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CDJ or Vinyl mode?

I almost exclusively use CDJ mode...dunno why.

i use CDJ mode to cue but out of habit I always switch back into vinyl mode

cdj.. i rarely scratch.

Like vinyl mode- which is weird as I am used to denon cueing which is more like CDJ mode.

Definitely vinyl mode, I just can't get used to the CDJ mode, doesn't feel or sound natural.....although, I do use my vinyl tables more.

can someone explain chief differences between these modes... is one more accurate or something?

note: i've never used cdj

I rather use vinyl becouse it gets the nice "vinyl" feeling to it so you can cue like you do with a ordinary vinyl

and with cdj mode can't you do it in the same way?

Does Eddie Halliwell use Vinyl mode for his scratching?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk08vk8Pt0o

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Originally posted by Daniel Jay Does Eddie Halliwell use Vinyl mode for his scratching? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk08vk8Pt0o

yes
Easiest way to tell on a CDJ is the light to the right of the platter will be blue in vinyl mode and yellow in CDJ mode.

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Originally posted by Fearless One can someone explain chief differences between these modes... is one more accurate or something? note: i've never used cdj

I would like to know too. Never used a cd turntable before but am definitely aiming to in the future.

Vinyl mode.

I exclusively use CDJ mode, Vinyl mode is alright but I have no use for scratching. CDJ is just so easy to use. Sometimes when I have tried using Vinyl mode, I would accidently make a scratch noise and it would mess up my mix, esp if I was recording it...

Vinyl mode. I scratch at times, and it's just become habit for me to cue up tracks on my CDJs just like a vinyl record. Hitting play to start a track just seems 'meh' to me.

CDJ.. as I have no other option..

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Originally posted by idoru Vinyl mode. I scratch at times, and it's just become habit for me to cue up tracks on my CDJs just like a vinyl record. Hitting play to start a track just seems 'meh' to me.

Haha i'm the opposite. When I had TTs, I tried for a little while pressing stop and stopping the needle at the cue point and then pressing start when I was to bring in the next track, however I was told this was bad for the motor and for the needle so I stopped. But now I can do this with CDJs and I have no problem doing it..

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Originally posted by alefort I just can't get used to the CDJ mode, doesn't feel or sound natural

what do you mean, "doesn't sound natural"?

cdj mode. can't get used to vinyl mode at all

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Originally posted by DOOMBOT I would like to know too. Never used a cd turntable before but am definitely aiming to in the future.

Alright guys, I'll answer. At least the basic differences..it's hard to explain without showing you, especially if you haven't used cd players.

CDJ mode acts like 99% of CD players. If you spin the platter while the track is playing, it pitch bends up or down. If the track is paused and you move the platter, it searches frame by frame through the cd..basically moves where the pause point is. What you hear in the headphones is whatever frame you're on (a frame is 1/75th of a second) at the moment replaying over and over so you know exactly where you are.

Vinyl mode emulates a turntable. Basically think of the platter as a turntable, although it doesn't actually spin. Now, if you spin the platter while it's playing, it's exactly like you spun the record in that direction (i.e. you don't normally do this). Note that there is an outer ring around the platter that you can spin and it acts like you spun the platter in CDJ mode. If it's paused and you move the platter, it moves it however much a record would move if you had moved it that much. And it'll start playing if you let go of the platter. If you don't let go, it won't keep playing the frame you're on like in CDJ mode...again it sounds just like a turntable.

There's the basics. There are other little things like in CDJ mode it pauses when the track ends, whereas in vinyl mode it continues on to the next track...but i'm not gonna go through all that.

P.S. I use CDJ mode.

vinyl mode

i hate how in CDJ mode it "stutters" on a frame, it drives me nuts

this is kinda off-topic, but i just wanna say that i fucked around with a cdj-1000 at guitar center for the first time today. that player is fucking awesome

one thing i like about cd mode is for doing corrections... you can put your fingers on the top of the platter as opposed to brushing the sides... sometimes i just prefer to do it that way

most of the time in vinyl mode though

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Originally posted by Spirit5 Haha i'm the opposite. When I had TTs, I tried for a little while pressing stop and stopping the needle at the cue point and then pressing start when I was to bring in the next track, however I was told this was bad for the motor and for the needle so I stopped. But now I can do this with CDJs and I have no problem doing it..

How is it bad for the motor to start and stop the table?

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Originally posted by Daniel Jay Does Eddie Halliwell use Vinyl mode for his scratching? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk08vk8Pt0o

He's giving it socks in that video!!

What effect is it that he uses 1/2 way through the video? And what mixer is he using?

Cheers,

I don't own cd players but if i did i think i'd use vinyl mode, i also hate the stutter, it's sounds unnatural..

nelly

The mixer is a DJM600 I think

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