Question for Dj's:

[~Sc@ndelu$~]

Can u do more with records or cd's?
What takes more talent?


Someone told me that cd's are better?

just curious....

[Pennywise]

when i went to vegas...all the dj's were playing were cd's...not a peice of viynl in sight...it was kinda wierd

[BongMan]

CDs are cheaper and smaller but personally I love seeing the Vinyl spinnin..

[~Sc@ndelu$~]

yeah i like the vinyl too but hes saying that he goes to parties with mp3's and shit and has thousands of songs and can play almost anything people request cus he doesnt waste his time on records.

[Pennywise]

Originally Posted by ~Sc@ndelu$~

yeah i like the vinyl too but hes saying that he goes to parties with mp3's and shit and has thousands of songs and can play almost anything people request cus he doesnt waste his time on records.

this is true...you can do that...
but like bongman said...i like the viynl

[BongMan]

Vinyl is class CDs are just light wieght and easier is all..

[ebbomega]

Vinyl sounds better.
I find it difficult to use CDecks, but the nice thing about them is you can cue them up at a specific point and just play from that one point with a single button. I guess there's more tricks you can do with CDJs but cry and scream as they might, it's not the same....

[Chewy]

vinly is more satisfying to play... in my opinion.. plus i like the collecting records and having the record sleeves as well

[baby-phat]

Originally Posted by Pennywise

this is true...you can do that...
but like bongman said...i like the viynl

Yeah, me too. There's just something about watching someone spin actual records. :)

[Ree Fresh]

It really depends on your equipment and what you want to do. Its not just cdj's vs turntables any more either. More and more new items such as vinyl scartch, upgrated mixers, effects machines and tons of programs on computers are just opening the doors for DJ's/Producers to explore.

Although vinyl has that sound quality, more hands on, prevrence and earns that hard digging effort of respect... cd's are something a DJ can carry with them on a plane with out worries about their tracks getting stolen, you can get sent a track moments after its been created and burn it, more music is available on mp3 than vinyl, oh and way cheeper!!!

Overall when it comes to whats easyer to actually use... I guess it boils down to practice since there pretty much ment to do the same thing :D

[wigglesworth]

more tricks you can do with cds?
i dont think so?
ever try and do a scribble on a cd deck....not happening.

anyone who brings only cds to a gig is a pansy...not a dj.

[CharlieTuna]

DJ's that play all cd's aren't real DJ's I hear.

[Joca]

I find mixing with cd's so much cleaner then with vinyl, I dunno about doing tricks though, not much of a trickster behind the decks.

[Clayton.]

Originally Posted by CharlieTuna

DJ's that play all cd's aren't real DJ's I hear.

What's the differance cd or vinyl your still just playing somebody elses music.

[crookedking]

i heard that in tropical countries records tend to melt.

is this true?

[Toxxin Ephekt]

Originally Posted by Chewy

vinly is more satisfying to play... in my opinion.. plus i like the collecting records and having the record sleeves as well

Me Too.

[crookedking]

there should be some sort of dj library where all your favourite records can be borrowed.

[Toxxin Ephekt]

It's only worth while to spin cd's if the track is 320kbps, otherwise...I'd stay true to vinyl....or if the track was unreleased....

[Toxxin Ephekt]

Originally Posted by crookedking

there should be some sort of dj library where all your favourite records can be borrowed.

Fuck that...No one else wearing out my copies but me.

[Filo]

Using both is good, but if you are to pick one over the other, Vinyl all the way. As for tricks, get yourself an EFX unit and some vinyl and you have a shitload of tricks at your disposal.

[matéo]

in the end unless you're doing something truly amazing there is no talent involved. Djing is like riding a bicycle. You get your training wheels, then there off and you're riding on two, learn how to pop a wheely, ride with no hands, cat walk and then its up too you if you want to take it a step further that shit takes talent.

[dapimpstress]

I don't spin im bout the vinyl.

I mean, vinyl just sounds... warmer, it has something CDs don't.
But CDs are tight because... say you are going online and buying tracks for $1.50... well one record is like around $10, so you could buy like 4 tracks for the price of 1 vinyl.

In that regaurd it's efficient to play CDs, and I've been told it's harder to mix with CDs if you're used to vinyl, so they both take talent. I think a mix of both is good, or str8 vinyl is good, but str8 CDs always seems like its missing something to me.

[Filo]

give ashes the nobel prize for math!!!

10/1.5 = 4 apparently

[ppcock]

i spin both.

but i prefer the feel of vinyls they also sound better.

[ffa]

I started on CDs, then moved over to vinyl....

yes, vinyl is more expensive and more difficult to carry around, but there is so much you can do with vinyl that you just can't do with CDs. (I have used both for the last 10 years... and I just don't feel like going into the nitty gritty details ONE MORE time, as this argument has come many many times). Also, it is a lot more visually pleasing.

In summary, only wedding and top40 DJs use CDs... hehehehehe... yup, those cheezy Vegas DJs are just today's version of top40 DJs :-)

Oh yeah, I can forgive (a little) the travelling super stars who use CDs, as the customs people hassle them a lot about the vinyl, and the airlines tend to lose the expensive boxes of their vinyl fairly frequently. But that is no reason for locals to copy the travelling superstars...

In the end, if you love music and you love the ART of DJing, you should be investing in vinyl.

my two cents.

:-)

-f.