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Sony PS-LX300USB & Vestax VCI-300 point to the future of DJing
Sony's decision to roll out the decidedly retro PS-LX300USB USB Stereo Turntable (available for 28,350 yen, or $286) might baffle some western consumers, but this move makes complete sense in Japan. While iPod Djs rule New York's hipster club scene and CD/VJ performers are on the rise in Europe, Japan has only recently seen its love affair with vinyl wane.
This new shift was made clear to me during a recent trip to a Shibuya record shop where a crowd gathered around a display featuring the Vestax VCI-100, a MIDI controller you hook up to your computer that allows you to mix, scratch and crossfade digital audio files on your computer with an amazingly realistic analog sound. As an avid vinyl collector, it pains me to say that after seeing the VCI-100 I'm convinced that this is the future of DJing. Just days ago Vestax unveiled the next version of the amazing device called the VCI-300. Using the PS-LX300USB to digitally convert your record arsenal over to the powerful VCI-300 is all today's next-gen DJ really needs to succeed in the studio or in the clubs. Check out video of the VCI-300 in action here.
Via Sony Japan and Vestax
By RicardoM at 3:24 PM ON 03/17/08
The redactions says "Vestax VCI-100, a MIDI controller you hook up to your computer that allows you to mix, scratch and crossfade digital audio files on your computer with an amazingly realistic analog sound.".
The VCI-100 doesnt has sound output. It still needs a sound card (can be used the computer's integrated, but a professional one will give you better sound. So the VCI-100 can´t give you "an amazingly realistic analog sound".
By DJ Pai at 2:33 PM ON 03/23/08
I agree with RicardoM, as a DJ I am, I read a lot of new gear. The one that has sound card it is the VCI-300 (the one that is in the picture) and when the unit get relased will be a boom in DJ industry!!!
By Andy at 12:10 PM ON 04/20/08
No body say that sound card of VCI 300 will give good sound. I have VCI-100 and sound card of Edirol it's great sound and conveniently work.
By gilio at 7:42 AM ON 07/28/08
how much is the current price of vci 300..
do i still needs to buy a sound card since the vci 300 already comes sound card
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