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/