Stanton Magnetics
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Stanton Magnetics, founded in 1946, is a manufacturer of professional and consumer audio equipment
. Most of its products are aimed at DJ
s. It is a wholly owned subsidiary company of the privately owned Stanton Group who also own Cerwin-Vega
and KRK Systems. The company has long been renowned for its line of magnetic cartridge
s and styli
for phonographs.
models include features such as high torque
motor (up to 4.5 kgf·cm), reversible platter rotation direction, line level
outputs and audio signal processing
. The Stanton 500 series is the most popular and enduring line of Stanton magnetic cartridge
s. Stanton, together with Native Instruments
, developed Final Scratch
, a software for manipulation of digital audio
files using a turntable and a special vinyl record. The company's products also include CD players, DJ mixer
s, DJ MIDI Controllers and various DJ accessories.
Stanton's line of controllers is referred to as SC controllers. The SCS.1M and SCS.1D make up the SC 1 system. The SCS.1D is a scratch turntable controller that uses a timecode record with a direct drive motor. The SCS.1M is a 4 channel mixer with on-board audio card that connects via firewire to a PC or Mac. The SCS.3m and two SCS.3d's make up the SCS.3 system. The SCS.3 system is entirely touch controlled which allows for more versatile control over your software. The SCS.3d is the "turntable" controller that uses a platter like touch pad, 6 touch buttons, 2 touch sensitive slides, and 4 soft buttons. The SCS.3m has 3 touch slides for each deck's EQ, two gain slides along with a crossfader slide.
Stanton's first controller with integrated software is called the SCS.4DJ and usues a full system controller with a computer built in. This controller is an all-in-one package that allow's virtual DJ's to only need a USB device with their music on it to mix rather than an expensive computer/controller set up.
Audio equipment
A piece of audio equipment is any device designed principally to reproduce, record or process sound. This includes microphones, radio receivers, AV receivers, CD players, tape recorders, amplifiers, mixing consoles, effects units and loudspeakers....
. Most of its products are aimed at DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
s. It is a wholly owned subsidiary company of the privately owned Stanton Group who also own Cerwin-Vega
Cerwin-Vega
Cerwin-Vega is a manufacturing company that produces professional audio components, home audio speakers, and car audio components. It is part of the Stanton Group, along with Stanton Magnetics and KRK,...
and KRK Systems. The company has long been renowned for its line of magnetic cartridge
Magnetic cartridge
A magnetic cartridge is a transducer used for the playback of gramophone records on a turntable or phonograph. It converts mechanical vibrational energy from a stylus riding in a spiral record groove into an electrical signal that is subsequently amplified and then converted back to sound by a...
s and styli
Stylus
A stylus is a writing utensil, or a small tool for some other form of marking or shaping, for example in pottery. The word is also used for a computer accessory . It usually refers to a narrow elongated staff, similar to a modern ballpoint pen. Many styli are heavily curved to be held more easily...
for phonographs.
Products
Stanton produces a range of turntables for DJs. Some direct-driveDirect-drive turntable
A direct-drive turntable is one of two main phonograph designs being manufactured today. The other style is the belt-drive turntable. Each name is based upon the type of drive motor used...
models include features such as high torque
Torque
Torque, moment or moment of force , is the tendency of a force to rotate an object about an axis, fulcrum, or pivot. Just as a force is a push or a pull, a torque can be thought of as a twist....
motor (up to 4.5 kgf·cm), reversible platter rotation direction, line level
Line level
Line level is a term used to denote the strength of an audio signal used to transmit analog sound between audio components such as CD and DVD players, TVs, audio amplifiers, and mixing consoles, and sometimes MP3 players....
outputs and audio signal processing
Audio signal processing
Audio signal processing, sometimes referred to as audio processing, is the intentional alteration of auditory signals, or sound. As audio signals may be electronically represented in either digital or analog format, signal processing may occur in either domain...
. The Stanton 500 series is the most popular and enduring line of Stanton magnetic cartridge
Magnetic cartridge
A magnetic cartridge is a transducer used for the playback of gramophone records on a turntable or phonograph. It converts mechanical vibrational energy from a stylus riding in a spiral record groove into an electrical signal that is subsequently amplified and then converted back to sound by a...
s. Stanton, together with Native Instruments
Native Instruments
Native Instruments is a technology company that develops software and hardware for music production and DJing. The company has originally been identified mostly with software instruments, but has also expanded to various other music equipment segments in recent years.Current products of Native...
, developed Final Scratch
Final Scratch
Final Scratch is a DJ tool created by the Dutch company N2IT with input from Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva that allows manipulation and playback of digital audio sources using traditional vinyl and turntables...
, a software for manipulation of digital audio
Digital audio
Digital audio is sound reproduction using pulse-code modulation and digital signals. Digital audio systems include analog-to-digital conversion , digital-to-analog conversion , digital storage, processing and transmission components...
files using a turntable and a special vinyl record. The company's products also include CD players, DJ mixer
DJ mixer
A DJ mixer is a type of audio mixing console used by disc jockeys.The key features that differentiate a DJ mixer from other types of audio mixers are the ability to redirect a non-playing source to headphones and the presence of a crossfader, which allows for an easier transition between two sources...
s, DJ MIDI Controllers and various DJ accessories.
Stanton's line of controllers is referred to as SC controllers. The SCS.1M and SCS.1D make up the SC 1 system. The SCS.1D is a scratch turntable controller that uses a timecode record with a direct drive motor. The SCS.1M is a 4 channel mixer with on-board audio card that connects via firewire to a PC or Mac. The SCS.3m and two SCS.3d's make up the SCS.3 system. The SCS.3 system is entirely touch controlled which allows for more versatile control over your software. The SCS.3d is the "turntable" controller that uses a platter like touch pad, 6 touch buttons, 2 touch sensitive slides, and 4 soft buttons. The SCS.3m has 3 touch slides for each deck's EQ, two gain slides along with a crossfader slide.
Stanton's first controller with integrated software is called the SCS.4DJ and usues a full system controller with a computer built in. This controller is an all-in-one package that allow's virtual DJ's to only need a USB device with their music on it to mix rather than an expensive computer/controller set up.