As someone who has been djing for almost 20 years and came from vinyl to cds to DVS to controller and dvs and as much as I love digital djing and wouldn't go back. I've started to get a bored playing the decks. When I first got into traktor I used to enjoy ear mixing trying to not look at the bpm and see how close I could get them to match. Then I would just mix them, usually not at the exact bpm and adjust through the mix like playing vinyl. More and more recently I find my self just looking at the bpm to get it exact. Now I'm starting to think what is the point. I may as well just sync, which I've started doing a bit. It's getting a bit boring though. When playing on vinyl or cds, what I enjoyed about it was actually ear mixing where you used to have to really work and concentrate to get a good mix. Now you just match the bpm or sync and wait till the moment you want to bring the next track in.
I know I should start using all 4 decks like the techno djs do but the music i'm into doesn't really lend itself to that.
What do you think?
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