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Do you buy vinyl for DJ'ing? (pg. 4)
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| PivotTechno |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dj Nacht
Gonna be buying mostly used vinyl from discogs once my setup is ready. Old skool techno only. |
*bumps fists*
That's mainly my territory (both techno and discogs) as well, along with classic Chicago House, be it acid, funky, hard, ghetto or otherwise, and classic Electro and Freestyle. |
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| DJ RANN |
I technically lied about my vote (1, yes I buy vinyl) just becuase given the chance I would prefer to buy vinyl over any other medium, even at the extra cost.
I don't buy vinyl anymore simply because I cannot find a record store in LA that sells EDM Vinyl.
If there was an EDM record store in LA I would be there at least once a week, regardless of distance and cost. |
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| TWD |
I buy vinyl, but not to DJ with. I use Traktor for that. We have two record stores with an extensive EDM library. I'll go by every few months. If I see anything I recognize I'll get it.
I honestly only do it just because having vinyl brings some sort of sentimental value to me. Plus I really like the owners of the record stores. |
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| spdandpwr |
| I used to buy vinyll, til I got serato in 2007 and realized the glory of playing with vinyl and not having to worry about sound quality wearing out with each play (you know I would purposely not play certain tracks to ensure that they didn't prematurely wear :toothless ) |
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| Lews |
| I'm currently building up a collection. I have a lot more vinyl than CDs, but sadly a huge collection of digital files. Slowly replacing all the digitally bought stuff with the physical copies. I'm a collector at heart and vinyl is just great. Plus the fact that it sounds so much better... Would love to mix with vinyl, going to be looking at buying some Technics soon :) I don't quite think my personal listening turntables are up to it haha |
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| chewy dragee |
| I buy lots of digital, but if I get something I really like I get it on vinyl too. I love vinyl... and vinyl loves me. |
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| Schadenfreude |
| yes. there is just too much great stuff that is exclusive to vinyl, and with a dvs you can have the best of both worlds. |
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| skip |
I only buy vinyl if I can't get the tune/tunes in any other format as vinyl is such a ing hassle with all the pops and clicks and surface noise etc.
But I do DJ with TTs and Traktor Scratch. But even then when I buy a vinyl I put my better cart on one of my techs, record the vinyl to my computer, edit all the pops and clicks out and use the saved file for DJing.
I kinda like vinyl and I kinda hate it at the same time (it's pretty cool, but such a ing hassle and sound quality isn't anything special with normal gear and dust and all going around). |
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| Schadenfreude |
| the pops and crackles can add a little "je ne sais quoi" to the track for me, not to mention that a fuller lower end cancels that. |
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| DJ RANN |
pops and clicks should really not be an issue if you keep your records clean and static free.
Also, many people in this thread keep going on about the records wearing out ? If you calibrate your needle and tonearm correctly then there's very little wear on a record - I've got tracks I've had since the mid 90's and caned them DJ'ing and they still sound great.
Frankly, over the same period, I've lost more music through drive failure than I have through damaged vinyl. Go figure. |
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| Schadenfreude |
that is why you back up everything to dvd and cd.
I just got my laptop stolen...the cool thing is that beatport will allow my to re download everything recently bought that i lost free of charge. Yet another advantage to paying for your tracks:)
the most positive note is that my insurance will allow me to go quad core:D
I like to think that i keep my records in immaculate condition and that my decks are set up perfectly, that being said over an extended period of time it is inevitable to get some slight degradation in quality.
What pisses me off more is when you buy records brand new that sound like . A neat little trick is to play the record a few times with a coin used as a weight to "loosen" the grooves a bit. |
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| ReclusNdangrmnt |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
I technically lied about my vote (1, yes I buy vinyl) just becuase given the chance I would prefer to buy vinyl over any other medium, even at the extra cost.
I don't buy vinyl anymore simply because I cannot find a record store in LA that sells EDM Vinyl.
If there was an EDM record store in LA I would be there at least once a week, regardless of distance and cost. |
You haven't heard of Amoeba Music in West Hollywood? |
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