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Big dj's also using cds

look all.. i know big djs like tiesto, picotto, pvd, and a lot others use vinyls... just wondered if they also use CDS..
anyone?

I saw Dave Ralph w/ 2 turntables and a cdj.
Personally, a main reason I also added a cdj to my setup is that it allows you to actually add into a set a song you created on the computer and burned to cd...

Tenaglia, Carl Cox, Roger Sanchez, Josh Wink, Sasha... they all use cd's along with their vinyls.

I'm pretty sure that Picotto played a cd on the live at trance energy mpeg I've got, but I'm not completely sure.

Yeah they do.In fact, there's an article in this month's Club Systems magazine where DJs are talking about how they quite often will be playin CDs but have a couple of vinyls on the turntables just so it looks like they're doing something. It's not that they're "cheating"...it's just that when people don't see vinyl on the tables they think the DJs are slackin'.

Its a known fact that mauro picotto takes a cd unit everywhere he goes,it allows him to rip his new tracks to cd-r and test them out with speed and ease.Although there are rumours floating around that picotto writes the whole set to cd-r then just hits play and pretends to mix,although i beleive,its BULLSHIT.By the way,did u know u can actually talk with him at the bxr music forum?I even sent him a remix of pulsar i made and he replied with an email saying "Banging,little big banging but like!" in some of the worst english ive ever seen!

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Originally posted by Transa Its a known fact that mauro picotto takes a cd unit everywhere he goes,it allows him to rip his new tracks to cd-r and test them out with speed and ease.Although there are rumours floating around that picotto writes the whole set to cd-r then just hits play and pretends to mix,although i beleive,its BULLSHIT.By the way,did u know u can actually talk with him at the bxr music forum?I even sent him a remix of pulsar i made and he replied with an email saying "Banging,little big banging but like!" in some of the worst english ive ever seen!

Hey.. where is the bxr forum??

http://www.bxr.it/forum/forum.asp?f...e=Mauro+Picotto

Thats the url for the bxr picotto forum,theres links to other pages for other artists on the site (piu,kitikonti etc etc)

Pvd uses a psycho minidisc player. something like 16 channels.

mentioned it in his interview.

- A.

I've seen PVD use CD's once and Tiesto possibly once too but I didn't actually see Tiesto pop in the disc though, it sure wasn't vinyl though because there was no action on the tables.

i'm pretty sure oakie uses cds too...

When Dieselboy came to Freedom here in AZ, he had 2 cd players along with his decks. He played a very cool version of Rui Da Silva's Touch Me that was a drum 'n bass remix. It was on a CD.

Hey, whatever tools you have that works in my opinion.
A carpenter should use all the tools at his disposal to make a good house. A DJ should use all the tools at his disposal to make a good set.

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Yeah they do.In fact, there's an article in this month's Club Systems magazine where DJs are talking about how they quite often will be playin CDs but have a couple of vinyls on the turntables just so it looks like they're doing something. It's not that they're "cheating"...it's just that when people don't see vinyl on the tables they think the DJs are slackin'.

Yeah I know what you mean, kind of along the lines of using the 3rd TT to mix on occasion even if you are only actually mixing 2 records at a time. Though it can keep people guessing...

Use the tools

Agree 1000 and 10% with pasteymofo...Use whatever tools are available. Don't just stick to vinyl because it makes you look cool. I have seen George Acosta (Maimi's Shadow Lounge) use CD's; in fact I have seen DJ's use nothing but CD's and sound better than DJ's who use nothing but Vinyl.

i saw carl cox uses cdjs!

Mauro Picotto used cds in his mix about 50% of the time when I saw him at Giant a couple of weekends ago in LA. I was surprised he actually used that much.

CD DJ'S

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Originally posted by I Cant Focus Mauro Picotto used cds in his mix about 50% of the time when I saw him at Giant a couple of weekends ago in LA. I was surprised he actually used that much.

If I were a DJ I'd mix my music using an MP3 mixer and then burn CD's...lot's of DJ's do it here and in Florida. You could carry 12 hours worth of music under your arm instead of 12 milk crates.

I know for a fact that Nick Warren uses CD's in his sets because I saw him on Thursday July 12th at Icon in Orlando, FL, and it skipped twice during the night!

DJ Adam Smith

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Originally posted by DJAdamSmith I know for a fact that Nick Warren uses CD's in his sets because I saw him on Thursday July 12th at Icon in Orlando, FL, and it skipped twice during the night! DJ Adam Smith

I've also heard DJ's skip who were spinning vinyl....pick the lesser of the 2 evils!

"I've also heard DJ's skip who were spinning vinyl....pick the lesser of the 2 evils!"

I agree, but vinyl and CD's skip in entirely different ways.. With vinyl you can just get a slight hop that messes up the beat, but cd's just repeat the same section over and over and over again until you do something about it.

Talk about a buzz kill!

DJ Adam Smith

I'd have to agree with using whatever tools are available. Using only vinyl would be too limiting because not everything is pressed onto vinyl anymore...sad but true.

I agree! I have several songs which are just simply amazing, but I can't find them anywhere on vinyl, nor can I find any trace that they've ever been printed on vinyl.

DJ Adam Smith

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Originally posted by DJAdamSmith I agree! I have several songs which are just simply amazing, but I can't find them anywhere on vinyl, nor can I find any trace that they've ever been printed on vinyl. DJ Adam Smith

I have found some amazing tunes on CD's and MP3's that I wouldn't even begin to know how to find on Vinyl...I have heard in the past (before CD's were invented) that record companies only give the newest, hottest releases to the top DJ's. So only they were playing the top tunes until they became old news. CD's and MP3's have leveled the playing field.

Skipping CD players

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Originally posted by DJAdamSmith "I've also heard DJ's skip who were spinning vinyl....pick the lesser of the 2 evils!" I agree, but vinyl and CD's skip in entirely different ways.. With vinyl you can just get a slight hop that messes up the beat, but cd's just repeat the same section over and over and over again until you do something about it. Talk about a buzz kill! DJ Adam Smith

I also believe it has to do with the CD player. I have one in my car that skips - even on a new CD fresh out of the package. I play this same CD on another player, and it plays w/o any problems. A CD playing DJ might want to bring his own CD player with him; you have know idea what kind of shape the CD player is in where you will be spinning.

DJ & CD's

I'm A DJ since 15 years. In 1987 I started playing only with CD's!
Since 1997 I'm resident DJ in a local club. 90% of the time I'm using
CD's! With the PIONEER CD players I'm doing the same mixings as with
turntables, only scratching is impossible. Instead I'm using a lot
the "loop" function.
It's not the the source (Vinyl or CD's or...) what makes a DJ good,
it's how he plays what is important.

Greetings,

Steven, resident DJ of Dancing L'Ouragan-Lessines Belgium

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