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five.pence
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i was thinking the other day that it would be great if i could play some of my mp3s i've got in with my records and this idea struck me.
Imagine a turntable without a tonearm, but all the other bits & bobs, like pitch control etc. But on top of the platter you could have a your slipmats movement read by an optical lasery thing, kinda like optical mice, the platter could have a clear section in it so the slipmat could be seen by the laser mounted underneath
You could then hook up the TT to a computer via firewire or USB or some fast connection and using software on your computer you download tracks to your TT's RAM, possibly decoding the track as it goes, then however the slipmat moves would affect the track playing, if you adjust the pitch then the slipmat would change speed thus changing the speed of the track.
Another thought just struck me, you could just get a new platter and a litlte laser and attach it to your exsiting TT via a little box or something.
Whats the general opinion on this idea?
No arguing about sound qualitys though! We all know MP3 is crap in comparison to Vinyl!
Imagine a turntable without a tonearm, but all the other bits & bobs, like pitch control etc. But on top of the platter you could have a your slipmats movement read by an optical lasery thing, kinda like optical mice, the platter could have a clear section in it so the slipmat could be seen by the laser mounted underneath
You could then hook up the TT to a computer via firewire or USB or some fast connection and using software on your computer you download tracks to your TT's RAM, possibly decoding the track as it goes, then however the slipmat moves would affect the track playing, if you adjust the pitch then the slipmat would change speed thus changing the speed of the track.
Another thought just struck me, you could just get a new platter and a litlte laser and attach it to your exsiting TT via a little box or something.
Whats the general opinion on this idea?
No arguing about sound qualitys though! We all know MP3 is crap in comparison to Vinyl!