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- Hey this is Dani with The Verge
and we are here checking out the Phase
which is a really unique replacement
for the traditional needle on
the tonearm of a turntable.
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So the way this works, it's got
little sticky pieces
of rubber on the bottom
and all you have to do is
plop it on top of a record,
give it a little push to
make sure that it's sticky,
and then it will read the time code
of any dvs enabled software
that your DJ would--
So now without the use of the tone arm,
I can play this song and
actually have control
over the time code without even having
a needle physically on the record.
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The really cool thing about it is that
you could do it in the air.
You could walk away from the turntable
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(laughs)
It's so wild.
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Traditionally use it on the turntable.
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To scratch or to cue up your next record.
The way it's working is that
this is sending a radio frequency signal
to this box right here.
And then this is connecting the turntables
with the mixer and communicating
with your computer.
The whole thing is very compact.
This also acts as a
charger for the two Phases,
and they say that you should get
about 10 hours of use out of
only one hour of charging,
which is really impressive.
The whole package should
cost about 300 dollars
when it comes out,
which they say should be
around summertime but
there's no hard set date.
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It could seem a little
gimmicky when your like,
oh well why would, why would
I need to do this, right.
But the problem is with a
lot of traditional needles
this is the point that is in contact
with the piece of vinyl
when you're playing
with a traditional tonearm.
And that can get screwed
up in any number of ways.
A piece of dust could get
caught underneath this.
Say you're playing in
a very loud environment
and people get to close to you,
and they bump you or the bass
gets too rumbly and loud,
all of that can cause skips in a record.
With this, that just eliminates any skips
from happening at all and plus gives you
a little bit of a fun
visual effect on top of it.
From what I can tell
there's virtually no latency
which is absolutely insane.
It solves a lot of problems.
It's really compact.
It works with any turntable
that you already have.
You just take the puck, you slap it on,
give it a little stick, and then
at the end of your set
you can take it out.
It all is contained in this one little box
and you can pop it in your bag
and take it with you to your next gig.
I think it's a really exciting product.
Everybody here has been really
excited to see it in action
and there you go.
The Phase should be available
in the next few months.
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(laughs)
It's so wild.
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