If you own an ION TTUSB turntable, sooner or later you’ll need a replacement record needle so you can continue burning your vinyl collection to MP3. Do you have any idea where to get replacement record needles for the the Ion TTUSB or ION TTUSB10? Now you do. 
Get replacement needles here for your ION USB turntable and keep those MP3s coming. Oh, and while you’re at it you could put together a mega-mix or DJ demo of your favorite 60s and 70s soundtrack sounds and give us a link to your DJ mixage…we’d be happy to tell the world about your amazing good taste. Did we mention these replacement needles are inexpensive? Just under 20 bucks before taxes and shipping from Zzounds.com.
Numark V7 Motorized Turntable Software Controller
Some people are attracted to the Numark V7 because of the direct-drive motorized turntable platter. High and low torque options? You got it. Serato suuport? Scratch LIVE libraries. Yes. Compatible with all DJ mixers, blah, blah blah. The thing that caught our eyes here is the ability to use this motorized turntable controller between two DJs with two laptop setups. You can create up to four virtual DJ decks with the V7.
I admit I’ve never done a DJ battle and have no personal use for the hand-off feature…but I know plenty of people who do. And then there are the crazy collaborative mutants who want to create their own riffs, samples, mashup insanity, you name it. Two people in a room, the back-n-forth between four decks with one controller. A case of beer, a burst of creativity and sleep deprivation all add up to serious mayhem potential. That’s on V7 shared between two DJs. Convenient and loaded with possibilities for the right sick minds who can think outside the DJ booth.
The Numark V7 handoff feature has so many other potential uses and abuses beyond the standard DJ set…get crazy with the cheese-whiz with the V7–and PLEASE be sure to send us the results of your sonic experiments using the Numark V7. Throbbing Gristle meets Erasure at King Tubby’s, anyone?
Specs include support for Mac and Windows, so cross platform types won’t be let down here.
Join Turntabling at HorrorHound Weekend Fri March 26-28
Join Turntabling.net this weekend, Friday March 26 through March 28 for HorrorHound Weekend. We’ll be running a booth right next to the Kitley’s Krypt table and will have all of the stuff you find for sale on the site plus PLENTY that’s not been added yet–we’ve got a huge pile of rare titles on vinyl and CD.
While it’s excessively annoying that we’re listed on the Horrorhound Weekend site as “Turntable.net” we’re still thrilled to be running a table at this event, which boasts and amazing lineup of luminaries from the horror world including appearances by Clive Barker and George Romero. You DO NOT want to miss this. Join us in Indianapolis at the Mariott at 7202 East 21st Street in Indianapolis.
Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral Double LP
This is one 90s album that’s stood the test of time and then some. Some call The Downward Spiral the White Album of the 90s, and it’s hard to argue with that assertion. This double vinyl edition of the classic Nine Inch Nails record is fairly impressive. For all the minimal visuals, (the gatefold sleeve reveals one seriously creepy piece of art, but only one) the album is something to hear on vinyl–quite an accomplishment over four sides of black vinyl.
The experience of listening to The Downward Spiral on a double LP is far more interesting than listening to it on compact disc. True vinyl junkies everywhere know this singular joy, but The Downward Spiral is, for some reason, far more enjoyable than many of its double-LP fellows in a variety of genres. The double album format serves this title quite well. It’s somewhat similar to the memories some have of listening to Kiss Alive II on the turntable back when it first came out–it’s that sort of experience.
The Downward Spiral was recorded, infamously, at the house where the Manson Family killed Sharon Tate in Beverly Hills. Reznor fled the house soon after he moved in, saying the building had too much history for him. It’s also said that Reznor met Sharon Tate’s sister and had a serious attack of conscience. After Reznor left, the house was torn down.
Did the murder house seep into this record? Many believe it did, others laugh off the very notion but whatever you think, it’s tough to deny The Downward Spiral as a major conceptual work in the tradition of too many others to name.
Naturally some people don’t take it that seriously. For Turntabling, the greatest accomplishment of this album is the 30 seconds at the end of Hurt. That might seem to be fairly dismissive of other tracks on the record–far from it–but there are those of us who think that the abupt gear-shift on Hurt is a profound thing indeed.
The double vinyl edition of The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails is a new double album in a sealed plastic LP sleeve. Buy it now from Turntabling for $35 plus shipping.