If you're not interested in collecting vinyl in and of itself,
i'd definitely recommend going some digital route.
Although i love vinyl personally, and actually sell it (plug!)
i think there's alot more to be done within the realm of *DJING*
or something that hybridizes remixing, writing trax and djing
with a digital format.
I think a laptop + some interface would be the best if you're just starting
now.
The finalscratch route is good, but if you're not already a dj, there's
additional
costs and overhead there. I'd say go for traktor, but having a good
interface
(midi or whatever) would be ideal. I'm not sure what that is yet.
One last word of advice though: buy the music you'll be djing.
- cutups
----- Original Message -----
From: "visa" <v.kuoppala@pp.inet.fi>
To: "hyperreal idm" <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 10:25 AM
Subject: [idm] getting started with DJ:ing
quoted 4 lines I've been considering getting into DJ:ing for some time now, but am a bit> 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
quoted 4 lines + laptop + final scratch, 3.) laptop with traktor or 4.) DJ:ing with cd's.> + 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
quoted 16 lines shitloads of records. At present I don't own a laptop either, but that's> 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
quoted 19 lines the thread 'Should I buy a Turntable for IDM?', but here the emphasis is> 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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