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Mark wrote: "This isn't it. What I'm talking about is something that's scratching from a live buffer. This seems like it will do it to a file on your hard drive. For the money they're asking for the software, plus getting a turntable, I'd be better off with the CDJ-1000." Hi Mark, I've beta tested Ms. Pinky cursorily for my good friend, the inventor, Scott Wardle. It accomplishes so vastly much more that you could accomplish with the CDJ-1000 from my experience, not to mention the fact that you can use it with Max/MSP patches or with Pluggo. Just the use of your mouse as a controller for modulation and muting alone allows for incredible munching possibilities. Also, it means that the entire sound world is your oyster as you can manipulate and scratch any audio files. It also allows you to turn off backwards or forwards scratches which means that you can use a 'drumstick' approach as opposed to a 'shaker' approach, rhythmically. What I mean, as a percussionist is that everytime you hit an object with a drumstick (under normal circumstances) you produce one sound. With a shaker, every forward movement results in two sounds (forward and backwards) allowing you to 'double time' any forward movement. This is great, but for rapid ostinato rhythmic manipulation of a recording (ala scratching), Ms. Pinky allows you to think like a trapset player in your manipulation of the sound file.................very, very hip because it means you do not, necessarily, have to learn turntablist technique to use Ms. Pinky effectively. As a drummer, this rocks for me. You can then use square wave modulation at different speeds as stuttering devices, something I love to do with my Electrix MoFX live. If you get the chance, try it out, it might change your mind about your next purchase. yours, Rick www.looppool.info p.s. paranthetically, Latin Percussion has just invented a shaker called a ONE SHOT that allows a 'drumstick' approach to shaker sounds. It is a very hip alternative to a hi hat for trapset playing or percussion overdubbing. I'm using mine through an Electrix FILTER FACTORY live to create some hip organic/electronic hybrid sounds to replace the wonderful but highly overused hi hat.