Most of the spaces I DJ in are pretty dark, either there's a dim light bulb above (which doesn't help much because my laptop sits over my controller) or there's only the light from my laptop to illuminate things (and it's only *slightly* better when I wear white t-shirts). I was thinking why haven't DJ controller companies addressed this? I know I could go back to using a flashlight (like I did when I was crate digging... back in the days), but with so many buttons being LED lit-up, why don't Controller manufacturers make knobs that either light up, or at least have an LED ring around them (to help the DJ see which knob they're touching)? I'm seriously considering buying a whole mess of glow-in-the-dark knob and slider controls (from DJTT's shop) in the interim, but they're typically very "plasticy" (Is it bitch to say "I like the hard, rubbery feel of my knobs?"), and they're only available in green. Glove flash lights typically mount the light on the top of the hand, and that's pretty useless to me... maybe someone will make electro-luminescent gloves that light up in the whole palm area? Meh, first-world DJ problems.
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