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Does mixing on a laptop make a DJ less of a DJ? You do not have permission to vote on this poll.
Yes -- makes him less of a DJ.	5	26.32%
Yes -- makes him less of a human.	1	5.26%
It's fine as long as he's doing the actual mixing.	11	57.89%
Only idiots who pretend to be purists would criticize laptop DJs.	2	10.53%
Total:	19 votes	100%

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fieroavian
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Registered: Jun 2002
Location: Netherworld

Does mixing on a laptop make you less of a DJ?

there's a good handful of laptop DJs around, myself included. those who have turntables may use Final Scratch, the rest of us spin with NI Traktor or Virtual Turntable. just wanted to hear your opinions on them (or us).

Jul-02-2002 23:55 Canada

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fastmp3
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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Montreal/Canada & Casablanca/Morocco (the ROOTS of TRANCE)

good way to learn mixing and improve , i have nothing against it

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Jul-03-2002 03:45 Morocco

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Kia Kaha
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Registered: Jul 2001
Location: Scotland

Agree that it certainly saves a shit load of money on buying vinyl and teaches you a lot of useful skills ... but there's just something really cool and tactile about using vinyls that you miss out on with laptops.

As well as that, if you start taking your DJing out of your bedroom, you'll be running into a whole minefield of copyright issues if you try and DJ at a club using MP3s and a mixing program.

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oDrori
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Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Kibbutz Gaash, home of all the light in Holyland

I'm a bit agaist mixing pirate files but as for the Laptop DJing itself, nothing's wrong IMO, if you prefer (or simply it's too damn hard to financially get along with TT's or CDs) it then sure!

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Jul-03-2002 12:18 Israel

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flystyler
Defected[JULES]Addict

Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Aylesbury, UK

Well actually a DJ would be a disk jockey. So techinically they wouldnt be one

But i have nothing against peeps who use mp3s to mix.

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Jul-03-2002 13:25

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DJ Sunburn
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Registered: Jul 2001
Location: Macon, Ga, USA

well...imo....u just look nerdier if your in a club with a computer in front of u....

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djshorts
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Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Spain

i think its makes him less of a dj!

it started with 12inch and should always be 12inch!

Jul-19-2002 05:06 England

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Coup
Retired

Registered: May 2001
Location: England, UK

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Originally posted by DJ Sunburn
well...imo....u just look nerdier if your in a club with a computer in front of u....

Sorry, it sounds frank but i agree also, i dont think it would give off the same vibe dancing to some dude with his computer!

I mean, we all go home and play on pc's, so it would take away the 'feel of the dj' listening to mp3's!

I dont think it makes them 'less' of a dj, but i doubt clubs or fans would go for it.

Jul-19-2002 06:32 England

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torontotrance
I hath returned

Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Toronto

I view it as less of a deejay. If i'm paying to see a deejay, i rather have the deejay spinning vinyl and some cd-r's.

Jul-19-2002 16:52 Canada

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