I definately prefer the CDJ mode. I use it for:

• Cueing the next track. I actually find the stutter is helpful, it gets the precision on the beat perfectly.
  
• Correcting beatmatching, I find it much more helpful for the music to keep playing as i use the jog wheel to speed/slow the track up to correct the beatmatching
  
• The CDJ effects are essential to my mixes as well, especially the WAH, and from time to time the other two
  
• The simple fact I cannot scratch and therefore the other effects and jog wheel control have no appeal to me
  

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i come from a turntablist background before i started spinning House and Techno so i suppose i like that vinyl feel. I have used cdj mode in the past. It's ok, almost too precise for me so i stick to vinyl mode.

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Originally posted by TRNG ahh, i seee so why do you use cdj mode oover vinyl mode?

I just fuck up with vinyl mode hahaha. Touching the top of the platter is a no-no in such a case, I do that way to often.

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i use both, sometimes it's nicer to cue up a record in vinly mode, but as mentioned, prefer to make adjustments while its playing in cdj mode because of the sensitve platter

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Originally posted by Storyteller I'm a cdj mode guy. I absolutely refuse to use master-tempo, whatever way you use it, it sounds terrible, unless you use it within half a percent or so. You hear some sounds are cut or made longer in a way which just sounds really bad. It's the only feature together with looping precision that really needs to improve (imo).

I'm glad there is someone who see this also. A friend tried to convince me that master tempo was a god sent, but I kept telling him there was a bit of a distortion when it was on.

I personally prefer vinyl mode when playing out. I started with vinyl and like that the pioneer 800's and 1000's can sort of emulate that. To me I see no difference in either mode.

Usually CDJ mode for me. I like the precision.

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Umm, have you actually used CDJ-800/1000's? They don't have effects!

All that CDJ mode does is:

1. Disables the touch sensitive top of the platter.
2. Changes cue to "stutter" mode.

Using the edge of the platter to pitch bend in vinyl mode is the same as when using CDJ mode. I know a bunch of people that turn off vinyl mode just so they don't inadvertently touch the top of the platter and stop the music.

I use my 1000's with a DVS, so vinyl mode is where it's at for me. I like to cue by riding over the beat.

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Originally posted by Tom Scott I definately prefer the CDJ mode. I use it for: Cueing the next track. I actually find the stutter is helpful, it gets the precision on the beat perfectly. Correcting beatmatching, I find it much more helpful for the music to keep playing as i use the jog wheel to speed/slow the track up to correct the beatmatching The CDJ effects are essential to my mixes as well, especially the WAH, and from time to time the other two The simple fact I cannot scratch and therefore the other effects and jog wheel control have no appeal to me I only use vinyl mode to search over long periods of the track. DJs who use scratching a lot in thier mixes, and also DJs who have switched from turntables to CDJs tend to use it in Vinyl mode. Its really a matter of personal preference and what helps the finished mix sound better and run smoother for you. You will inevitably get distortion in your track if you pitch it up way too high, but used sparingly its fine. I dont use it much to be honest as i dont usually mix harmonically, some tracks just sound better mixed that way and pitched up. Once again its all a matter of preference and the way you like to listen to and change the music.

never turned vinyl mode off, but can still pretty well use if as if in cdj mode anyway. using the outer rim of the platter works the same in both modes, and i've never used the top platter for corrections, only cueing. when a track starts right at the first beat, scratch cueing is a bitch, so I'll use the cue and play buttons like a cdj.