http://www.innerphaseny.com/view_50.html

I was reading this article and came to wonder whether the art of DJing or atleast an EDM DJ is going or is already taking this type of direction. Should up and coming or those who are atleast interested in DJing begin learning these types of programs? How much longer before the turntables and mixers are useless or out of date? Just wondering, in general, what type of direction everyone here see the art of DJing is headed.

well there is no way that tradition decks and a mixer will be replaced anytime soon.

sure others are using new technology, such as Sasha, BT, PVD, Richie Hatwin, but that tech is just coming of age.

Lets face it a mac laptop is pretty expensive still, plus the program, and special controler, not exactly something you can just pick up right away, or for a decent $$$.

I think for people to use Albeton, they need to have access to a lot more samples, and parts of songs as well, which may be easier to come by for bigger djs.

but for now, and for a while, the decks are here to stay, and to be honest i love watching DJs work with vinyl, and a mixer.

I think it will be quite some time if ever that it completely changes over though its not a bad idea to begin looking ahead somewhat.

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so wuts this controller look like?

i agree with his comment that DJing with a mouse isnt very cool...

i find it hard to consider it DJing anymore if there arent any actual Disks involved.. maybe like mixmaster, or Mousetro Sasha or something like that(cheesy as it sounds)...

still... i dont think the turntable/mixer will be leaving the scene anytime soon.. yea you can take tracks and sample and whatnot but id find it discouraging to be some traveling laptop songbank

Vinyl will never die! *goes off to hug record bag*

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Originally posted by Exodus17 so wuts this controller look like?

This is the one Sasha is using:


New technologies and equipment are welcomed but i doubt they will defeat the record players + a mixer, but more just add something new and "hi tech" into DJing.

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there must be 100 other threads about this.

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Originally posted by Nou Turntables and Mixers will never leave the scene most likely, tho the form of the turntable might change. More people using FS/SSL type systems or using CD decks. The mixer is always going to be the center of the DJs universe...

I think the future of mixing is somewhere along these lines.

Also, it will be years before we see Ableton make it mainstream for the everyday DJ to use because of how expensive it is to set up the entire thing. Not to mention getting parts of songs to be able to tweak them as you please.

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Originally posted by stevebutabi there must be 100 other threads about this.

And there must be another 100 people just like you. Kill yourself.

I think it's only natural that DJing heads in the direction that Sasha and others are going, that being the use of more software and technologies that enable live mixing/remixing. I find it funny that a genre of music that is pretty much rooted in computers and technological advancements has so many followers that want their DJs to be bound by equipment that is decades old.

I own both vinyl turntables and CD turntables and I honestly show no preference to either. Unlike many people who are faithful to a certain medium, I have very little interest in the tangible aspects of the music I'm playing. To me, a record is just a piece of vinyl, it is what music I hear from that record is what counts. If I can get that same music to play from a vinyl, a CD, or from a computer program, it makes no difference. And if DJs are able to become more creative while playing those tracks from a computer program, then let them do it. It will take a while before programs like Ableton truly take off, but they will. But there will always be a place for vinyl and CD turntables as well, especially when a DJ wants to drop a classic track.

Whats a disc jockey without any discs? Mmmm... not a DJ.

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Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie Whats a disc jockey without any discs? Mmmm... not a DJ.

You could call them digital jockeys.

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Originally posted by UWM You could call them digital jockeys.

Youre ruining my point.

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