of professional and consumer audio equipment . for other uses see stanton . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message stanton magnetics inc. industry electronics founded 1946 ; 70 years ago 1946 headquarters deerfield beach florida united states products turntables cd players dj mixers cartridges parent gibson website stantondj.com stanton magnetics founded in 1946 is a manufacturer of professional and consumer audio equipment . 1 most of its products are aimed at djs . 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 cartridges and styli for phonographs . contents 1 products 2 see also 3 references 4 external links products edit stanton produces a range of turntables for djs . some direct drive 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 cartridges . stanton originally together with dutch company n2it with initial input from richie hawtin aka plastikman and john acquaviva developed final scratch software for manipulation of digital audio files using a turntable and a special vinyl record . stanton later partnered with native instruments to bring the original software which then was beos to a broader audience via mac pc platforms . the company s products also include cd players dj mixers like the sa 5 dj midi controllers and various dj accessories 2 notably the uberstand . stanton s line of controllers is referred to as sc controllers . the scs .1 m and scs .1 d make up the sc 1 system . the scs .1 d is a scratch turntable controller that uses a 10 vinyl disc with a direct drive motor . the scs .1 m is a 4 channel mixer with on board audio card that connects via firewire to a pc or mac . the scs .3 m and two scs .3 d 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 .3 d is the turntable controller that uses a platter like touch pad 6 touch buttons 2 touch sensitive slides and 4 soft buttons . the scs .3 m 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 .4 dj and usues a full system controller with a computer built in . this controller is an all in one package that allows virtual djs to use only a usb device with their music on it to mix rather than an expensive computer controller set up . in december 2011 gibson guitars of nashville tn announced that it was acquiring stanton . see also edit list of phonograph manufacturers 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