So I'm getting turntables but...

[gravious]

invest in serato, then you get the best of both words, digital and analogue.

...what analogue bonuses do you get exactly?

...turntables for analogue, serato for digital.

Yeah but if he's forking out somewhere in the region of £200 for serato anyway, not much point in buying vinyl as well.

New, Serato is more like 400 quid. You can get Torq for 200 though, and it seems fairly good from my experience so far (although I'm not sure i'd want to use it in a club situation if I could have Serato instead).

If you are looking at it purely economically, it doesn't make sense to buy vinyl, but surely no-one really is?

An mp3 will never have the same connection with you as a physical record. On the other hand, if there is a release I like one track from but not the rest, I'm a lot more likely to spend a quid on that track than £10 on a double vinyl or whatever.

To be honest, if we were all the mythical 'rational economic people' we would all play downloaded or ripped-off mp3s on a free traktor equivalent on a hundred quid laptop.

Thankfully, we aren't!

[morigami]

invest in serato, then you get the best of both words, digital and analogue.

...what analogue bonuses do you get exactly?

...turntables for analogue, serato for digital.

Yeah but if he's forking out somewhere in the region of £200 for serato anyway, not much point in buying vinyl as well.

Ah sorry, misunderstood your original post. Thought you were questioning how you get analogue quality out of serato.

I've always preferred the sound from vinyl. Before pressing to vinyl the tunes will get another process, giving it that warmer feel than plain old cold digital. And there is just something quite nice about actually having the physical record in your hand (and possession), something you can properly manipulate and appreciate. Never had the feeling of being that connected with CD decks like the way I do with vinyl decks.

[.spec]

Honestly if you're worried about not being able to play digital, get one CDJ to compliment your 1200s. I play 80% on vinyl but for the occasional CD I want to drop I have a CDJ-200 and it works out perfectly.

[akilles]

Honestly if you're worried about not being able to play digital, get one CDJ to compliment your 1200s. I play 80% on vinyl but for the occasional CD I want to drop I have a CDJ-200 and it works out perfectly.

Most venue's generally have a set up of a 4-channel mixer, 2 CDJ's and 2 1210's, and CDJ's are pretty easy to learn how to use when you've learned how to use vinyl. I play all vinyl but if I've just finished a tune or get given one I put it onto CD, but I don't really like using them. If the tune is big enough you might as well get it cut anyway.

[yooamatwa]

New, Serato is more like 400 quid. You can get Torq for 200 though, and it seems fairly good from my experience so far (although I'm not sure i'd want to use it in a club situation if I could have Serato instead).

I use torq.. it was buggy when it came out, so it did get a bit of a bad rap. Most things have been ironed out now and you can certainly do more with it then you can with Serato. It seems a lot of clubs are installing Serato as standard though, but you can use torq with the serato break out box...

But yeah as people have said vinyl usually sounds better, though a mate uses one of these with his dvs http://www.fmraudio.com/RNLA7239.htm and it sounds awesome

[Alty]

Great thanks for your advice guys. I had heard about Torq and Serato but I didn't really know how they worked. They sound great though! If I get it I hope I don't get in the habit of never buying vinyls.

Well anyway I was just thinking to the future really. Vinyls will do me just fine for a while now. But it's nice to know about these options that I have.