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benjiswan
08-Oct-10, 12:57pm
Has anybody tried it?

Think it would be a great alternative to having to use a laptop when playing out.

Not sure about the technical logistics of it but guessing someone who has a touchscreen tablet (not an ipad as they only have apps/no external programs)
Damien Goundrie
08-Oct-10, 05:15pm
This is Mad!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaiRLpuwDZ0
prjkt
08-Oct-10, 08:13pm
Traktor will probably work, but I doubt either of the Serato options (Scratch Live or Itch) will work
jabbajaws
09-Oct-10, 05:14pm
now with "the bridge" coming in, it could be another option for someone to design a midi utalising such a unit.
BTW, that screen, is a touch sensitive pad on glass with an image projected underneath.
I've been using that concept for Nokia and Sony at the mo for their touch sensitive advertising signage.
Spicy
10-Oct-10, 06:05pm
This is Mad!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaiRLpuwDZ0haha neat gadget. and with no beatmatching necessary? finally, i can be a dj!
slackas
10-Oct-10, 06:06pm
haha neat gadget. and with no beatmatching necessary? finally, i can be a dj!

because beatmatching is what keeps the punters dancing :P
ezza69
10-Oct-10, 06:54pm
beatmatching is just a skill, not an artform
Catdog69Kool
10-Oct-10, 07:05pm
beatmatching is just a skill, not an artform

fairly important skill



at the O.P i remember someone in here talk about how they use one of the army toughbooks with touch screen when he played out, and he said it was awesome easy
Garthyboy
10-Oct-10, 08:54pm
I suppose really its no different to a lemur and the likes.

Personally myself, touch screens lack that tactile feel for mixing. I mean, when adjusting an EQ, you don't neccessarily have to be looking at a mixer, where as with this sort of thing, I just feel that you'd have to be looking at what you are doing all the time to avoid an accidental touch of the screen and it doing something you dont want
Catdog69Kool
10-Oct-10, 09:08pm
are we talking like completly controling everything, and mixing off of the touch screen, or using it with a DVS?
benjiswan
11-Oct-10, 11:40am
I was more talking of just using serato/traktor with external mixer and cdjs/tts. Just have really got a bit sick of having to have a laptop on a stand and as I was playing with an ipad the other day thought it would be cool to just use a touchscreen rather than a laptop to load songs, set loops etc
devluka
17-Jun-11, 08:06pm
I want to buy cheap android tablet for my son, he love to play gaming in computer. I heard about android phones those are much better than PC and net books, even also cheaper than computers.
macc4
17-Jun-11, 08:08pm
you are still going to need 2 of them
ratticus
17-Jun-11, 11:26pm
I was more talking of just using serato/traktor with external mixer and cdjs/tts. Just have really got a bit sick of having to have a laptop on a stand and as I was playing with an ipad the other day thought it would be cool to just use a touchscreen rather than a laptop to load songs, set loops etc

There's stacks of templates and shit to set up midi controls on an iPad for Serato out there.
Johbremat
18-Jun-11, 12:51am
This (http://www.apple.com/au/macmini/) + this (http://www.apple.com/au/ipad/) + this (http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/vnc-viewer/id352019548?mt=8) (or an equivalent) would do the trick.

You'd just need to set it to auto-login on power up, and set up some Automator script to launch your DVS of choice and ensure it's ready for the iPad to connect.