The Scatch by Olger Star (how is that for a surname…) allows you to sample live input and scratch with it. Just plug in the sampler and put a sensor on top of your turntable + vinyl record of choise and go crazy. I’ve seen really nice demos live and on video, but can not find anything else than this one on the web… I will push Olger to put some of it online next time I see him.

Sorry, movie and most info this is in Dutch….

I think the purpose of that video is two fold.

1. The world of DJ and Live artist is becoming increasingly blurred. Look at all of the stuff that was featured at this past NAMM. Most of the DJ gear featured midi or reqire or something these days. Who is to say that pure DJ’ing or pure oldschool LivePA is the way to go. A hybrid of each has its place as anything else.

2. Don’t try to take the video off as being the one all be all to this technqiue. I dont think the artist, me or CD here are trying to imply that this is how something is done, but rather showing one cool set of tools and collections it could be done. It is to spur thought if anything, and if someone out there is thinking, “Hey I got an MPC that could do that, but I haven’t done that before”, and they do and do it, then mission accomplished.

@ Fatlimey: I think you are inehrently looking at the song structure from a DJ’ing perspective. From a LivePA persepective the sound structure does not have to be so singularly oriented. You don’t have to have a song per say that ends and starts with another. The liveset could very well just be a corroboration of evolving sounds being patched in and out throughout the entire set, costnantly morphing rather then perhaps identifying itself.

Live definitely lacks easy tools for set management and some of what you might like for sample recording (though you could opt for a plug-in to handle that if you wanted), but it is possible to do most things with a little effort, and I expect this might be an area we’ll see improve over time.