Numark NS7 Turntable: Spin Digital Records With A Full-Sized Rig

Want to hone your turntable skills but can’t stand the pile of vinyl the job entails?  Haul your musical ass right next to a Numark NS7 Turntable and be free from the trappings of physical records.

That’s right – it’s an all-digital turntable that puts pro-DJ controls at your fingertips.  Sure, you can probably put on the same performance using just a turntable software, but having a full rig affords you a much wider range of movement.  Not to mention, of course, it gives gawking audience members something to look at (face it, you’ll find it hard to attract groupies holding nothing but a laptop).

Sure, it’s a bit of a cop-out compared to those working with real records.  In fact, I’d be surprised if viny veterans don’t give you flak about it.  Screw them, though.  Digital files are easier, cheaper and more convenient to work with that any physical media.

The NS7 uses the Itch software to communicate with your computer, managing ten times the speed you’d usually get with a MIDI-based setup.  It supplies all the controls you need to mess around with WAV, AIFF, MP3 and AAC music files, with very responsive, motorized 7-inch turntables.  You won’t even have to touch your keyboard to navigate files, as the rig provides for the necessary controls.

Of course, you can also throw in actual vinyls on the thing, so traditional turntablists won’t have any issue (actually, they will, since the disc mechanism isn’t the best).   For strictly digital musicians, though, the thing’s as good as gold.  Price is pretty fair at $1,600.

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