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DJs who use CDs (pg. 3)
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by sr126
i'm j/digital... i could never be bothered to go through all the trouble you guys do just organize cd's. no way in hell i'm gonna sort/label my cd's by how many bars the phrases are, or rate how uplifting a track is by using a certain color marker on a scale of 1-10. ;p |
Exactly. All I need is a list of what's on each CD. After a while I'll know where to look for what track. I dunno, maybe it's not the same for others but after one or two plays, I'll have each aspect of the track down-pat, so writing down keys, tempos, etc. is pointless, at least for me. |
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| Clovis86 |
| quote: | Originally posted by idoru
Exactly. All I need is a list of what's on each CD. After a while I'll know where to look for what track. I dunno, maybe it's not the same for others but after one or two plays, I'll have each aspect of the track down-pat, so writing down keys, tempos, etc. is pointless, at least for me. |
Some people aren't as |337 as us Jake :p |
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| Zild |
| And I doubt you have perfect pitch. Most likely far from it. |
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| Greedy |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RJT
+2 - Burning one track per CD is a complete waste! |
i disagree, and most veteran dj will disagree as well. I personally favor having 1 track on a cd for these reasons:
1. If a cd is scratched, you lose 1 track. Not 10 of them
2. If you want to give someone a copy of a track, say like a groupie or another dj, you dont give away multiple tracks.
3. Club lighting is very dark, so its really hard to read those small print tracklistings. I personally write the track name with a Sharpie marker.
4. Having 1 track on a CD sorta feels like Im still using vinyl in a way. |
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| Wraith |
| I do one per CD for the sheer fact that I get lost if I start jamming all these tunes onto a CD. I tried it once and find it much easier to flip through my CD book and look at the track names in large print rather than trying to find a tune on a paper I made and then finding the appropriate CD. To each his own though... |
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| jåcë |
| quote: | Originally posted by Greedy
i disagree, and most veteran dj will disagree as well. I personally favor having 1 track on a cd for these reasons:
1. If a cd is scratched, you lose 1 track. Not 10 of them
2. If you want to give someone a copy of a track, say like a groupie or another dj, you dont give away multiple tracks.
3. Club lighting is very dark, so its really hard to read those small print tracklistings. I personally write the track name with a Sharpie marker.
4. Having 1 track on a CD sorta feels like Im still using vinyl in a way. |
Well said! |
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by Greedy
1. If a cd is scratched, you lose 1 track. Not 10 of them |
Two reasons why I disagree...
- This is why I burn two copies of multiple-track discs.
- If a disc is scratched, the only spot it wont play is the scratched spot. For example, if you have ten songs on one disc and the scratch is in the middle of the disc then it will probably only skip on track five. Such is the case with two of my discs, there's a scratch on them, but every track plays except the one in the scratched region.
Another reason why I dislike burning one per CD is that it's a waste of money. I have at least 200 tunes sitting in my binder on only 71 discs, and my binder is just under half-full. If I were to burn just one per CD, then I would need 200 CDs and another binder or two. |
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| Greedy |
| quote: | Originally posted by idoru
Two reasons why I disagree...
- This is why I burn two copies of multiple-track discs.
- If a disc is scratched, the only spot it wont play is the scratched spot. For example, if you have ten songs on one disc and the scratch is in the middle of the disc then it will probably only skip on track five. Such is the case with two of my discs, there's a scratch on them, but every track plays except the one in the scratched region.
Another reason why I dislike burning one per CD is that it's a waste of money. I have at least 200 tunes sitting in my binder on only 71 discs, and my binder is just under half-full. If I were to burn just one per CD, then I would need 200 CDs and another binder or two. |
well in that case, you sound more like a mobile DJ and should really look into Serato or Final Scratch so you can carry your whole library of tunes everywhere you go. |
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by Greedy
well in that case, you sound more like a mobile DJ and should really look into Serato or Final Scratch so you can carry your whole library of tunes everywhere you go. |
Actually, I'm not. |
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| kimchi |
| i also do 1 track per cd. i think its a lot easier flipping through pages of sleeves looking at the track written on the cd instead of reading a sheet of paper. sometimes i'll have more than 1 track, but thats only if its the same song with 2 or 3 different remixes. also i don't have anything else written on the cd besides the track ie bpm, the tone, etc etc. the way i see it ive heard all the traacks i have burned and generally know what its about. also if i pop it in and i dont think it will flow ill toss on another track. makes my life a hell of a lot simpler |
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| harriz |
A booklet that holds 500 disks can hold say 6 tracks per disk so 6X500 = 3000
You can bring your whole collection in two of them.
Plus you will not spend 1500-3000$ on blanks. ;)
You can cut down your costs and spend the money on more music. |
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| Zild |
| I don't understand why someone would even need their whole collection. I bring my whole collection with me because I have SSL, but when I used CDs I would just pack what I wanted to play, and some extra just in case. |
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