if you're concerned whether "cd djs" are taken seriously or not, you need
to find a less elitist clique before you start spinning. ;) though i'd go
for a pair of cdj-1000s to dj with, which allows you to manipulate CDs like
vinyl. the earlier mdoels weren't so hot, but these ones are really good
at it.
aside from that, i wouldnt advise going for the vinyl solution unless you
somehow acquire a large amount of vinyl, or buy a pressing plant ;) final
scratch might be an option but i suggest you give it a test drive before
you commit to it as you may find it a little quirky.
david
At 17:25 29/08/2003 +0300, visa wrote:
quoted 40 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
>+ 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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