Final scratch?

[Skyles]

look at me on my computer, click click click, making noise, click click click, i yam so cool.

used both abbleton, and fs for years now live. inconsistent results, you have to make sure the decks have a dope connection and the needles are in top shape for FS. In fact i had to buy needles every 2 months / and new fs records every month to get consistent results. i reccomend shure whitelabels to use with fs, they seem to work the best.

for the record I stopped using fs 8 months ago, i takes away from crowd interaction when playing. that screen taunts you to look at it. plus alot of people will jump in fs without getting the basics down, get your basics down then expand from there.

cheers,
Kyle.

[decypher]

From a listener perspective, p2p downloaded tracks are a way to learn about new music. From a DJ/Producer perspective, downloading tracks and playing them out is taking away from the music. If you love the music you'll find a way in your available means to give back to it. It's completely asinine to argue about it because its completely different perspectives.

You can't call yourself a music lover if all you do is download music and listen to it and play around with production programs, because IMO your not contributing back. The fact is their are alot of people who steal music and don't give back, of which i have no problem with if your downloading Half Dollar's new beef albulm. This can be extremely damaging for niche markets. I know i've spent weeks eating finely aged can's of soup because of records and im ok with that haha.

[Moon]

Originally Posted by decypher

I know i've spent weeks eating finely aged can's of soup because of records and im ok with that haha.

now THAT is dedication. haha

i'm considering doing this for the next 2 months

[Moon]

as for the shift to digital mediums like final scratch and cd's, it was bound to happen and record labels are going to have to find new ways to tackle this problem which could totally put them out of business. and many have.. by one selling their music in mp3 format over the internet. And restraints on file sharing is definetly alot stronger now and it will constantly get stronger.

bad thing about vinyl is sometimes, tunes are literally impossible to get. and record collecters inflate prices so that it's not really the artists who are making the money anyways. This is also is cool aspect of vinyl collecting since everyone will be like "OH SHIT HE JUST DROPPED THAT TRACK NOBODY ELSE HAS EVER PLAYED!" The competition to get tracks is cool i guess but the the competition for the actual djing aspect of mixing and making something new and cool from skills is better IMO.

other then that i'm totally down with final scratch... i've played around with many cd players and they just don't match up to the feel of vinyl. but it's interesting to see what people who have used it have to say... like looking at the screen taking away the crowd interaction aspect n all which makes sense. i have so many mp3s (which i acquired illegally anyways) that are impossible to get on vinyl now.... hehe i'd love to drop some of that stuff. hehe

[Goodfellow]

can somebody explain this a little better to me?

do you get 2 records that you put on your tables, then hook the thing up, then it basically assigns the songs you want from your comp to the 2 records? like loadin songs into vinyl form so you can mix and scratch them?

from what i'm readin that is basically the concept. wow. i'm totally buying that.

[Rytalin]

^You have 2 timecode records. When you drop the needle on one of them, it feeds that timecode into your computer and starts playing back the selected MP3/wave/cd/whathaveya at whatever point the timecode is at.

[(val)Liam]

Originally Posted by Sykonee

When I jumped on the downloading bandwagon, it was to find obscure remixes and b-sides that I knew existed but could never find through conventional means -that is, until I discovered Discogs. These days, I rarely download. It's just not as fun, to be honest, and I never did stumble across some new, exciting artist I'd never heard before from P2P.

I s'pose there's the funds issue. I guess for some it does play a factor but I've always budgeted myself accordingly to indulge in some new monthly sonic nacartic.

Call me an old timer if one must. I just prefer hands-on diggin' rather than downloading to discover new artists.

interesting you mentioned that, because I've honestly noticed a decline in my downloading because I can't really think of anything I want to listen to at the moment, but when I walk into a music store, I'll see things that I want, and I'll honestly end up buying it... its strangely more convienent to get it right then and there while its fresh in your mind...

[Sykonee]

^
It's that hands-on, tactile thing, I guess. It's more intimate when you can actually touch something in a physical pressence, and holding a new CD or record (or tape or 8-track, if you still use 'em) is about as physical as one can get with pre-recorded music.