Multi Touch Light Table for Club DJs !(OMG!!!) What's Next?

Multi Touch Light Table: GERGWERK from GERG WERK on Vimeo.

Like it or not, touch screens are set to impact heavily on the DJ scene. Just last week, we saw Emulator and Töken showing us a way forward, but now Greg Werk has taken the touch screen principle a step or two further. Yes, you still have 2 turntables, but the traditional deck and mixer metaphor has been pulled apart and rebuilt for a finger friendly multitouch environment.

I'm absolutely knocked out with this concept. Great thought has clearly gone into converting physical hardware controls and breaking them down into into slick gesture based DJing. Having little in the way of physical constraints means that the touch screen really is a clean slate (great product name there).

I watch in awe. This is clever stuff and clearly made by someone who understands DJing and technology too. I do wonder however if making the familiar DJ interface into a set of easily forgotten and messed up finger prods and swipes is exactly what DJs want or need. Will it make DJing easier or is it just cool for the sake of coolness?

This is however hugely exciting stuff. I'm looking a stage beyond this where DJs can not only take their music on a USB, but also their own interface designed in whatever standard software powers such things, be it abstract like in the video or more conventional layouts emulating Traktor. DJ changeovers will be as simple as loading up a second set of decks in the chosen DJ's style and fading across to the new decks.

Thanks again "Skratchworx" for the info, This is hot!!!
As Always fans..... "Stay In The Mix"

The Emulator + Token (Looks Like Iron Man's Computer)

"emulator" on töken concept from yöyen munchausen on Vimeo.

To date, touch screens have generally been little bigger than a book - more often than not the size of… well an iPhone screen. This of course makes the spacious traditional DJ metaphor a tad cramped to say the least, and frankly really crap to watch if you're a punter. But this video demonstrates the next level of controller technology, and also overcomes the hunched over the iPad non-performance. My iPad just became a placemat.

This is a 2 part thing:

1. The big screen is something called Token, developed by vimeo user yöyen munchausen. It appears to be a large multitouch screen interface aimed at performance. The beauty of it is that you can see both sides, thus the viewer can see exactly what the DJ is doing.

2. The software is called Emulator and created by Pablo Martin. It's a multitouch Windows 7 only program, and designed to work with 1280x800 touch screens. It's actually MIDI control software, and in this first release works with Traktor in internal mode, with compatibility with others coming.

If you thought that last post on iPad DeeJaying was deep, then this is sure to blow your mind. The Token has got to be the most sophisticated touch screen computer to come along so far.
Of cource this is gonna cost you a pretty penny, but the effect is immeasurable!!!

As Always, "Stay In The Mix"