> View PDF version of this page. iScratch for Macintosh allows anyone—from casual users to experts—to create
real DJ scratches without the need for a turntable, mixer and vinyl records.
Easy-to-use software allows amateurs to create a professional sound and
music professionals to exercise their full creativity without unwieldy
performance equipment. SALT LAKE CITY (October 2, 2006)—Red Rock Software today announced the
immediate availability of iScratch™, an application that allows anyone to
create virtual digital scratches on Apple's Macintosh computers. Scratching
is the DJ, or turntablist, technique of creating a variety of sounds by
moving a vinyl record back and forth under a turntable’s phonographic
needle. The sound has become one of the most recognizable features of hip
hop music. Rather than having to create the scratches with turntables, audio mixer and
vinyl records, the new iScratch software allows turntablists, both pro and
amateur, to create their unique sounds digitally. "We're very excited about
iScratch," said Craig Hopson, CEO of Red Rock Software. "iScratch replaces
the complicated and expensive hardware of turntablism but retains its
creativity by allowing anyone to produce a full range of fresh scratch
compositions on their Mac." iScratch provides tools to create all the basic
scratches, including push, pull, baby, release, chirp, tear and hold. The
new software also includes a click tool for simulating mixer control. Now
professionals and amateurs alike can compose for this unique instrument, to
create extraordinary professional-quality sound. Because iScratch scratches are created digitally, DJs can use the
application to save and share their work. iScratch compositions can be
easily included in custom mixes, converted to MP3 and then moved to an iPod
or CD. Turntablists can print sheet music for performance or in studios,
saving time during expensive recording sessions. In addition, generating
scratches on a computer with iScratch software allows professionals to
create and remember new sounds even when their performance equipment is not
readily available. iScratch also makes learning the technique of scratching
more accessible to amateurs. "iScratch is the first software application to allow a user to visualize and
edit scratches in an easy and intuitive way," said Jon Stovall, Turntablist,
bTree Media, Inc. "Now everyone can compose for the turntable as a musical
instrument."
iScratch is available exclusively as a downloadable
version from www.iScratchWithoutRecords.com <http://www.iScratchWithoutRecords.com> and costs $24.95 U.S. iScratch
requires an Apple Macintosh computer running OS X Tiger (10.4) and is
compatible with the latest Intel Core Duo Macs. For more information,
including a list of features, or to download the Trial version, visit
wwww.iScratchWithoutRecords.com.
About Red Rock Software
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, Red Rock
Software (www.redrocksw.com) is the developer of
Red Rock DeltaGraph 5.x, available for both Macintosh and Windows, and
iScratch for Macintosh. In addition to its data analysis and charting
application and its professional music specialty software, Red Rock offers a
comprehensive set of software design, engineering and management services.
Red Rock Software has produced custom desktop, Web and enterprise-level
applications for science, medicine, publishing, multimedia and office
automation companies.
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