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Hi all.

I've been searching a bit on this forum and on the internet, but with no real conclusion. Of course it's always hard to tell if a thing is getting old or to predict the future, but some of you might want to comment the progress of vinyl these recent years.

Is vinyl dying?

a few of my friends have started dj'ing in the past year.. most of them have gone with the CDJ's because they can't afford vinyl... i think vinyl is great though... you get the artwork, all the goodness, plus i think it sounds a lot better - *crisp*

no vinyl is not dying, as long as there is man there will be vinyl. You and myself and every other human being is dying tho. Each breath we take brings us that much closer to death.

no

I think that vinyl is headed toward the hands of collectors. For any serious dj it is much easier to use a hardware/software interface or CDJ's. Lugging around a 50 lb. box with your tunes really sux. I LOVE vinyl. I first learned to mix with vinyl and I now prefer to use a vinyl emulation program(serrato) but even that has it's flaws. The only flaw you have with vinyl is that you can scratch it if you're not carefull and it wears out eventually.


just my .02

no friggin way.....

Its not dying its just declining, due to cheaper and more convenient formats, as long as it being made there will be some kind of market for it.

But then the oil is running out so 'vinyl' will eventually die but hopefully not the 12" format

its not dying. it would of died years ago. there are cheaper formats around but as long as there are DJs, there is still a market 4 vinyl. im not saying that it will be here 4ever, but CDs came about in 1985, and it has not killed vinyl off as people thought it would. long live vinyl, i absolutely LOVE IT!!

Sinecure wrote:I think that vinyl is headed toward the hands of collectors. For any serious dj it is much easier to use a hardware/software interface or CDJ's. Lugging around a 50 lb. box with your tunes really sux. I LOVE vinyl. I first learned to mix with vinyl and I now prefer to use a vinyl emulation program(serrato) but even that has it's flaws. The only flaw you have with vinyl is that you can scratch it if you're not carefull and it wears out eventually.


just my .02

I've never know any of my vinyl to 'wear out'.

i've just started djing an im on vinyl, i much prefer it

bandshell wrote:i've just started djing an im on vinyl, i much prefer it

good man! glad to hear this! once you start your hooked with vinyl!

yeah i started on vinyl, i'll never go to strictly cd, I need to be able to see the change in grooves on a record, be able to properly adjust the record with my hands etc. Hard to explain but VINYL FOR LIFE!!!!

Dubloke wrote:yeah i started on vinyl, i'll never go to strictly cd, I need to be able to see the change in grooves on a record, be able to properly adjust the record with my hands etc. Hard to explain but VINYL FOR LIFE!!!!

This goes for me too, I just love the feel of records and the way you can see exactly where you are with a track.

CD decks are a bit clunky and just feel a bit strange, but then I'm not very use to them.

If I went digital and sometime I probibly will I would go for Serato for that viyanl feeling. Plus I could just swicth to records again really quick.

i need new shelves for vinyl. if vynil is dying i'm the cemitery ha ha

i use records also and this year tryed a bit on cd's. Well records are much nice and prefer to play, but it is true that some artsis step back out of it, having a great collections but turn to be on laptop or cd's. Anyway records are good thing and u can still find a lot if u are looking for them.

I think the dubplate culture of dubstep and all the growing interest in the scene has revitalized vinyl to a certain degree. Big tunes are often available on wax before any official digital release, and some are never released digitally. Of course, it's a LOT easier to record a vinyl track to a digi format than to take a digi track and get your own plate pressed!

That being said, I treasure all of the records I own, but the dubstep plates have a special place in my heart- most of them had to cross the Atlantic to get to me. Obviously this is an expensive indulgence. How crappy is it that I can't buy a domestically produced Shift record, for instance? If I ever have an accident with a record it's like I'm injuring my own body- worse, because my body can heal.

For me, vinyl is an addiction that my father passed on, and I can't express how glad I am that most of the famous dubstep DJ's I've seen have been rocking vinyl. Definitely not one to hate on the digi formats- they're just not really for me, at this point. I've heard some incredible, incredible things done with Ableton... I guess I just like to do it the old fashioned way. Long Live Vinyl!

A piece of vinyl as a hard copy of a song will long outlast a cdr or string of electrical data on a hard drive. If everything 'crashed' somehow, the vinyl will remain.

gchrist wrote:A piece of vinyl as a hard copy of a song will long outlast a cdr or string of electrical data on a hard drive. If everything 'crashed' somehow, the vinyl will remain.

so true, unless the vinyl gets hot or scratched. Eventually, after a lot of use a vinyl gets pops and clicks too. I suppose every format has it's downfalls.

dunkno wrote:no

dunkno wrote:no

dunkno wrote:no

whats all this about other mediums being more 'convenient'. what does that really have to do with it?