Vestax Controller One Turntable

Return of the Ruckazoid! Check out this crazy turntable that was created by Vestax with design input from the Ruckazoid and D-Styles of famed Low End Theory residency. The magic secret that separates this deck from any other wheels of steel on the planet - it controls tones like a musical instrument. Using the buttons on the side or an accessory MIDI device, DJs (ahem, musicians) can scratch a record and control the pitch at the same time. Dig this bad-ass video demo:



As far as I can decipher, he's using the pitch shift buttons to change the tone on the center table spinning the main riff, while the table on the bottom playing the bass line is being controlled directly via MIDI keyboard. Looks like Controller One is able to adjust the motor speed of the table to instantly accomodate whatever note on the keyboard is played. Hot damn. There's certainly all kinds of crazy tricks to be pulled with this device, such as getting the record on the right screen to play backwards.

Check out the previous post on Ruckazoid for the link to his session on dublab where he explains a little bit more about the Controller One.