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- Raniator0
I don't want to get drawn into a vinyl vs digital argument, but one thing you might want to consider is that the theory behind mixing with CDJ's is exactly-the-fucking-same as vinyl.
You still have to match tempo – there is a pitch control.
You can still use the side of the platter to speed up and slow down.
You can scratch, spin, spin-back etc using the platter too.Setting a cue point to a button press is a new time saving feature, but lets face it - it's always been a ball-ache to have to physically drop the needle and wind to where you want to drop a tune in – especially when you are running out of time running back to the booth after taking a piss.
The technology is undeniably moving towards the digital age. Anyone who plays out will tell you they you that you can't get the newest releases on vinyl anymore and if you want to keep up with the tunes you need to be digital.
I wouldn't say that using CDJ's makes mixing 'easier' it' just is more solid because it's digital – once you've locked the beats and it's perfectly in time it isn't going to drift.
Hot cues, loops etc are impossible with vinyl sure, but it's evolution of the art. These features aren't there to makes things easier, it allows for more creativity. The days of some vinyl junkie slaving over two 1210's playing one tune after the other are over. That's just the way it is.
Any if anyone wonders what the scratching is like, this is a friend of mine – I haven't got headphones here today so haven't been able to listen to it – but I'm sure it will get the point across.
- jay_jay0
They are very nice but I cant justify spending that amount of money on 'em. I'm happy with my 1210 MK5s and A&H mixer :)
- clearThoughts0
I feel like slapping that dude on the videos.
- 1pxsolid0
Jeez these look amazing! How much / when!
- ukit0
I'm not stuck on the idea of physical turntables, but do you guys think CD players are the way to go? How do you compare it to DJing using Serato/ Final Scratch/ etc? Or just off a computer using the MIDI controller of your choice? It does look like a slick product, but $4400 for two players is a bit pricey.
- prophet0NE0
- i sound like kayneyay wests.prophet0NE
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- toe_knee0
I don't agree with the 'i must have fresh tunes now' lark. Ending up with a hard drive of 90% shite. Makes the music so disposable and cheapens it. Producers churning out track after track to meet demand.
- 23kon0
I have a home made DJ controller rigged up to my laptop, the jog wheels for each turntable are tractor wheels. Cant get more robust than that tank!
Beats the shit of out any Technics.
I've developed a new "cutting and scratching" technique called "Ploughing and Crofting"
- dskz0
virtual dj bitchesss!!!!
- 23kon0
In all seriousness though I used to be a diehard vinyl fan.
But sod having to get your decks and records to gigs when you can fit a tiny laptop/netbook, entire music collection and a DJ controller into one small bag.
- 1pxsolid0
ukit I have two Technics 1200's and am even considering getting these. I think if you ever play out you need to be familiar with CDJ's. They're the next standard. Or of course you can turn up with a laptop and midi controllers....
The only problem I find with Midi Controllers, coming from the turntable generation, they don't offer the hands on feeling or something spinning.
- lvl_130
not to sound like a fucking hipster, but a set of mk tech 12's just can't be beat. seriously.
take it with a grain of salt (and the fact that i am now a bedroom dj...for shame) but the feel of the true tanks cannot be beat. and the truth, and the sound of the original vinyl cannot be replaced.but hey, that is just my 12 cents!
- ukit0
I do like the raw feel of real tables...like on the J Dilla album Donuts, I guess technically an artist album but you can hear the grittiness of mixing in his production style. I guess that can be replicated digitally though.
- toe_knee0
I don;t like perfect beat matching. I like a bit of sloppy miss aligned beats, hearing the dj battle the wax back into sync really gives a human element to it.
Just listen to this Move D set, loose beat matching but it has such a human feel. All these CDJ's, midi controllers, Ableton sets are very yawn.
- akrokdesign0
- someone out there right now has all 60 of these dubbel cd sets. (*barfs)prophet0NE
- HAHAH. true.akrokdesign