Call me crazy but if you have a controller using traktor is perceived very different from having some CDJ's and a mixer controlling traktor or serato.
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Call me crazy but if you have a controller using traktor is perceived very different from having some CDJ's and a mixer controlling traktor or serato.
Lol @ the number of times I have had to sort out someones serato setup at a gig....
I think a problem we will have which does not bother me too much is that a large percentage of beginner DJ's will take the digital option, and those of them who jump at playing out too quickly will give digital DJs a bad rep.
One of the most common critisms of using a laptop DVS or midi based method of Djing is that laptops are not robust enough and all ways fuck up. The real truth is that many of the DJ's using them are not technically competent enough to use them in a club, I certainly would not be if it was not for this website. If you are careful with your system and know how to trouble shout any problem very quickly imo they are more solid than a TT, (cdj is a different story).
I haven't had a crash/ severe audio issue in over a year, but every large gig I play at there is issues with needles, and tone arm balance, or one wire is loose on the head shell etc.
the worst are the highschool kids who get a pirated copy of virtual dj, a laptop, and a bunch of poorly encoded pirated 128kbps .mp3s off limewire and absolutely suck and sound terrible yet they think they are hot sit because they were able to get a gig by offering to do it for a few drinks and by bringing some gudio friends. Have you all seen at least one of these guys? I want to hurt them, they make us all look bad and take up our slots (even if they are the crappy ones in crappy venues) since they are willing to 'DJ' for a few drinks so they can inflate their ego and have some myspace/facebook profile photos of them DJing in a club or bar.
Lol yeah I have been told by some kid how he had some mean as Dj software called virtual Dj which costs $2500 and is the pro-est shit out.
lolz at kidz
LOL seen it countless times!
rich kids in 'digital dj schools', 'dj'ing profile' photos, 'woah that shit's cool i wanna do that too!'.
and it doesn't only apply to 'kids'. it's people with sudden interests for 'dj'ing' because they know now that it can happen with their laptops/pcs and it makes them look 'cool'. in some countries where not many own 'special audio gear' and electronic/dance music's on the sudden rise, it would make 'dj's' look 'cool' to having all sorts of shit in their homes and people get all hyphy over 'new gear' because all that shit just look nice and fancy together in a room.
there're also ones who play the currently 'hot' genres in the 'scene'. so you DJ because you want to mix the hottest shit right now? hey, if you're crazy into music, you'll play what's closest to your heart, which speaks of your character and musical influences.
some might eventually post an e-bay auction on their goods soon after purchase because '... can't figure it out ... little usage ...". dude if you don't require it, don't buy it and show it off real quick before selling it off at lightspeed.
there's also heaps of people with unsightly and unnecessary 'promos' shouting 'i want to do a dj set for your party' -- 1 person army of what i might call a 'street-team' lol. i mean don't get me wrong, self-promo's healthy for your 'ambitions' but over-promo'ing's too much. what's worse is over-promo'ing with unsightly promo-graphics.
i know of people who do agree that this whole thing's just a short fad, an attention-seeking transition in a confused life which leads to over-spending hype and having what's required of what may be a crap set. it's a transition.
all these things would add to reasons of why trad turntablists frown upon digital dj'ing.
so is the coining of the term 'controllerism' necessary? it would go down the same road as to why some people don't like coining music genres into specific terms.
but back to the main topic as to the prejudice of having digital dj's around - well, the whole m_nus crew's digital, prefuse73's digital, heck, everyone's going digital here and there, even with the help of trad turntables/cds by their side. maybe that's why beatport and juno do very well and get supported from dj's and producers all over.
it's pretty much the advancement of dj'ing to the next level. but vinyl will always stay in the heart -- that feel of nailing your needle to the grooves and that feel of plastic on your fingers. but hey you can still beat-juggle on digital!
RIP technics 1200s.
peace.
T`echnics will never die, ever. Hell I need to talk to the currator at the MOMA for their classic product design exhibit and get them to put a pair of Technics 1200 MK2s there on display. By no means does that mean they are dead, but if the first gen iPod and that Dyson vacuum can be there a Technics should have been there long ago.