Stanton, a pro in churning out excellent professional DJ equipment and accessories, has barged into the domain of touch-sensitive technology with its advanced MIDI control pad, DaScratch. It has been billed to be potentially smaller than any other USB DJ controller on the market with the shimmering edge of a large central touchpad. It takes care of the functions of analog DJ controllers and reduces the task of creating groovy music to a scratch-scrub process. Gain and Pitch faders work toward offering immediate control over the parameters of all major DJ software. The 9 segment LEDS emulate instant feedback. The Mode Switcher makes this product award-winning, for it allows changing the behavior of the scratch-pad. The set of switchable modes consists of 5 touch sensitive sliders, 19 touch sensitive buttons, and one touch-friendly rotary control. The DaRouter and StanTouch take the position of life-blood in this device. The touch area breathes ample feedback, with three 7 segment LED strips and 16 segment LED rings. The four buttons (play, cue, sync and tap) give easy access to software application controls. Professional DJs and uber-musicians can eye this device for upgrading their music-minting gadgetry. Check out the video to catch up the all the action and moves of DaScratch.
Pricing and Availability: With a price tag of little less than $300, this compact controller is completely worth its price.
Word around the Web
Peter Kim from CreateDigitalMusic says:
The fit and finish looks like it has some potential, and most of all, this device is really compact.
Owen O’Malley from GearWire says:
Being significantly smaller than most every other USB DJ controller on the market, the new Stanton DaScratch SCS.3d overcompensates with an multi-funtion, multi-zone center touch surface; this primary control matrix makes the DaScratch an incredibly flexible controller that takes up less room in the DJ booth than a single CD deck.
Via: Gizmodo
