jump at the chance to test drive a pair. Click the image above to read how the creator, Dan Treichel, adapted a Numark HDX Platter to a touch-screen interface.
This entry was posted by Amart on Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 at 2:06 pm and is filed under art, technology.
Tags: Dan Treichel / numark / touch screen turntables
Wow…fascinating. I agree that these may not catch on… takes away the art of mixing…
Just jumping in here to mention that I’m not actually the creator of this installation. I worked on the animation and programming of the touch-screen interface, the overall installation design was developed by the Gallery of Modern Art’s installation team. The programming to handle the data between the interface and the turntable that actually made the installation work was developed by GoMA’s then-Multimedia Designer, Aidan Robertson.