Touch-screen MP3 turntable
p2pnet news | Cool Stuff:- “The first piece of research into people in my development phase was an online questionnaire which i posted again on the Ninja Tune and Warp Records Forums, a place where i can find an honest reliable opinion from DJs and Producers. I was enquiring into the .mp3 DJing market where asked people if they DJ with vinyl or .mp3 tracks and who were the people doing this? I also asked the DJs for an age group they were and the youngest age group, not surprisingly, were the people most using .mp3 mixing tools, such as a computer or Serato. I also asked these people which genre of music they play, and those that used .mp3s to DJ played more ‘Dance’ based music.
“This shows me that there is a growing market for .mp3 DJing within the up and coming DJ community. As you can see, 48% of the people i had feedback from DJ with .mp3 which is a strong sign that my product could be successful.”"
The above statement comes in a post on Scott Hobbs’ blog. And the system you see on the right is the result.
It’s a touch-screen turntable which mimics a ‘real’ turntable, and it’s aimed at the “ever growing .mp3 DJ market”.
Hobbs’ design parameters called for a product with pitch adjustment and able to control an .mp3 track accurately with the touch of a finger, play it backwards, and at variable speeds, and to start and stop easily.
With new, younger DJs playing .mp3s rather than vinyl records, he’s sure there’s a “huge market space” for his touchscreen turntable with the main competitors being the likes of ‘Serato Scratch’ and the Pioneer ‘CD Turntables’.
“These products have a retail price ranging from £350 (about $686) to £1000 (about $1,959), going by the quality of the build of the product and the technology involved,” says Hobbs, adding:
“The materials of my product are reasonably cheap to buy and manufacture except the screens that will be bought in from other companies. Because of the materials, manufacturing and technology being developed, I aim to have a retail price on the product of between £400 – £600.”
Hobbs is a fourth yearInnovative Product Design student at Dundee University in Scotland.
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May 29th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
“it’s aimed at the “ever growing .mp3 DJ market” – and priced accordingly. Not for the average home
December 17th, 2008 at 11:18 am
too bad