I've been considering getting into DJ:ing for some time now, but am a bit
unsure of the most appropriate vessel for materializing my ambitions.
The choices seem to go as follows: 1.) turntables with vinyl, 2.) turntables
+ laptop + final scratch, 3.) laptop with traktor or 4.) DJ:ing with cd's.
Currently I don't have any vinyl records, which seems to be a problem with
the first option, since before I could really start spinning I should gather
shitloads of records. At present I don't own a laptop either, but that's
something I'm going to get sooner or later (since I'm a tight producer).
Options 2 and 3 would solve the source material problem, since there would
be a practically endless supply to chooce from. Using CDs would seem to be
convenient, since I am constantly purchasing more and more of them and I
already have a reasonably large selection to choose from. Furthermore, I
could always burn stuff on cd with my rewritable. But does anyone take a
CD-DJ seriously? Any other issues I should take into consideration?
So, which of the above options would you suggest? The most common option,
turntables + vinyl, would seem to be a good choice since sooner
or later I would have to get a vinyl player anyway as vinyl is such a cute
format. Furthermore, it could be later expanded with final scratch to
include the material I wouldn't have as vinyl.
What turntables would you then recommend? (I realise this is quite close to
the thread 'Should I buy a Turntable for IDM?', but here the emphasis is
obviously more on DJing.) Should I start with something really cheap or
invest straight away in some quality gear, which probably wouldn't have
to be upgraded in a long time? What devices have good price/quality ratio?
thanks
.: visa tapani
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