[microsound] Final Scratch -- was Re: [microsound] Make your own vinyl

["tobias c. van Veen" <tobias@xxxxxxxxx>]

Has anyone here been working extensively w/ Final Scratch in live scenarios?

After seeing several high-profile failures of the rig over the past few
years, it appears the bugs have far to be overcome to produce the
reliability of wax ..

I'd like to be able to use it as a controller for far more experimental
material (as I am a turntablist, and I play the decks as an instrument), but
I don't wish to sink the kind of money necessary for a FS rig without
guaranteeing its live-performance stability and durability .

I'm also wondering if FS can replicate the following:

- banging on the turntable to produce low end resonance
- needle feedback through proximity of monitor
- banging on the tonearm to skip the needle at random points
- cutting the digital timecode vinyl
- burning the digital timecode vinyl
- removal of groundwires to stimulate line feedback hum at variable points
- physical finger manipulation of the needle to produce fibrous scratching
- needle burning

Thoughts / experiences welcome.


- t

> you're absolutely right... that said, final scratch seems to be the best
> approach for those musicians who prefer turntables as their primary musical
> 'controller.' i really can't see a future for vinyl, although that's what they
> said two decades ago, before disco, before rap, before house...  aside from
> it's fetish and historic value, i still think there's really no place for
> vinyl
> in futuristic musics... the 'turntable 'interface as controller? yes.
> definitely. but as for it's archaic media, digital is the only way forward...
> 
> g.
> 
> "tobias c. van Veen" wrote:
> 
>> This product *has* been out for 5-7 years, methinks. I certainly remember it
>> circa 2000/2001. I just don't think it ever took off. The cost of the discs
>> was prohibitive (not widely available, shipping, etc). At this rate, one is
>> better off just pressing dubplates -- they last longer. tV
>> 
>>> graham miller wrote:
>>> 
>>>> crazy expensive, non?
>>>> 
>>>> Eloy Anzola wrote:
>>>> 
> 
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