Microsoft unveils Surface Music Cover for aspiring DJs

Microsoft has already announced new Type and Touch covers, as well as a battery-boosting cover and dock, but it's moving into new territory with a new cover meant for would-be DJs. The Music Cover, as it's called, replaces traditional keys with media control buttons, volume sliders, and number keys that can be mapped to functions in a piece of special software that works in conjunction with Xbox Music and is included with the "Surface Music Kit." The kit is meant to let people remix songs easily, and it's apparently pressure-sensitive, detecting when users are hitting something harder or softer and responding with corresponding beats.

Outside its unusual function, the Music Cover looks similar to other touch covers, and Microsoft...

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