hmmmm hard to say really

I will probarbly move onto software in a few years when they stop producing vinyl , the next few years will be CDR then everyone will e HDJ

no

has every recording studio thrown out their neve or ssl console in favour of a 19" tft and a mouse with a virtual console?
No

hardware will always be around.

Vinyl will live, if things like VHS are still around and DAT tapes why not vinyl. It will still b a while before mixing from a cd gives the exact feel and sound as vinyl.

i think people who use computers dont really understand being a DJ...the turntables and everything make a dj who he is along with his Cd's/Vinyls...clubs still use technics and stuff and DJ's that do it on their own really make the crowd go crazy...so IMO i think "Old school Dj's" will be along for much longer..the only difference is the type of material used..for example vinyls might be changed or something..but not for a while anyways

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thats when you have the most fun...making the crowd go crazy AND spinning yourself...thats the challenge

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No.

Yea, it will be around, I hate how some of todays software can be used to make mix sets without the person knowing how to beatmatch, even though this shouldn't matter to me as it really is about the music, but still.

Look at it this way, we have amazing drum machines today, but you won't see bands throwing away there drummer to replace him with a machine, even if they both sounded the same, who wants to goto a concert and watch a peice of hardware.

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I started on a laptop. I hated it. It was way too easy. You really do just push a button. During my set I would just stand there, because with in seconds you are cued up and ready to go. What to do next? Gotta let the track play a little. Only so much you can do with effects. Anyway, started with the laptop, got sick of it, went and bought Denon cd decks. Learned how to beatmatch, without hitting a button or reading a bpm counter. Now I can't wait to by tech 12's.
I think records and cds will survive.

I find it easier to beat match using vinyl rather than cd, maybe it's just cause I easily get caught up on what that damn bpm meter is telling me. I've mixed on all, and they all have thier benifits for sure. I usually don't spin vinyl, because of skipping problems I"ve been having, I just transfer them via s/pdif, and they sound great.

My dream would be to mix SACD or cd24 that would make me happy at the moment, I just don't like the quality of a cd.

Yes and no.

Physical feel will always be important to humans. Especially when making music.

Right now we are about as distant from it as possible, but I think you have to realize that technology doesnt have to take the physical aspect away.

Like now, sure the programs such as abelton, you use them on a laptop, and it takes the physical aspect away from it (yeah yeah sasha controller, whatever, not a fan of that thing, I feel its just a gimmick to fool clubbers into thinking hes doing more than he is) But I think we need to realize that things wont always be that way, advancing technologically wont always mean taking the life out of something. I mean you can already see the example comparing a cdj to a turntable, or a synthesizer to a piano those both advance the instrument, while leaving a strong physical factor.

Before you know it there will be knew devices that do very computerish things, but they have a stronger physical aspect to them, because things will turn full circle to the point where the physical aspect of things will be embraced even more in society, as we start to miss them. I do beleive man kind will continue progressing technologically, but I dont beleive it will mean we make ourselves vegetables, that have computers do everything for us.