This also demonstrates why choice makes controllers much more powerful, just as you’d want choices and versatility with a musical instrument. Serato is a terrific and solid tool, but if you’re looking for something a little different, Mixxx looks terrific.
Need another reason to check out the SCS? All due respect to the folks at Serato, here’s a neat twist: you can script the SCS.3d with Mixxx, the open source DJ tool for Windows, Mac, and – yep – Linux. These SCS.3d’s I see are now at a street price of US$200, which could make them a nice buy.
Oddly, what Jungleboy is doing is “DJing,” whereas some people with Traktor or Ableton Live supposedly doing “live PA” (some, not all) are basically just playing finished tracks – something you might more accurately term “iTunesing.” It’s a strange world, and what may ultimately happen is that we start to divide things between people who are making an effort to be musicians, good or bad, and people who aren’t. In a way, a lot of what he’s doing could easily be done with a sampler and drum pad, like an MPC setup, but then he’s got it mapped in a slightly unusual way, and the radial layout serves that nicely. I’m generally not so interested in posting videos from manufacturers, but in this case it’s fun just watching DJ Jungleboy work behind a pair of Stanton SCS.3d controllers. As some live PA musicians revert to a “push play” mentality, DJs can keep it interesting.
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And Stanton’s SCS.3d turns out to be scriptable in the open source DJ software Mixxx. It’s nice to see how a controller can integrate digital loop and cue points with a setup that still focuses on scratching. Suddenly, at least in some corners, people are again interested in turntablism. Want to reignite interest in DJs who actually use their hands and fingers to slice up and juggle sounds? A cavalcade of “laptopists” is the ticket.
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