Get Technics 1200's MD3. If Final Scratch was out when I got into DJing that
would've been my choice. Since you can turn all of your cds into mp3s and
play them with turntables - you can't beat it to build up a collection of
playable material. The money you spend on Final Scratch you'll save by not
buying so many records. Records are an addicting and expensive habit. If
you're making money DJing then it doesn't seem so expensive but the 1st few
years of DJing include a lot of time and frustration learning and practicing
beatmatching and mixing (which seems easy by concept but is pretty tricky).
However, you can't beat the sound of records for DJing - thick, thick,
thick.
my opinion - good luck.
steve roy
thinkbox
quoted 48 lines From: "visa" <v.kuoppala@pp.inet.fi>
>From: "visa" <v.kuoppala@pp.inet.fi>
>To: "hyperreal idm" <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: [idm] getting started with DJ:ing
>Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 17:25:55 +0300
>
>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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