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Posted by DjWoody on Aug-02-2005 00:12:

Scratch Live vs Final Scratch

My friend is considering buying one. He's a hip hop DJ, which one do you guys think it's better? I own FS, but it's the old version. IMO, I don't like it much. I told him to invest into a pair of CDJs instead!

Posted by tjpatel on Aug-02-2005 00:18:

go for the cdj1000

Posted by DjWoody on Aug-02-2005 00:24:

I already have CDJs and Final Scratch.... This is for my friend! I told him SCRATCH LIVE

Posted by Electrophile on Aug-02-2005 00:38:

Get Final Scratch v2.0 with the CDJ interface. It's the same thing as the vinyl version except you control it with CDs.

Posted by bas on Aug-02-2005 00:50:

quote:
Originally posted by Electrophile
Get Final Scratch v2.0 with the CDJ interface. It's the same thing as the vinyl version except you control it with CDs.

what the hell? what's the point of that? why wouldn't one just burn cds of the mp3s lol

anyway
what about serrano scratch? saw a bunch of hip hop djs in vegas using that

jesse we all know when someone says "i have this friend..." they're really talking about themselves

Posted by DjWoody on Aug-02-2005 00:59:

yeah you're right, you got me! Just for that imma use it at Midi and at Spundae this weekend! Ok, maybe not at Spundae, but Midi for sure!

Posted by bas on Aug-02-2005 01:07:

quote:
Originally posted by DjWoody
yeah you're right, you got me! Just for that imma use it at Midi and at Spundae this weekend! Ok, maybe not at Spundae, but Midi for sure!

sweet...just don't drop the laptop, that'll fuck everything up lol

that happened at ICE when iw as there...the guy's laptop fell on his record thingies...fuckin laughed my ass OFF. me and boomar

Posted by Electrophile on Aug-02-2005 01:36:

quote:
Originally posted by dj_bas
what the hell? what's the point of that? why wouldn't one just burn cds of the mp3s lol

anyway
what about serrano scratch? saw a bunch of hip hop djs in vegas using that

jesse we all know when someone says "i have this friend..." they're really talking about themselves

CDJ's can't play .mp3 files. Even if they did it would take forever to find the track you want on the little dot matrix display. You can browse much easier on a laptop. The real revolution will come when CDJ's can play DVD audio. Then you will have 9.4 GB of music on 2 discs. You could play for days!

Posted by DjWoody on Aug-02-2005 03:08:

quote:
Originally posted by Electrophile
CDJ's can't play .mp3 files. Even if they did it would take forever to find the track you want on the little dot matrix display. You can browse much easier on a laptop. The real revolution will come when CDJ's can play DVD audio. Then you will have 9.4 GB of music on 2 discs. You could play for days!

Ruben... You're a little too late!

Posted by Raptor on Aug-02-2005 03:13:

woody tell your friend to get scratch live. the program is a lot more stable and you can search and record live into the program. if your friend wanted to scratch his own voice all he has to do is hit record. then the sample can be played on the record. also scratch sorts your music unlike traktor which sucks at sorting stuff. hope that answers any questions.

Posted by Boomer187 on Aug-02-2005 05:30:

quote:
Originally posted by dj_bas
sweet...just don't drop the laptop, that'll fuck everything up lol

that happened at ICE when iw as there...the guy's laptop fell on his record thingies...fuckin laughed my ass OFF. me and boomar

I ofund out that guy is the new weds night resident at ice. He really sucks.

and go for ableton !!

Posted by Electrophile on Aug-02-2005 12:45:

quote:
Originally posted by DjWoody
Ruben... You're a little too late!

Sorry Jesse but the DVJ does not play DVD audio. It will play a DVD-R in video mode and a DVD-RW in video mode, but it won't play .mp3's as DVD audio.

Posted by trance_seeker on Aug-02-2005 15:23:

I think if you are going have to choose between Final Scratch and Serato Scratch, I would choose Serato Scratch. I have an earlier version of Final Scratch (1.2) and I was facing the same decision whether to upgrade to 2.0 with the rebate or go for Serato Scratch. I know for scraching and beat juggling was VERY bad on the earlier versions of Final Scratch due to the latancy and weird metallic sounds, but I think the new 2.0 should be better. Final Scratch 2.0 has some cool things like a key lock and recording. Serato seems to be much more stable compared to the older versions of Final Scratch, seems to run fine on slower/older hardware and their support forum is pretty helpful.

All that being said, I would tell your friend to save up and get the CDJ1000/800s. If your friend plans on playing anywhere, there is more of a chance that the club will have one of those than a FS or Serato hookup. If he wants to practice beat juggling or scratching on real vinyl, he can get a couple of battle records.

Posted by Boomer187 on Aug-02-2005 16:03:

i thought the 1000's could play mp3's....

strange cause my cdj 200 plays them.