Traktor Scratch, Sorento and DJ stuff...

[loopdon]

deckadance: ''Works as standalone or VSTi plugin inside hosts like FL Studio, Ableton Live, ...''

I think i'd go for ssl, been mentioned several times in this thread. Read a detailed test comparing it to FS 2. The author got himself SSL. Only thing that he noticed he din't like to much was the noise the timcode vinyl produced? I would probably test this one first, there must be some place where you can? It's tried and tested i reckon whereas deckadance is quite new..... Good luck! PS: Whilst googling i found raving reviews of torq.. here's a video, Mark:

http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=...4eb8c623da5b64

And here's the other videos from the m-audio homepage explaining every aspect:

http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=...4eb8c623da5b64

[MARK ANXIOUS]

any idea where that review is loopy? plus i'm interested whether traktor scratch is any better than fs2....

and yeah just checked those demos out of torq. holy **** it auto syncs the music for you in a certain mode - ie no need to learn beat matching. jesus h christ, if only that would have been around 15 years ago hahahahaah :cheese:

[loopdon]

well, the review was by Irwin Leschet in the german magazine raveline. In german. I will try and find the mag, must be somewhere in the flat...

I will dig up some misc links:

general comparison

http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=...4eb8c623da5b64

Traktor scratch videos:

http://www.native-instruments.com/in...cratchrehab_us

http://www.native-instruments.com/in...ratchdenkym_us

[loopdon]

And a nice comparison of 3 systems:

http://www.skratchworx.com/reviews/digitalshowdown.php

goes over several pages, with videos:

http://homepage.mac.com/marksettle/....s2_cdx/FS2.mov

http://homepage.mac.com/marksettle/....cdx/Serato.mov

http://homepage.mac.com/marksettle/....s2_cdx/CDX.mov

All this is probably more confusing than helpful; best thing must be to test stuff out as you said.

For everybody else who wants a cheap version to play with at home etc. should head over to

http://djdecks.be/

http://djdecks.be/vinylcontrol/

Can be skinned to look like Serato etc. etc.

[MARK ANXIOUS]

ok, i need a place where i can test this shit out - anywhere in the uk preferably or otherwise i will travel to anywhere in europe.

also what are the big shows coming up in this field? anywhere in europe would be gr8... i need to get ahead on this.

[duffdeal]

This new Traktor Scratch thingy has multicore cables the idea being that it becomes the industry standard, clubs plug a pair of these cables permanently into their mixers, you can rock up and just attach your bit of the multicore to their bit and bobs your uncle.

I've been using FS2 for a while now and take it fom me, setting up is a massive pain in the ass. If the whole pre wired club scenario came about it would be a revolution and you'd want to have Traktor Scratch, of course there's every chanc that it won't.

And NI are doing a sort of update deal at the moment where any registered users of Traktor, FS or Rane can get TS for 399 Euros, about 271 quid. Tempting.