DJing

properauthority · Post by **properauthority** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:08 pm

Depone wrote:This- http://www.serato.com/scratchlive

Get some decks, and a laptop. and you wont have to pay for vinyl, just buy tracks from digital tunes/beatport etc and your away!

all ya need really, DJing is expensive no matter what way you slice it.

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:31 pm

ChrisH wrote:
BEN? wrote:
ChrisH wrote:
boyd wrote:I chose the good old vinyl route having just started a few months ago. Grown to love it, but certainly isn't a cheap hobby.

Really enjoy getting tunes on release you can't always find on mp3 though, it's opened my eyes to whole new parts of the scene/new artists/labels etc. And rinsed my student loan.

About serato - are you basically just limited to you and your mates' tunes, plus 320s you can legally get on the net, and tunes ripped from CDs? I swear most of the tunes I've bought on vinyl you can't get (legit) 320's of.
If you have a stereo soundcard you can record the vinyl to MP3 using Audacity or another wave editor type program & then you have legit MP3's of the vinyl, and the records stay in perfect condition........
legit? yeah...
How is it any less legit then ripping an MP3 from a CD that you purchased?

Thats not legit either

kidlogic · Post by **kidlogic** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:44 pm

Legendary wrote:
ChrisH wrote:
BEN? wrote:
ChrisH wrote:
boyd wrote:I chose the good old vinyl route having just started a few months ago. Grown to love it, but certainly isn't a cheap hobby.

Really enjoy getting tunes on release you can't always find on mp3 though, it's opened my eyes to whole new parts of the scene/new artists/labels etc. And rinsed my student loan.

About serato - are you basically just limited to you and your mates' tunes, plus 320s you can legally get on the net, and tunes ripped from CDs? I swear most of the tunes I've bought on vinyl you can't get (legit) 320's of.
If you have a stereo soundcard you can record the vinyl to MP3 using Audacity or another wave editor type program & then you have legit MP3's of the vinyl, and the records stay in perfect condition........
legit? yeah...
How is it any less legit then ripping an MP3 from a CD that you purchased?
Thats not legit either

Actually, both of those are legit under copyright law, its when you make copies for others for free or for profit when you cross the line. This was a huge debate when the cassette came out... people thought home taping (of songs from the radio) was going to kill the music industry, it eventually went to court and it was ruled that a person could make copies between formats for personal use, but could not rebroadcast, replay or otherwise redestribute the songs in any way, for profit or not.

So in otherwords, ripping a CD or vinyl for yourself is fine, but posting that file on the internet or trading it with a friend isnt.

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:49 pm

kidlogic wrote:
Legendary wrote:
ChrisH wrote:
BEN? wrote:
ChrisH wrote: If you have a stereo soundcard you can record the vinyl to MP3 using Audacity or another wave editor type program & then you have legit MP3's of the vinyl, and the records stay in perfect condition........
legit? yeah...
How is it any less legit then ripping an MP3 from a CD that you purchased?
Thats not legit either
Actually, both of those are legit under copyright law, its when you make copies for others for free or for profit when you cross the line. This was a huge debate when the cassette came out... people thought home taping (of songs from the radio) was going to kill the music industry, it eventually went to court and it was ruled that a person could make copies between formats for personal use, but could not rebroadcast, replay or otherwise redestribute the songs in any way, for profit or not.

So in otherwords, ripping a CD or vinyl for yourself is fine, but posting that file on the internet or trading it with a friend isnt.

Yes but if you play it out - thats classed as a public performance (if my memory serves me right) and since you're not playing the label / artist the fee to use it for the purpose of public performance.. you could be entitled into getting a nice little letter through the door from a lawyer firm - Like 'back in tha day' where a radio station DJ would just go out and buy all the 7"s they liked and played them on air, then the artists and labels got all fucked off and made people have to buy a license to the song / album / pay a fee to the label to play their shit..And same goes for these days - although I'm sure with DJ culture and playing out, the legislation is a little vivid these days.

No need to go all into this though!

Basically for Djing - either way you go you're gunna have to spend a reasonable amount of money to start, then have regular income to keep up with all the new tunes coming out - so really try out all 4.. (digital, vinyl, time coded, CDJs) and see what you prefer.

boyd · Post by **boyd** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:37 am

ChrisH wrote:
boyd wrote:I chose the good old vinyl route having just started a few months ago. Grown to love it, but certainly isn't a cheap hobby.

Really enjoy getting tunes on release you can't always find on mp3 though, it's opened my eyes to whole new parts of the scene/new artists/labels etc. And rinsed my student loan.

About serato - are you basically just limited to you and your mates' tunes, plus 320s you can legally get on the net, and tunes ripped from CDs? I swear most of the tunes I've bought on vinyl you can't get (legit) 320's of.
If you have a stereo soundcard you can record the vinyl to MP3 using Audacity or another wave editor type program & then you have legit MP3's of the vinyl, and the records stay in perfect condition........

Getting serato and then buying vinyl-only releases in order to rip them on to mp3 surely makes no sense!

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