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Jay Pace
08-09-2007, 05:19 PM
Just went "pop" and died on me.

Useless piece of junk. Had it two years. Always had concerns about the stability, and then they gloriously ended their relationship with Native Insturments, and left me high and dry. I'm not sure I can even get it fixed without paying as Stanton changed the conditions of their warranty, reducing it to just a year. What they hell are they doing making equipment they can't guarantee will work for longer than a year?!

Digital djing is fanastic.
Final scratch is a piece of shit and I will never buy anything from Stanton ever again.

Grrr Grrr Grrrrr.

Going to buy traktor scratch...
loopdon
08-09-2007, 07:30 PM
Sad to hear that mate. I'd try and get it fixed. Might well be only a minor issue.
Long gone are the days of sturdy builds...
christian wagner
09-09-2007, 12:10 PM
Just playn f**cking records or off a laptop mate :)

iv never trusted these final scratch ythings, a y
ear or 2 agho some guy was doin a demo at a music show and it wasnt working properly at all, yet people were still lovin it.

Vinyl or laptop is best, both are reliable to a degree, CD's are too cheap and delicate though i think.

Im bored so im waffeling..sorry!
Jay Pace
09-09-2007, 01:00 PM
Playing records off a laptop isn't much fun though. Mixing requires a certain mindset that I really like, and works well for performance. Plus with vinyl you always hear a human behind the controls, which adds to performance. But I can't afford vinyl.

There must be systems out there that work. I just think stanton are shite.
Barely Human
09-09-2007, 04:24 PM
Try serato scratch mate.
RDR
09-09-2007, 08:55 PM
Final Scratch has always and will always be unstable IMO.

Never liked the damn things.
DVNT
10-09-2007, 09:22 AM
A few of my mates use Serato.

One guy has been using for 18months and it has improved his sets due to being able to drop much more stuff faster.
Jay Pace
10-09-2007, 10:36 AM
digital djing is great.
I'm just dubious about the interfaces.
You only need one dodgy needle or badly wired phono leads and the system is useless.

Argh
teknotika
10-09-2007, 10:51 AM
I have traktor scratch and its great shit.
TechMouse
10-09-2007, 01:06 PM
You only need one dodgy needle or badly wired phono leads and the system is useless.
This is very true.

You should probably always carry needles and cables with you, but there are still points of failure.
RDR
10-09-2007, 01:09 PM
This is very true.

You should probably always carry needles and cables with you, but there are still points of failure.

And a soldering iron

And flux

And solder

And a brass wire brush

And some sandpaper

And spare phono connectors

And a cross-point screw driver and a flatblade

..............

Not looking so much like light travelling now is it :laughing:

of course if you're not determined enough... get a rider!
Jay Pace
10-09-2007, 01:13 PM
Always take my own needles, usually end up playing on technics and their phono leads are hardwired inside so no hot swapping there.

Teknotika - any problems so far? Looking to swap over to traktor scratch, would love to know more about your experiences.
herman
10-09-2007, 01:43 PM
Im getting Serato sometime this week myself from asking around that seems to be one of if not the most stable system.
Jay Pace
10-09-2007, 01:53 PM
Love to know how you get on mate. Serato looks and sounds dead good by all accounts... just would rather use traktor software myself given the choice
Jay Pace
10-09-2007, 03:26 PM
Scrap that. My ibook won't even run traktor scratch.

Serato it is.
DVNT
10-09-2007, 04:19 PM
Well that was fairly easy then eh?
Jay Pace
10-09-2007, 04:26 PM
hehehe well I've tried one option and it broke and is going to cost me to repair it just to sell the damn thing. And i can't run the other option at all....

Anyone want to buy a reconditioned final scratch unit?
Its great. Can't say enough good things about it.
RDR
10-09-2007, 05:46 PM
Can't say enough good things about it.

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
RDR
10-09-2007, 05:47 PM
Jay..

which ibook is it? And which FS is it?
Jay Pace
10-09-2007, 06:20 PM
ibook g4 1.33
FS2
herman
10-09-2007, 08:59 PM
Well got my Serato from Rane today only had a brief mess about with it so far but Im very impressed up to this point couldn't be easier to set up and seems very very solid need to try it under club conditions of course to be sure but for now Im very happy with it.
RDR
11-09-2007, 01:09 PM
I know its silly esp after what Jay said.. BUT

HERE (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130152569093&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=003)

Is my Final Scratch V1.5 for sale

Boxed, mint etc..

and jay never touched mine. :laughing: so i think you can assume it works. :cool:
Jay Pace
11-09-2007, 04:48 PM
Cheeky fecker

How was i to know they're not machine washable? And drying it in the microwave seemed perfectly sensible at the time....
RDR
11-09-2007, 05:42 PM
Cheeky fecker

How was i to know they're not machine washable? And drying it in the microwave seemed perfectly sensible at the time....

I see what the problem is now jay..









You're an idiot..:laughing: :cheese: :ohdear:
RDR
11-09-2007, 05:42 PM
PS - The FS unit has now SOLD

Thanks!
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