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Originally posted by varun Ishkur hits the nail on the head once again. This massive digital wave that you see has indeed made lives a lot easier and 'automated' for a lot of DJ's. Although, most vinyl adepts embraced CD because of it's weight,size and portability, a big lot of DJ's embraced it simply because they just wern't skilled enough w/ vinyl and CD decks provided them with the necessary tools to mask their incompetency. As mentioned, Final Scratch was crafted specifically for vinyl DJ's who just couldn't give up analog for digital. FS found the happy middle so that vinyl DJ's could utilize digital audio via an analog medium that they had honed & perfected their skills on since forever i.e turntables. I am directly in touch w/ Denon & Vestax and they were over at my company for a presentation about new products that will be distributed in the course of the coming months. I am not authorized to reveal any information about any upcoming products but i'll tell you this much. Denon's R&D is fabricating a MASSIVE range of digital products that shall hit the shelves in the next 8-12 months. Vestax being the wiser of the two, shall push products geared for the ana-digital market. Also, as we all know Vestax was more inclined towards turnablists rather than club DJ's. Expect a lot of products designed for club DJ's as well. Some of you may have tried their first 'J-arm' turntable namely the Vestax PDX-2300MK2Pro. Expect more of the same but w/ digital tweaks. Where all this is really going is, industry experts are beginning to realize the how vital vinyl has and will be to the DJ elite. Some have wisened up, other's shall jump on the digital band wagon(some already have).Let's see where all this goes.

Long live vinyl. All of this DJ automation is like "hiking" up a hill riding a chairlift.