this is some kind of joke right m-audio???

5dots · Post by **5dots** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:20 pm

Torq seems a lot like a Traktor competitor (which is fine, just not my thing). But Conectiv looks like it is probably totally retarded. A controller for DJs needs a crossfader, minimum.

rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:22 pm

seems like it's not a controller, it's an audio interface.

5dots · Post by **5dots** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:27 pm

rbmonosylabik wrote:seems like it's not a controller, it's an audio interface.

Sure, but I think the point is still valid. If I'm meant to DJ with this out of the box, I'm going to have a real hard time doing it without a crossfade. And if you're going to put volume knobs on the thing like that, why not just put a crossfader in instead and make it something actually useful?

rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:36 pm

budget?

kennerb · Post by **kennerb** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:53 pm

5dots wrote:
rbmonosylabik wrote:seems like it's not a controller, it's an audio interface.
Sure, but I think the point is still valid. If I'm meant to DJ with this out of the box, I'm going to have a real hard time doing it without a crossfade. And if you're going to put volume knobs on the thing like that, why not just put a crossfader in instead and make it something actually useful?

From what I saw you would use your standard mixer to crossfade. This is just the interface to bridge your computer with the mixer and turntable. Just like with Serato Scratch but with more features to work with hosts.

Scube · Post by **Scube** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:05 pm

nuperspective wrote:this has got to be some kind of joke. another year and another completely useless dj / software controller.

http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=3229

just who are the people m-audio and the rest are speaking to when they are designing this shit. wankers!

Does it cost 350 $??????????????

Scube

rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:19 pm

According to M-Audio's site it's USD 299.95. I think you'd be paying for Torq rather than for the interface.

Mike Goodwin · Post by **Mike Goodwin** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:36 pm

That looks like it woud work very well along side with live. That way all the people here that are asking for live to scratch and do more "dj like" stuff can have that running and then flip right back to live when it comes time to do more ableton live type things. It has phono preamps and offers a very small footprint. I would not want to use only it but hey it is what it is.

kennerb · Post by **kennerb** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 5:07 pm

Mike Goodwin wrote:That looks like it woud work very well along side with live. That way all the people here that are asking for live to scratch and do more "dj like" stuff can have that running and then flip right back to live when it comes time to do more ableton live type things. It has phono preamps and offers a very small footprint. I would not want to use only it but hey it is what it is.

IT would be the bomb if you could assign clips to load up as samples in it. That way you could instantly have anything load up and be manipulated with the vinyl.

I like to colab with some of my dj friends and would love to be able to make a loop and then instantly assign it to their turntable. Think of what you could do with live vocals

bildeaux · Post by **bildeaux** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:06 pm

It's actually pretty cool. That hardware is just a means of getting the timecode vinyl to work with the software. It may be a more but I don't remember. The thing I dug about it was that it had some great features built into the software. Some really cool effects along with the ability to use vsts. It also utilizes iTunes playlists and can store metadata along with iTunes to keep track of your songs etc so you don't have to replicate song data.

Yes, you can hook your existing dj hardware (turntables, mixer, etc) through the external device. I think the big bang is that you will be getting a really cool turntable software at a price lower than what exists today.

robtronik · Post by **robtronik** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:49 pm

yeah, at first I dismissed it, but now I get it. This looks solid for a 1.0 release.

and quite the coup making it a rewire app. Very smart.

rob.

Mike Goodwin · Post by **Mike Goodwin** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:02 pm

kennerb wrote:
Mike Goodwin wrote:That looks like it woud work very well along side with live. That way all the people here that are asking for live to scratch and do more "dj like" stuff can have that running and then flip right back to live when it comes time to do more ableton live type things. It has phono preamps and offers a very small footprint. I would not want to use only it but hey it is what it is.
IT would be the bomb if you could assign clips to load up as samples in it. That way you could instantly have anything load up and be manipulated with the vinyl.

I like to colab with some of my dj friends and would love to be able to make a loop and then instantly assign it to their turntable. Think of what you could do with live vocals

all you would have to do is resample yourself in live to a clip location. Have the person running torque look in the folder that you record to and it would be there as a wav. aif. then my guess is that he/she could play it.

blue-rinse · Post by **blue-rinse** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:17 pm

Can you use it with just one turntable like in Serrato? Putting tracks into cd mode etc? What about playing regular vinyl through it?

Rx · Post by Rx » Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:25 pm

i wish there was was demo of the Torq software out - this is something i wouldn't mind playing with.

ps to robtronik - have you stopped playing the washing machine song yet :P

Mike Goodwin · Post by **Mike Goodwin** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:29 pm

blue-rinse wrote:Can you use it with just one turntable like in Serrato? Putting tracks into cd mode etc? What about playing regular vinyl through it?

You can use it with one turntable.

this is some kind of joke right m-audio???

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