Prototype Numark iPod DJ Mixer
billbradley
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billbradley
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iPod nights may never be the same!
In the right hands, stuff like this could be dope as hell, tracks for days...it's the sound quality that I would be suspicious of,based on other threads here.
as with anything in the computer world.... "garbage in = garbage out". i'd guess with higher bitrate encoding tracks would sound better but I don't have an ipod so I can't say how they actually perform.
could be dope, but it doesnt look like you can alter pitch.. so that pretty much makes it ... eh.. just another Ipod, but then 2.
yeah, it would be a nice feature...Jeezus, I don't even have ONE iPod...what am I doing in this thread??
Also, who the hell wants to buy TWO iPods just so they can trainwreck with them (and bring their own goddamn mixer to the club)?
Good catch, but i am sure they could write a piece of code (if Apple were kind enough to support this use of the iPod) that would communicate with the iPod and be able to alter the pitch... Sound quality is the biggest issue though...
[sarcasm V2.02]Your forgetting that it's missing a BPM counter...
But never worry, Sony is also developing the DJ robot that will go along with this baby. It will even reply to shitty request by drunk gurls with "WTF I'm a robot, get on the dance floor and shut yo mouth"
PS- Numark is also in development of the Numark iPod Shuffle[/sarcasm V2.02]
I also heard The Smiths are getting back together after Numark and Apple paid them big money to do a more update and fresh version of "Hang The DJ"
The ironic thing is tho, Morrissey won't be at the launch to support the new product (Due to a long standing feud with one of the band members). Instead an iPod will be filling in all his vocals.
But the technology isn't there yet.
ipod's crash and burn a lot.
If apple would work on sound quality and some pitch control option rather than what looks pretty they might have something.
so how was iPod night last night?
Brought out a lot of folks, God Bless them.
I had several folks nervously inquire about 'signing up'.
They had the slate full (enough to close) by 9:20.
My beef is not the medium of how someone plays music, but are they playing good music. With iPod nights, good music is about number 8 on the list for most of the folks who sign up.
LITTLE DUDE ALERT
taken from the weblink:
"So, what's the mixer itself? It's not clear: it's an early prototype. In one of the photos of the actual prototype, the iPods aren't even plugged in. Conceptually, though, the idea is interesting, and aside from allowing basic DJ mixing and crossfading, a buffer could grab audio from the audio for brief scratching. Apparently pitch control is possible, too, though limited[/b], and it's not clear how they might fix iPod cueing; in other words, all the normal limitations of the iPod for DJing apply. Don't expect this to ship any time soon."
And taken from the Apple discussion forums regarding poor sound quality on iPod photos:
"anyway perhaps this website:
http://www.dapreview.net/content.php?article.133
has a solution that will work for you, it's at least worth a try.
here's a sample:
"All mp3 files have a default volume tag of around 95 to 105dB (decibels - a unit of loudness). When the iPod plays at this output volume, distortion does not occur. When you boost the iPod's bass however, with the equalizer, you are increasing the volume of the lower frequencies past this value (in order to make them more prominent amongst the other frequencies of the sound), and this, in turn, causes clipping and distortion. Basically, the iPod's amp is trying to output a volume that is greater than its inbuilt volume limit - so it serves crackling. By using MP3Gain to reduce the volume tag of your mp3 files to around 89dB, we can leave some headroom to further boost some frequencies without overdriving the iPod's amplifier."
"For example: if you boost the 60Hz frequency (low bass) by around 10dB, the iPod will output that frequency at 99dB (89 + 10). At 99dB, distortion does not occur. If you boost a song playing at 105dB by 10dB, however, we get a total of 115dB which, no doubt, has passed the threshold of distortion. From experience, 105dB is about the limit; we need to reduce the volume tag value of our mp3's significantly below 105dB to avoid distortion. 89dB is the value recommended by MP3Gain developers, and I concur, as this value has eliminated all distortion on my iPod that used to result from boosting frequencies via equalizer presets."
Don't know if this would make sound quality of mp3s better or not, but thought it fit with the discussion.
in summation, if your quality is lacking to begin with, you will always be a loser.
as for the audio amp in the ipod being shitty. the mixer here doesn't use the ipod amp from the looks of it. it looks like it takes the data file, then processes it, then outputs the audio. not 100% sure though. seems like the same rig as all the new ipod speakers which likely do not use the ipod amp.
sound isnt the greatest, but whatever, its fun to play with. hook it up to your comp thru usb port and your mixing mp3s...its perfect for me, cause i always wanted to remix my own guitar and piano, and this is the closest thing to pressing your own music and sampling it. fun as phuck.
so uh...why the phuck do you have to buy two ipods? one ipod alone costs more than the freakn unit.
this may have already been said, but shouldn't they be able to make it possible to pull a song on each channel from one iPod?
If this thing does come out, even my wife will be DJing.