impressions on finalscratch (Score 1)

this product is not vaporware. it is out.

i saw dj craze (3 time world dmc champion) spin for 1.5 hours last week using it. he played maybe 3 regular plates, he played the majority of his set using final scratch.

his setup consisted of the final scratch vaio laptop, a vestax pmc05, and the final scratch hardware.

links to pictures:

http://www.junglescene.com/img/photo7557.jpg
http://www.junglescene.com/img/photo7552.jpg

note, it did not sound like he was playing mp3s. most likely he was playing the raw wav's with finalscratch. mp3s might sound good at home on your speakers, but in a packed club they sound terrible. craze spun a lot of tunes which are on dubplate at the moment ... and unlike playing dubs (which wear out after about 5 plays and sound like shit) he was able to scratch with them ... which normally could not happen. (if you dont know what a dubplate is, it is a cut piece of acetate which plays maybe 5 times in a club and probably about 15 times total before the needles wear the grooves out and the record sounds like hiss.

all in all it was a great set. dj craze wrecks the dancefloor.

his set is archived at www.vibeflow.com, under the "respect" (the club) archive. check it out.