Dj wherever/whenever you want Pacemaker is the worlds most versatile portable music player DJ features and mixing are internal to the player, and there’s rich playback support in general. You can cross-fade on the unit itself, and add effects, with dedicated headphone and line out jacks and cueing features. There’s a multi-function touch control for all these features. As a player, it looks great on paper, with a 120 GB hard drive and support for OGG, FLAC, and AAC in addition to the usual MP3, WMA, and WAV. (Apparently no line recording, which would really make this a must-have, but some of the specs are still unclear.) If they don’t botch the design somehow, I can see this appealing to electronic musicians as much as DJs. 1. Line out and headphones crossfaders 2. Pitch bend, cue, loop 3. EQ, sound effects 4. Dedicated headphones and line out jacks 5. USB 2.0 6. 120 GB hard drive 7. Sound to noise ratio of > 100 dB 8. MP3 with Variable Bit Rate, AAC, WMA, WMA lossless, OGG, FLAG, WAV 9. 13 ms input latency 10. 18-hour battery life; 5 hours in DJ mode 11. Mac and PC compatible (assuming they just make it a USB Mass Storage device) 12. Save mixes www.pacemaker.net
think he was just one of the lot that tested it http://www.pacemaker.net/Default.aspx?documentID=43 http://www.pacemaker.net/Default.as...&vidName=Richie+Hawtin+spinnin’&cliplength=32
£450 on it's release in March Canny steep. I think he assisted with the design. They gave him the prototype to play around with, or something like that, and I think he tweaked it a bit to get the final model. He did a mini review of it in Dj Mag last year and sung it's praises..... However that's no suprise if he did actually have a hand in it's design.
