[linux-audio-user] Digital DJ control

[Loki Davison]

On 10/28/06, greg <gkjoyce at gmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't done any of this myself, but here are the best strategies I've
> read about.
>
> 1. get a sound card with enough outs to run your pc into a regular dj
> mixer and mix like a regular dj.  You would still need some sort of
> control surface for transport / effects twiddling.
>
> 2. if you want to do scratchy stuff, there's the Ms. Pinky vinyl, and I
> think the Stanton Final Scratch works on the same principle.  I don't
> know, but they might both be vinyl with SMPTE timecode on them.
>

This is the deal. Go for this. All you need for the cue/pitch is 2
midi sliders with enough range and 2 trigger buttons. The evolution
gear is nice for this, and you have a keyboard as well! ;) I'd
probably go for something like the trigger finger and a decent mixer
Ecler, rodec, A&H etc.

Loki