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Technics Turntables have been DISCONTINUED...

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/11/farewell-sl-1200-panasonic-scratches-iconic-technics-turntable/

the Plain Jane CDJ's are next.... CDJ 2000's are the new now and the next! These + a stockpiled HD USB key are about as old school as people are going to get in the very near future.

This whole "real DJ" discussion is just throwing HATE around and it's really TIRED....

If the product featured in this article starts someone on the way to being a great dj, then so be it. More elaborate controllers will surface and be available for those who want more horsepower under the hood in the DJ BOOTH

Instead of throwing attitude about what "REAL DJ's" do, why not go delete "Whoomp, there it is" from your catalog. While your'e at it, convert those coasters you call vinyl /cd's into 320kbps mp3's or better yet WAV files so you won't be caught out there without a job in the next 2 years..

Long gone are the days when people sit around and watch "turntable drama" and that tired puppet show. If you can't connect with the audience through character, music selection, mixing technique, efx, builds and quality, find a wedding job quick.

#dontgetleftbehind.

I'm so tired of hearing what "self-respecting" or "real" DJs would or wouldn't use, every time a new piece of technology comes out. In the mid-90s, when CDDJ tables started appearing, _real_ DJs only used vinyl. In the mid-2000s, when .mp3 controllers became more useable, _real_ DJs only used vinyl or CDs. Now, when iPad controllers are appearing, _real_ DJs (still) only use vinyl or CDs.

Get over it.

_Real_ DJs know their equipment, know their music, and can read the crowd to put together a good set and keep the floor moving. I've had excellent nights back in the early/mid-90s using two standard CD players using the A/B selector on a home stereo amp...ghetto, yes, but it worked, the music was good, and nobody cared about whether or not there was a "flow" or a "mix." I've also had excellent nights in the early 2000s using then-state of the art Pioneer CDJs and a Pioneer mixer, keeping a steady seamless (or, well, near-seamless) mix going all night long. All the time I was getting sneered at by the "real" DJs sitting at home with their crates of vinyl, I was packing dance floors every weekend for eight years, and having a good time doing it.

Admittedly, it's been nearly a decade since I've done any DJing, and I sold off my equipment a few years back. For me, this looks like a lot of fun -- a fun, inexpensive, portable system that I can use at home and with friends. Nothing more than that. And I'll have just as much fun doing that as I did at the clubs...and, chances are, so will the people around when I'm playing with it.

Just as with photography, it's not the tools or the attitude -- it's the knowledge and the skill. Ditch the elitism, and just have fun playing good music and entertaining people. It's a lot happier for _everyone_ that way.

I agree what your saying Mike - but this is just opening the door to the many possible ideas of incorporating and Ipad/ipod device to the modern day dj - there's already few different midi apps available for the ipad that allows you to wireless map features to midi from both traktor & serato . I give it less then a year when you'll see the likes of Pioneer along with Denon Introducing surface that will work with the ipad.

No self-respecting DJ uses any type of controller, especially one-off BS like this. Real DJ's use either Technics 1200's or CDJ-1000/2000's or maybe 800/900's. Simply because that's what clubs are going to have. Personally I'd like to see the iPad of the future that's able to accept USB connections for Serato/Traktor sound cards as well as the controllers like the NS6, NS7, DDJ-T1 and DDJ-S1.

The CONCEPT is dope, but there's no way any real DJ is going to touch it. If it gets someone who's on the fence about learning to spin to take the plunge with some real gear though, more power I guess.