what to do?! turntable/cdj/serato

[misskatiemo]

SOOOO hypothetical situation here... let's say that you had tables you needed to sell (upgrade time!) and a spare mixer you wanted to sell (again, upgrade time) - and your options for what to do with the $$ included:

- replace the tables with better ones and get serato scratch
- buy CDJ's

and to top it all off, playing currently-owned vinyl isn't a concern as it's sort of... across an ocean at an ex's residence for the forseeable future (anyone feel like sorting that one out... hypothetically of course )

what would you do?

[dj phonetic]

i would replace the tables wit better ones

[jutboyd]

I think either situation would work. The CDJ's are smaller and lighter than 1200's as are the CD's to play in them. However if your playing at a place that already has turntables then a laptop and two serato records are pretty easy to carry. I myself opted for the Serato route as oppossed to the CDJ's, but I still hold onto to slightly old fashioned notions of tactility and touch and the more performative aspect of being able to see what is getting played, whether that is on a record, or the wavefile representation of that sound. CDJ's work great, and so does Serato, so it will be a tough choice.

[misskatiemo]

I think either situation would work. The CDJ's are smaller and lighter than 1200's as are the CD's to play in them. However if your playing at a place that already has turntables then a laptop and two serato records are pretty easy to carry. I myself opted for the Serato route as oppossed to the CDJ's, but I still hold onto to slightly old fashioned notions of tactility and touch and the more performative aspect of being able to see what is getting played, whether that is on a record, or the wavefile representation of that sound. CDJ's work great, and so does Serato, so it will be a tough choice.

taht's more or less what i was thinking really, though i didnt know if that was just becuase I prefer vinyl in general.

any ultra-compelling reasons to just gt cdj's?

[8bitwonder]

i just got some cd decks and im not looking back!

still got the vestax pd-x 2000's but cd's are ace im having loadsa fun

on the other hand miss mo you could stick to vinyl and get serato and then you have digital vs vinyl

[zacharia360bpm]

I personally don't like cdjs but I think that's mainly because I've been playing vinyl since the get go and the pitch slider just doesn't feel the same.
I finally did figure out how to pull off seemless mixes using cdjs, but came to the conclusion that your not gonna do it by keeping your fingers on just the pitch slider, which is how I like to do it.
Its all about making little minute adjustments with the platter. Lame in my opinion.

I think Scratch Live (Serato) is the way to go for someone who is either somewhat computer savy, or wants to become computer savy.
When you throw a computer in the mix your dealing with a whole other instument that can be finicky and might need to be tuned and if you don't know what your doing can lead to a very frustrating experience.
One of the great things about SSL is that you can organize your tracks easily and find them with a click of a mouse.
Another, the obvious one, is that you can still use actual vinyl but not have to pay $12 a plate.
I'm sure with future technology the computer will be built into the mixer so you'll just need to plug in your hard drive and go at it. That will be sweet!

[marsyas]

rock the party right !!!!!!!





upgrade

[parson]

serato is fuckin sick

cdjs are handy but lame

[parson]

i switched over to playing nothing but cds about 4 years ago and i can't stress enough how that shit sucked all the fun out of djing

[random trio]

technics 1210's, pioneer djm600.

brought serato a month or so back. sick. not yet used it in a club though... i feel like im cheating on my dub plates. lol

[tones]

serato is fuckin sick

cdjs are handy but lame

yes bro soo true
theres nothing like the feel of vinyl