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1st MicroSoft songsmith.. now dj application/controller
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:14 pm
by nuxnamon
never mind the scratching cuz it is crap but I can see the possibilities of it for a controller.. that's some star trek level controller.. this can make the lemur look out of date if developed right..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW3PW_8S ... r_embedded
Re: 1st MicroSoft songsmith.. now dj application/controller
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:06 pm
by mikemc
It does beg the question "why be a turntablist, when you can be a turnbigasstablist?"
[edit] it *is* an interesting concept, although the sound is awful and the scratching demo is horrible. If they can get away from their 'it has to do everything so we control it all' complex (so it ends up having to be loaded only with MS CrapLoops or whatever) and just making it be a MIDI controller whose actions you can map to your preferred music creation software, they really might have something compelling.
Re: 1st MicroSoft songsmith.. now dj application/controller
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:20 pm
by re.mark
the control surface itsself looks alrite, but the software looks annoying and the guy interviewing seemed more excited about playing with it than it being shown off properly to its potention which puts me off.
Re: 1st MicroSoft songsmith.. now dj application/controller
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:24 pm
by mikemc
re.mark wrote:the control surface itsself looks alrite, but the software looks annoying and the guy interviewing seemed more excited about playing with it than it being shown off properly to its potention which puts me off.
Mainly he is eager to push the CEO of the company that created the software into the background, because he will be the first to go after the acquisition.
Re: 1st MicroSoft songsmith.. now dj application/controller
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:53 pm
by djsynchro
I always knew it! Microsoft is cool! Suck on that Apple! Here comes the MS killer DJ controller that looks like a Goatrance flyer!
Re: 1st MicroSoft songsmith.. now dj application/controller
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:11 pm
by CHARLIE!
[quote="mikemc"]It does beg the question "why be a turntablist, when you can be a turnbigasstablist?"
[quote]
more like a touch-tablist !!! GET IT !!! .... man i need to get out more.
Re: 1st MicroSoft songsmith.. now dj application/controller
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:27 pm
by mikemc
CHARLIE! wrote:mikemc wrote:It does beg the question "why be a turntablist, when you can be a turnbigasstablist?"
more like a touch-tablist !!! GET IT !!! .... man i need to get out more.
as do we all
btw, "Goatrance flyer" lol'd recollections of another forum where an electronic music dude had to explain to a rocker that it had nothing to do with goats, but it was too late: Goat Trance was etched in binary stone.