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Originally posted by Zombie0729 yikes i dunno... when i saw ferry turning through his CD book a few weeks ago it wasn't very exciting, but when i watched him go into his record bag i was getting all ready for the next big tune... its tough to say i guess, but symbolicly... CD's dont do much for a DJ :/

I think it's quite the opposite, I'm excited while rifling through the CD book, it typically means something new, never heard before. CD's come before vinyl in the life of music. Maybe not for the average consumer, but for the big DJ's it does.

I think vinyl is one of those classic items that will never really be put down in tim. Althought I hate to admit it but most DJs would eventually switch to CD, or digital depending on preference and availability. I'd like to hope that vinyl will always be seen around, theres a certain finess about a set played on vinyl that will be lost should it be replaced with any other

only newbies spin cds

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Originally posted by Clyde77 only newbies spin cds

So you're saying Ferry, Armin, Joof, and countless other big name djs are newbies? What an ignorant comment. Learn how to dj first. Use all that is available to you. To limit yourself to vinyl only is pretty much shooting yourself in the foot.

The only reason I can see for why people prefer vinyl over everything else is because it looks cool. If you think there is a difference in sound quality, you should lend your ear to the mountain rescue so they can use your ear to listen for trapped avalanche survivors. For all intents and purposes, over a big sound system in a club or event, you can't really tell the difference between cd and vinyl.

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I don't think alot of you realize that alot of DJs use CD turntables with their vinyl turntables. Say that DJ produces a song and he want to play it...but it has not been pressed to vinyl...they'll burn it to CD and spin it from CD. As long as it sounds good I can care less.

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I guess I'm not really concerned so much with the skill level of the DJ using whatever medium so much as I'm concerned with the death of a certain medium.

I just bought my turntables last year. I bought them over cds cause cdj's are more expensive and the availability of quality trance songs on cd is low. If there was a download club that had trance music that was quality and cd equipment was less expensive I would have bought them.

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Originally posted by Spuds6s I guess I'm not really concerned so much with the skill level of the DJ using whatever medium so much as I'm concerned with the death of a certain medium.

Look, vinyl out lived 8 tracks and cassette tapes...I think its had quite a run and probably more successful than ever imagined. There will always be diehards out there that use and collect it still no matter what.

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Vinyl's a club gimmick now.
Thank god they invented CD Walkmans so I can listen to music while exercising instead of exercising by carrying around the music!


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There's nothing quite like hearing a song played from a vinyl. I don't know much about the technicalities of it all, but somehow they just sound good.

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Interesting topic.

Looks like there is some kind of a "moral dilemma" in using vinyl emulators like CDJ-players and Final Scratch, and CD players with so-called "auto-mix" functions. There is probably no "final answer" to what is right and what is not right to use. As said before in the topic, it is the quality of the mix that matters, not the mixing equipment.

But it is true that we are in a transition period between vinyl and vinyl emulators. Stuff like Final Scratch and the Pioneer CDJ-1000 player are seriously used among the pros. I think it is kinda sad IMHO to see a vinyl culture so strong slowly turning towards other formats. The idea of using vinyl instead of other stuff is simply what that has made DJ-ing so popular, and I think that it is the most important reason to why DJ-ing is an artform and not just the act of pressing the "Play"-button. There is so much more skill involved.

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1: BT - The Great Escape (Attention Deficit's Free Will Vocal Mix)
2: Digital Witchcraft - Fingerpaint
3: Leann Rimes - Suddely (Riva Remix)

I think ameture DJ's will continue to buy vinyl, but professionals will start spinning more and more Cd's.