Chill, a startup that started out Namesake and then morphed into a virtual environment for video watching, has performed the mother of all pivots (again) today, going from a Turntable for video to a Pinterest for video, allowing users to post as well as view, comment on and repost video from people that they follow on a pretty grid interface.
The shooting films in video games (Haefliger et al. 2010) and the transformation of a phonograph turntable from a playback device into a musical instrument (Faulkner and Runde 2009) in its own right are examples of similar innovations with technological transformations.
This time around, his band Praxis includes Brain, the drummer from Primus; DJ Disk, a turntable virtuoso from Invisibl Skratch Picklz; and the speed-demon guitarist Buckethead, whose identity is concealed behind a fried-chicken bucket.
He recommended wireless speakers to cut down on cord clutter and a glossy turntable from a company like Music Hall.
(Appropriate, since the house came with a turntable dating from the same period).
To move large pieces of scenery or even entire sets, 11 "wagons" slide to the left and right of the stage, and a rear wagon with a turntable slides from the front of the stage to the rear.
Users would be able to mix and match machines and components from different vendors into a complete system, much as consumers can buy a stereo turntable from one manufacturer, speakers from another and an amplifier from a third and be assured in advance that they will work together.
Vinyl is really cool, honestly, and not a total waste of space and money, so make sure you blow the entirety of your loan on Basic Channel 12"s that you play on a shitty turntable from Argos through USB speakers.
Their Mac version turns your computer into a turntable, pulling music from your iTunes music library, and allows you to scratch, mix, loop, record, as well as a fairly robust library of features and effects.
Here's a baby step, then, for vinyl LP-clutching, tech-clueless audiophiles: a high-end turntable from Pro-Ject with a built-in USB port for converting records into MP3 files.
