Turn a Terrible Toy Turntable from a Supermarket into a Scratch Deck #MusicMonday

from Turn a Terrible Toy Turntable from a Supermarket into a Scratch Deck #MusicMonday
by Zay

via CDM

Well, this is probably the world’s cheapest DVS [digital vinyl system]. The reader here got the deck for £14; retail is just £29.99. Add a Raspberry Pi in place of the computer, a display and some adapters, and you have a full-functioning DJ system. For real.

My favorite advice – and I agree – don’t buy this record player. It really is that awful. But it does prove how open source tools can save obsolete gear from landfills – and says to me, too, that there’s really no reason digital vinyl systems still need to lean on conventional computer hardware.

Now – on with the adventures at Aldi. The necessary gear:

1. A terrible turntable (EnVivo USB Turntable in this case)

2. PiDeck. (See the official project page. That means a recent Raspberry Pi and SD card.

3. Control vinyl – Serato here.

4. Audio interface. Since the USB connection in this case was unusable, the author chose an audioinjector, crowd-funded hardware available now for about £20.

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