Wednesday, May 27, 2009

SCRATCH: THE ULTIMATE DJ SHOWS OFF ITS ULTIMATE DECK

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Submitted: May 27, 2009
Scratch: The Ultimate DJ(Xbox 360)

Scratch: The Ultimate DJ is ready to reveal the plastic peripheral that’ll take up your precious living room real estate. The Numark-designed deck will certainly keep wannabe game DJs quibbling whether it’s better than DJ Hero’s deck.

The Numark deck features a free-spinning, touch sensitive turntable (uh, the thing on the left in the photo) and a crossfader with 5 Akai Pro MPC-style drum pads, allowing players to trigger samples—you know, just like real DJs. Players can use one of the 60 samples shipping with the game or “record and upload their own ... using a compatible USB microphone.” Oh, and don’t worry, lefties, the deck is flippable.

We’ll be certain to give our hands-on scratch impressions next week at E3, where the unit will be available.. » Full Story on Joystiq