Digital DJs ?

spatial · Post by **spatial** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:01 am

Greets forum

I suspect that a lot of the big DJs are still going down the dubplate route and getting one off tracks cut from their fav digital mixes (a la dub, rave, jungle etc).

Are many folks out there DJ'n MP3s (or other digital format) in this scene ?

What's your thoughts about this. Surely there's a convenience factor for having a digital record box (and lots of flexibility when using DJ software). Also, it means you can DL new material and play it in your set that night.

You can emulate the tactile nature of vinyl with Serato / Final Scratch so I am curious why vinyl is still the preferred choice (if indeed, that is the case).

I have some material to release soon so I am naturally curious the best way to push it..

PS - For the record, I have a reasonably large collection of vinyl but I move around a bit so digital is becoming increasingly more convenient !

Go debate !

incyde · Post by **incyde** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:25 am

I wish I could do everything on vinyl, I don't care if its heavy or if they warp or bend or scratch. For me its just the classic feel of having a track that you can hold in your hands and spin at will, and no matter what years down the line that tune will still be there on that same record.

Despite this I feel I have to mix with digital tunes as well because you can never get all the tunes you want on vinyl, cuz not everything comes out on it especially unreleased stuff obviously, and if/when it does come out on vinyl it can be hard to find.

thinking · Post by **thinking** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:22 am

please check out the thread for new members - it's stickied at the top of this forum. Links to many many threads exactly like this one.

http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=16170

spatial · Post by **spatial** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:31 pm

ThinKing wrote:please check out the thread for new members - it's stickied at the top of this forum. Links to many many threads exactly like this one.

http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=16170

Yea, I checked out the stickies before the post. The stuff at the bottom isn't so prominent though ?

Still, I think you are missing the point of the post. It's not a vinyl vs mp3 thing or a filesharing sucks rant (for the record, there are plenty of decent and legit mp3s available via netlabels).

My question really :

Are many folks out there DJ'n MP3s (or other digital format) in this scene ?

oceanzen · Post by **oceanzen** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:03 pm

Hi,

I've played a couple of sets at Suare Roots and Wrong Music in Brighton, I use a Macbook running Live 6 with a trigger finger

This is pretty much the same setup that Milanese uses. (Before I got all the kit I asked what he used to performn live)

The great thing about this setup is that you can use the faders to send a bit of your audio to a reverb or a delay, use some of the knobs for hi & lo pass filter, or weirder effects if need be.

The trigger pads are great, as you can put the same track on 2 pads, have the start position of one on the kick and the other start position on the snare, that way you can tap out rhythms and then when you let go the whole track carries on playing.

Digital DJing is definitely more flexible, and can ne just as fun with the right hardware.

If you're already a Vinyl DJ coming to the Digital side you might find this

kind of thing easier

damo · Post by **damo** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:14 pm

well, at the risk to contributing to a thread that may get deleted...

i think you have to make use of at least some sort of digital element in your sets these days, otherwise you are just imposing arbitraty, irrational limits on your own creativity.

i get mp3s in my inbox, promo CDRs in my mail... and if i like these tunes i'll want to play them out.

personally, i do prefer to mix with vinyl so my sets are mostly vinyl based. but i also have a laptop running Traktor so that i can mix wavs or mp3s together with the vinyl, and i find that works.

effectively i use the laptop as a pair of CD decks, with me mixing records and files together in the dj mixer instead of in software on the laptop. so i guess i'm a hybrid analogue/digital dj.

derek · Post by **derek** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:19 pm

if you really want to go the whole 9 as far as midi controllers, check this - http://ucapps.de/

see if you can find the page with the guys who made a midi controller out of their old couch - haha.

future one · Post by **future one** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:35 pm

More dubstep lables need to release there tracks on mp3

bob crunkhouse · Post by **bob crunkhouse** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:04 pm

Future One wrote:More dubstep lables need to release there tracks on mp3

damm rite man, been sayin this for so longgggggggggggg

marsyas · Post by **marsyas** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:37 pm

too many of these topics...zzzz

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