As if Steampunk USB Keys and TV sets weren’t enough, two modders from Chicago decided to take it a step further by making a Steampunk DJ controller. The gramophone looking contraption took approximately 6 months to make and has recently been field tested.

The creators had this to say about their journey to completion:

[T]his was originally a Numark CD-Mix 2 which I purchased from my good friend Orvtronixx.  We built a wooden box around it and then got down to the lengthy task of expanding the audio ins & outs from the back of the box.  After much soldering (and gnashing of teeth) we successfully installed a balanced XLR out, three RCA line-ins and a 1/4 in” microphone line in.  We re-routed the main RCA unbalanced master out to a small speaker that is housed just below the vintage cast-iron Phonogram horn to act as the DJs personal monitoring system and re-routed the main mic out into a small microphone housed in the the smaller 1920s Ford car horn (which we repainted in black and copper)…We then took a 1940s radiator, took it apart and housed the transformer in it.

[T]he RCA audio-ins can work both phono and digital – we even included a large bolt for grounding; discovering vinyl turntables are easily plugged into the device for those who prefer to DJ on the good ol’ sound of vinyl.

Boogie Woogie remixes are going to be a-plenty on this thing.