Comments on: HP to Develop iPod-style DJ Player/Instrument

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 20:25:35 +0000

speaks for itself… I can’t see this thing selling more than a couple of thousand units.

Look at the design, you can’t put it in your pocket without having some part of it poking at you. It already looks outdated with the pathetic wood grain, and if you will be an avid user of this contraption, the fake chrome will come off in a month or two, and it won’t look “cool” or “hip”, it will look pathetic. The only thing you’ll be left scratching is your head, wondering why you threw out good money for this ugly thing.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 18:57:47 +0000

I’m with you on that: naturally, MOST of the people reading this site believe in a coexistence of vinyl, CDs, digital media, laser sensors, circuit-bent Speak-n-Spells, and pyrotechnic synths. And why not?

In the meantime, I’m going to see what else I can find about the DJammer, as there is part of this research that definitely sounds cool — even if this doesn’t become a shipping product.

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 13:04:20 +0000

What’s so amazing is the number of GUests who instantly make a knee-jerk reaction without actually reading (and understanding) the piece. Like, how clear does one have to be that this is a 1. Research project and 2. Not in production and 3. They are working with a DJ to figure out what people need and 4. People are such purists about DJ kit. I guess it comes down to the cost of initial investment. The territory of the future is one in which vinyl, CD and digital DJs coexist. And if a DJ does not like that, why not move to http://www.ludditeaboutmusic.com?

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 20:39:33 +0000

I always use my hand to scratch my instrument…

By: admin

admin — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 20:03:17 +0000

Aren’t you glad I don’t disable anonymous posting?

Knock `em dead, Guest.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 20:02:18 +0000

Wow, didn’t expect such a passionate response. It’s a research idea, proof of concept, crazy concept flying car sort of thing. I’m not saying this is the future — just that it puts forward some interesting ideas:

The internet streaming, motion sensors, accelerometer, hell, just adding an input — all good ideas.

I think tech evolution is just like any other evolution: to get the next big step, you’ll need some forty-legged monstrosity that can’t walk along the way.

This is may somewhere in between. I agree with all the criticisms above: I just say, to HP, develop the whole idea (and answer these criticisms, indeed).

And to the rest of us — that’s easy — let’s do something cooler.

This week, we’ve learned how to anger CDM readers: eliminate FireWire from your iPod package, or try to pawn off a crazy mood ring with faux-wood-inlay as a serious DJ tool. :-)

Peter

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 17:39:41 +0000

did anyone explain to them what djs do?
:zzz

and do you have to bring your laptop to reassign the 3 buttons?
:(

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 16:09:32 +0000

Where’s the fader?

I wouldn’t mind taking this with me to some gigs.. but seriously.. are you really gonna bother if all you can do no-fader scratches like tears and scribbles?

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 14:53:58 +0000

Looks like something my gay neighbor would use on a Tuesday night - he loves wood.
In my opinion, I sense HP came out with this product too quickly. Some interesting ideas, but executed poorly. They need to come out with a 90% revision of this product to save this one (partly in design, as well as features and functions). As someone mentioned on here, DJing isn’t just about scratching - in fact there are many DJs out there who don’t scratch at all. If you want to market something for the DJ, speak TO the DJ.

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 14:40:20 +0000

It’s networkable, uses open standards, and opens up music consumption and playlout. It even has an audio in socket, so you can add your own sounds. It’s an utterly impressive piece of kit. read the Playlist club report for more details.