As one of the first lucky people in the Netherlands, I am now the proud owner of the new 'flagship' CD player of Stanton, the C.324. With it's big platter (no motor, but touch-sensitive), automatic 4-bar loop, and 4 samplers with a sequencer, it offers some unique features.
I had limited time to play around with it over the weekend, but first impressions are very promising. Some cool features to take note of:
- Touch rewind is a very useful feature. I'm still learning the whole scratching thing, but having the loop/track start at exactly the same point whenever you touch it, is just heaven. Having only scratched with vinyl a while back, this will be a new world to me.
- The four sampler pads actually can be played simultaneously with the rest of the track, or even another CD! Don't know how common this is with other sampler/CD players, but it just sounds sooo cool.
- The platter is very responsive, and has a nice, durable feel to it.
