Wednesday, May 27, 2009

SCRATCH: THE ULTIMATE DJ, RHYTHM GENRE SOON TO BECOME A HIP-HOPCARCY

Playstation: The Official Magazine May 2009 By Scott Butterworth Scratch: The Ultimate DJ’s preview is featured in the May issues of Playstation: The Official Magazine (c. 301,151).  As an added bonus, a screenshot is also featured on the Playstation magazine’s poly bag.  From Playstation: The Official Magazine, Scott Butterworth, goes in-depth on Scratch’s peripheral, gameplay manipulation, improvisation and scratching, bonus points and tutorials.  A “Rap Sheet” is also featured in the sidebar listing Scratch’s setlist.  Here are some highlights: “Sticking to the scrolling pattern will produce an unaltered version of the original song, but adding extra notes introduces new sound and rhythmic variations that essentially let you create a unique real-time remix.” “Thanks to some click pattern recognition, the game will recognize any of the hundreds of standard scratching tricks that you happen to perform, and aware you accordingly.”