visa said:
quoted 3 lines I've been considering getting into DJ:ing for some time now, but am a> 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.
Probably the biggest advantage to vinyl over CD in the DJ medium is the
ability to jump amazingly quickly around the record, which makes splicing
and chopping and looping MUCh easier (with practice, of course). But you
need to put tape on the vinyl and pick up the needle -- something you can't
do with CDs or MP3s.
It's also more difficult to cue up CDs quickly, since it has to be fed into
the player and spun up, vs. just slapped on an already-spinning plate and
you're good to go (again, thanks to dj tape on the vinyl already).
So it really depends on what you want to do. Do you want to go all kid
koala or qbert? Or are you happy just playing tracks back with speed
control and a little scratching?
You have more options available for *how* you wish to DJ with vinyl.
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