Hitman
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 Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:21 am Post subject: Tom's Music Thing - Numark's crazy, fancy, all-USB DJ rig |
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I feel really old looking at the Numark Dē Director. I have vinyl and Technics SL1200 decks which actually spin round. This thing has a USB port on the front, two on the back, a vast LCD screen which shows waveforms. You can bring your set on an iPod or a USB hard drive, then plug a USB keyboard into the thing to help you search for songs. You can record your mix back onto the hard drive. Numark say the aim is "ultimately simplifying the DJ performance experience." All this is just $799, which is significantly cheaper than a pair of SL1200s. Has the world gone mad?
Numark announced a whole load of crazy expensive digital boxes at Summer NAMM. The iCDX is a $999 CD player/pod dock, while the HD Mix is a all-in-one mixer, CD, 80gb hard drive, effects box for a slightly eye-watering $1,699.
"Tom's Music Thing is brought to you by Music Thing, the London-based website about music gadgets."
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