May 27 2008Touchscreen Turntables Require No Records
Let's face it: records are round and made of vinyl. The ATTIGO: TT is the brainchild of Dundee University student Scott Hobbs and is basically two digital turntables (with waveforms displayed) that allows DJ's to "loop, sample and scratch wave forms just as you would a record." Scott is currently looking for manufacturers interested in producing the ATTIGO, and I'm currently looking for a new girlfriend interested in producing beautiful music. But just with me -- not my roommate and the Fed-Ex guy while I'm busy mowing the yard. I HATE YOU JANET! YOU'RE LOOSE AND NOW EVERYONE ON GEEKOLOGIE KNOWS IT.
UPDATE: YOU DIRTY STRUMPET!
UPDATE: Okay, we're back together. But I'm leaving this up because I know she's gonna end up banging the dude that works the aquarium section at the local pet store. I've seen the way they flirt around the cichlids.
UPDATE: Wow, the reptile guy too. Didn't see that coming. Nice touch you skank.
A worthwhile VIDEO of the unit in action after the jump.
ATTIGO TT: The Touch Screen Turntable [psfk]
Thanks Shawn and Chris, let's get the band back together
Reader Comments
1. Sara - May 27, 2008 12:08 PM
deinterlace that damn video.
concept is cool, but the demonstration was lackluster.
2. Brianna - May 27, 2008 12:09 PM
hahahah...unit.
3. Drew - May 27, 2008 12:23 PM
Cool idea the problem is my retarded cousin could make better music than that and that's saying a lot since I don't even have a retarded cousin.
4. boredom - May 27, 2008 12:45 PM
Real DJs spin VINYL
that's really all that has to be said.
5. slim - May 27, 2008 12:50 PM
LAME ASS!!!
6. ShitBitch Carl - May 27, 2008 1:43 PM
This is even lamer than real djing. But at least it saves innocent vinyl from pointless destruction.
7. Snoop1990 - May 27, 2008 2:32 PM
you're low man, I read the same story on digg yesterday !
8. ouch - May 27, 2008 4:37 PM
That DJ sucks hard balls... Any retard can match beats, it takes a decent DJ to make it actually sounds good.
9. asdf - May 27, 2008 10:17 PM
The commenters are complete idiots. Who said he was any good? He's just demonstrating how the product works and looks in motion.
And real DJ's spin vinyl because they had vinyl before anything else. If this were made before records and this post was about some new DJ set with "records that spin" everyone would say real DJ's touch screens.
10. guate6 - May 28, 2008 9:25 AM
#9: well said
Also, hasn't anyone heard of the laser-vinyl players instead of a needle? Yeah, they've been out for a while, and they don't actually scratch the vinyl, but sound wicked cool.
11. Mary - May 29, 2008 2:35 PM
Can a girl who whores around with the Petco reptile manager be considered a skink instead of a skank? HAHA lizard jokes!
12. Puts - May 29, 2008 6:16 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLyXozuJ5p8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPEJpgWemtc
13. Asbestos - May 31, 2008 6:21 AM
that looks like a wreck waiting to happen in the middle of a live set!!
14. moonshine - October 28, 2008 3:24 AM
the top dj's of the world spin on everything... cause the top dj's of the world make the records they spin. this guy is showing his product not his skills.paul van dyk uses ableton to mix along with cd's and every so often you will here about a vinal set. tiesto as well.
15. moonshine - October 28, 2008 3:26 AM
i want a set to try them out i'm sure they can do more when you put your brain to the technology. hiy me up if you wanna sell a pair
16. josh - November 3, 2008 1:36 AM
DOGG THAT SUKCKS REL D.J'S SPIN VINYL AND ONLY VINYL NOT EVEN THAT SERRATO BULLSHIT AND AS FOR THAT SQRATCHING I CAN SQRATCH MY ASS BETTER THAN THAT AND THIS IS COMING FORM A REAL D.J THIS A IDEA IS F***IN RETARTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
17. Eshkoshka - November 17, 2008 12:45 AM
yeah another way dj's can be dj's without learning how to use vinyl "yeah"
18. jd - November 19, 2008 12:44 AM
yo good job on the invention and all you haten ass bitches that got somethen to say about a demenstration. dume ass.need to stop front yall madd cuz u didnt think of it ferst plus dud how much if u can get about as flat as a snow bord and make the switch bord tuch screen too. AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
19. Dennis - January 7, 2009 2:25 AM
That's a pretty great invention you have there! I know it was a demonstration but I didn't see any kind of PITCH ADJUST. Also, I agree with that one guy who said it's a wreck waiting to happen, you should implement a feature that locks out the touch screen... Such as after you do all sorts of mixing mischievery and have two tracks bangin together for 2-3 mins, just give me a button to press that will DISABLE the touch screen till I hit that button again. Because dj's are real people, we get drunk in the middle of sets and I don't want to accidently trainwreck cause I barely tapped my turntable. Besides that, I think this is the shit, work out the kinks and you have genius on your hands!
20. noize - January 21, 2009 3:01 PM
I think this is WICKED!! Of course there is nothing like the sweet sweet sound of vinyl, but you can't help the fact that everything in this world is going digital, cd tables, scratch live, ect. ect.. A dj's skill is based on how well he can use EVERYTHING to his advantage to pound out a dope set. This invention I think could be an easier way of learning the basics, and even might blow up to some extraordinary new skills yet to be unleashed.
Right on and Big up.
Also the dj in this vid is obviously trying to juggle beats.. not really even mixing tracks. And I bet its way harder then it looks. Practice makes Perfect.
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21. Dj Lien - April 15, 2009 5:35 AM
I want a pair of these :)
22. Nik Gnashers - April 15, 2009 1:20 PM
L A M E !
A friend of mine has been mixing using VDJ on a HP touchscreen monitor/PC for the past 2 years. At first he was all like "wow nik check it out (on cam) its unreal look at me mixing on touchscreen this is the future man".....2 years later guess what, he got totally bored of it and has gone back to his 'old fashioned' turntables !!!
Mixing by looking at waveforms and matching the peaks is lame cheating, real DJ's use their ears !
Listen to some real DJ's using vinyl and hear how much better it is @ http://www.renegaderadio.co.uk
23. Codak - May 23, 2009 8:16 PM
I have to agree the demo was garbage. I notice the even with the touch screen it had mega latency when scratching.... They almost had me sold until I saw that juggling was made 100% harder then the traditional turntable setup. What a waste of time.
Peace,
Codak
24. dj demo - August 15, 2009 7:55 AM
if you need someone to teach you im there