Serato Scratch Live

This is a great tool for doing something I've been interested in seeing and playing with for a while - Instead of samples of other peoples output, taking YOUR OWN digitally recorded output and cut and scratch it. More specifically, instead of taking your work created for a different purpose or project and cutting that up and scratching it, etc.,... instead, a tool like this actually gives you the ability to record a bass line, a guitar line, a drum beat, etc. for the specific purpose of creating a cut and scratched piece. This allows a turntablist to embrace a more modern technology and musical instrument, while moving away from sampling and that area of stealing other people's work and chopping it up for your own purposes. Feel me? I'm not in "the scene" where one would have heard about this when it first came out, so I guess this blog out of date. Still, I just heard about it and wanted to mention it. I've grown to appreciate the ability of the turntablist and the nuances of the instruments used. But, have had a strong disdain for the rampant, unrestrained and irreverent sampling/stealing that goes on. A tool like this allows one to get into this new technology/instrumentation while not compromising the integrity of the musician.