It really depends on you... Proper CD releases of new club tracks are pretty hard to come by, you may find you even have to write off to labels to get them made specially, since everything is released almost exclusively on vinyl at first. If the track becomes popular, then the CDs are easier to come by. However, if you want to go down the illegal route, and I strongly advise you against this, you can download the tracks and burn them onto CD yourself.

In addition to this, in my opinion, vinyl is much more fun to use than CDs. I have used both, and the complete hands-on approach is just so much nicer, CDs just don't even come close to this (no, not even the CDJ-1000).

But there are advantages to CDs as well, like the fact that they tend to be slightly cheaper (when you can get them that is!), and a hell of a lot easier to transport than crates of vinyl.

But nothing beats the feel of spinning vinyl! It's just so much more fun. If you haven't tried it, I advise you to do so before committing to either path, and make your own mind up.

thnx alot for the advice!! il try go to the local "dj" store and ask if i could try some tt's

-KenXo

you have to pick 12" over cds
so much better....you just dont have that truly hands on feel with cds

If you are searching for vinylstores, it doesn't have to be in your neighbourhood, there are lots of vinylstore's online, but if you have a fast internet connection and a cd burner, then you can create your own cd's. And, if you start mixing with cd, you can always buy some tt's later, and if you decide mixing with tt's, you can always add a cd player...

Greetz Maarten

go with a little bit of both...spin vinyl if u can get your hands on it at a record store...and use CD if you can get promos as mp3 or unrelesed stufff..thats how i do it...or if im runnong low on money one week, ill just burn 5 or 6 new tracks and use them in my mix

thnx for the reply's!!
lots of u talking about burning cd's.. but do u use it at local party's or more public party's..... cause here in denmark some dj's got busted using burned cd's... they had the original cd at home but burned it down.. so if it where stolen it where only a 10$cd and not the original

think il go for the tt's, looked at what tracks i could get im ny local area on cd's... and that sucked... and found some online vinyl stores who got all the new kicking tunes... so here we go again: any got a good advice for a mixer? or some tt's.. should not bee very xpensive but i still got some money to spend.!



-KenXo

I just wanna say that people who use CD players and CD's for mixing usually spin what is called "Top-40" (very popular, well-known, commercial hits), because that's what's usually available to the public, and the public buys CD's.

On the other hand if you plan to spin a lot of truly underground material that hasn't received that much publicity, forget about CD's, vinyl is the only choice. Everything is usually released on vinyl, both Top-40 and Trance, so vinyl is the safer choice... although it's much more expensive! For instance, for a single vinyl record containing 2 mixes expect to pay $10-12.

Some people also claim vinyl has better sound fidelity/quality than do CD's. I've actually come to realize this myself.

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I'm with the turntables on this on, it's just the feel you get when you touch the vinyl. It makes it alot better hands on....

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Im kinda of a NEwbie DJ, and i went with Cd's. But can someone explain about the burning CD's. And to that person that said "Top 40" I think your right. Most of the tracks i download are ones that you play when you want to get things kicked off. Also I burn the CD's but i only use them at home and i am still learning. So what if i use these Burned CD's at a party or like a party for my friends in my basement, is that illegal. I have Numark Cd mix-2 and im still learning, but now that i see i think i might stick with vinyl. I dunno someone help me please.

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Originally posted by VoiDeT I'm with the turntables on this on, it's just the feel you get when you touch the vinyl. It makes it alot better hands on....

I have both TTs and CDs decks and what I don't get is why everyone says "feel you get when you touch the vinyl". 'Cos all I do is cue on first beat release it pitch up and down, beatmatch, memorize the spot, go back, cue it on first beat, release it and adjust it with pitch. So my hands only touch the record when waiting for a new phrase. with cds the difference is pressing play.. I think people should give priority to sound quality and record quantity, and for that I say go for CDs if you'll only spin really popular tracks, otherwise vinyl is the way to go if you want white labels or tracks that are less known. I couldn't care less for the feel you get!
Just my opinion here ppl

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