Took 3 years off, and need some advice!

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Posted by Nbrablec9 on Nov-05-2009 06:08:

Took 3 years off, and need some advice!

Ok so I dropped outta the scene for 3+ years, and have things changed. When I left cdj/digital djing were on the rise. I left playing only vinyl. Anyway, long story short, I'm trying to get my shit back in order, and need some adive. Do I incorperate cdjs and get a program like traktor, or continue to use vinyl with a program like traktor??? CDJ's have taken clubs by storm, and it seems only right to go with the flow, and atleast get one cdj. Any advice, besided fuck cds, vinyl for life. lol....I used to be like that!!

Posted by n3lly on Nov-05-2009 11:44:

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Originally posted by CLICKFOMOVINYL

And I thought you were just a spam fairy!

HA! Who would have known, good post.

OP, what's your budget?

Posted by SPAWNmaster on Nov-05-2009 14:03:

I was literally in your position about a month ago. What I did was get a pair of techs and a xone 4d...you have the best of both worlds. I'm running Ableton Live for pure xone 4d digital sets, and then I also have Traktor Scratch Pro with the DVS running on my techs so you still get to mix the "old fashioned way" with a touch of digital freedom.

I find this is the right balance for me and leaves room to grow into a pure ableton or pure traktor scratch as I figure out what my preferences are.

Things haven't really changed all that much

Edit:

For what it's worth I'll be putting up a review of both my xone 4d and my experience switching from cdjs to now vinyl (with DVS) after 2 years out of the scene. Stay tuned for that and perhaps it may influence your decision.

Posted by Nbrablec9 on Nov-05-2009 18:16:

I appreciate the feedback! I still have most of my eq; decks, headphones, and vinyl. My next step will prolly be a xone 32 or 42 and traktor with my vinyl, as laptop based djing seems to be the future. Not a huge fan of laptop based djing for the simple fact the i strongly agree it takes away from the crowd interaction, but thats a discussion for another time and day.

spawn, keep me up to date!

ps, how it the delay time, if any between traktor and viny?

Posted by SPAWNmaster on Nov-05-2009 18:31:

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Originally posted by Nbrablec9
I appreciate the feedback! I still have most of my eq; decks, headphones, and vinyl. My next step will prolly be a xone 32 or 42 and traktor with my vinyl, as laptop based djing seems to be the future. Not a huge fan of laptop based djing for the simple fact the i strongly agree it takes away from the crowd interaction, but thats a discussion for another time and day.

spawn, keep me up to date!

ps, how it the delay time, if any between traktor and viny?

Hate to sound salesy, but the timecode is twice the resolution of other competitor's timecode. I've put it through it's paces just for the hell of it (as well as abused it a little in regular mixing situations) and it keeps up amazingly. I don't do any scratching but you can take the tempo down all the way and really slow it down and the software does a tremendous job of maintaining key and track composition.

I'm impressed. Obviously not going to have the same "sound" as standard vinyl, but that's another story. I think for the pure fact that the xone 4d's audio interface is compatible with traktor, the strength of the file organization and the four deck simultaneous timecode ability...I can't imagine going back to m-audio Torq or going for SSL.

edit to address your actual question:

there's no audible or noticeable delay between the vinyl and the software. it's right on the money. When I left the scene I wasn't too impressed with where software is at but now it's at my expectations (referring to both Ableton with m4l/bomes and Traktor Scratch Pro). Hope that helps!