(idm) Re: idm-digest V2 #174

From eric hill
Sent Wed, May 27th 1998, 23:18

> > > everywhere to listen to music?  And how do you scratch an MP3 into a DJ
> > > set?
> > 
> > actually, i just read that someone has developed a big 12" round thing
> > that fits on a turntable and sends signals to a specially modified MP3
> > player and can scratch accurately to a millisecond.
> > 
> 
> I kind of wonder what sort of LP that guy was using to trigger the thing.
> The general case scenario would involve the recorded material to be
> unique throughout the whole track, have no aliases of forward and backwards
> material, and be decodable no matter what speed the record spins.  And
> be immune to scratches, skips, backspins etc.  Sounds pretty twisted to
> me.

well, that's the thing. from my understanding, the "record" is basically a time index, sending position to the computer
playing the mp3s. a laptop with beos and a 4gig drive with the couple of special records fits in a backpack alot easier than
4 hours of vinyl, that's for sure.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~markjan/BeOS/finalscratch.html

eric
http://www.best.com/~ehill/ra/