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| quote: | Originally posted by lacedpills
so Im gonna be buying the complete dj set this week and Im wondering whats better, the used $1200 ones people have or new equipment at stores such as moog audio and play de record? |
I would look at getting a used pair of CD decks. I know playing with vinyl is fun and cosidered to be "pure" or whatever, but it is also very expensive. You may end up paying more for the decks at first, but you will quickly save that on music. The average cost of a new release record is $15-20, the average cost of a new release MP3/WAVE is $1.50-$2.00. Thats a HUGE difference. Also remember that most new music is released digitally now, very few make it on wax and as well digital is released EVERYDAY and not just on Thurs. Now, if your desire is just to play in the basement for kicks......then sure some used Techs will do just fine. You could probably score loads of older records for cheap off people getting out of it too. I still have a pair of Techs in the studio although I only use them for digitizing older vinyl now.
As for the beat matching goes, its the same skill on CD decks or Techs. The only difference is the manual labour it takes to rewind and start the record. Although this looks cool and is definitley part of the DJ look, it doesn't really teach you anything about beat matching. I'm not to familiar with DJ software but I do know you don't need to beat match.
As for a DJ school, I don't see the problem with wanting to learn the basics right away so you can start developing you own skill and style. Yes, most of us older vinyl guys had to learn by teaching oursleves and we loved it but the TRUE skill of DJing comes after learning those skills. Once you can beat match and mix, you will develop your true skills as a DJ. And this is where the truely talented DJ's will shine and where some may not. Nobody can teach you what track to play next or how to read a crowd properly, those are the skills you will learn over time if you really learn them at all. Sure, some DJ's have a natural gift but everyone had to learn the basics first. If you can save a couple months of fooling around by taking a couple classes I would do it, it would also be fun to meet new people going through the same thing I would assume!
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