Nice thing about a laptop:
I already have one
Write a thesis
Do my taxes
Surf the net
Update my website
Do Graphics
Program
CFD
Produce
DJ
almost infinite other uses

This if it ever comes to market:
Separates me from whatever this is going to cost and can play music. That’s it. Will it turn me into the next greatest touring DJ, probably not.

I find using DVS with Serato or Traktor quite easy on a laptop. Definitely easier than using the external boxes. Not sure where the maker gets that idea.

Raspebery Pi on adafruit.com, depending on which you get is at least about $35 X 2 = $70. The screens are about $89 assuming the touchscreen. So $89 x 2 = $178. Approximately $248 plus whatever cables. Traktor was $100. The traktor app for ipad was $4.99. (I am no means advocating for Traktor, just using as a price comparison example). What do you think this is going to cost if comes to market? CDJ2000 is basically just this and it’s in the neighborhood of what $1800-2k for one? meh.

Decided after buying the CDJ1000s way back when they came out and keeping them for a short period, I’ll either play my vinyl at home, as I’m tired after 20 yrs of dragging it around and quite frankly nobody cares except a few, play my laptop or USBCDJs depending on club. I’d rather have a midi controller, that if it gets trashed I’m not out a fortune an can program it to do what I want it too. If the clubs want to buy one of these, go for it! But going out and spending money on the “latest thing” that Pioneer or whomever regurgitates, is not for me.

But kudos for someone actually making something like this actually work with raspeberryPi. Big fan of the Pi and the initiative.

Way ahead of you! Got some 3D print designs in the works

your snarkiness is common of people who have not done something as complicated as this before.

I can understand he didn’t want to get in any trouble and win some attention for a good job oportunity but still, open source is the way to go in my eyes as he won’t be able to earn any money from just this code allone anyway. I’ve done a midi controller as a scool project once and learned a lot but used a library someone has written already and I was verry thankfull to him. That’s just good tone in the Programming and electronics world if you ask me.

I would love to post more of my work for open source sometimes but it’s not possible if you have a day to day job. But projects like these… man, what a waste if he doesn’t publish it…

This is just a proof of concept university project. The idea is that the computer is built in to the turntable… like how CDJs work.